Proteomics and bioprospecting of the effects of Mentha piperita L. during Schistosoma mansoni infection experimental model

• Grant number: 14/07331-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2014
• End date: September 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Helminthology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Fernanda de Freitas Anibal
• Grantee: Fernanda de Freitas Anibal
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood worms of the genus Schistosoma and it is estimated that over 249 million people are affected worldwide. The limited amount of drugs used to treat the development of resistance to existing anthelmintics suggests priority in the development of new drugs. The murine model has been used extensively to study the immunopathology of the disease and the development of new drugs, since they exhibit much of the characteristics of human disease. The Mentha piperita L. popularly known as peppermint, have had their antiparasitic effects demonstrated, but its role in S. mansoni is still unknown. The project proposes the treatment with the herbal preparation from Mentha piperita L., comprising menthol and menthone in mice infected with S. mansoni. The Comet assay is used to assess possible genotoxic effects in liver and spleen cells of these mice, as well as its effect on adult worms of S. mansoni during infection. In addition, proteomic analysis will be performed by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass espectrometry (MAS) for the evaluation of protein expression of the parasite method and evaluate which proteins are suffering changes after treatment. The work aims to provide important information on the biological effects of M. piperita in the murine model of schistosomiasis, allowing the development of new tools for the treatment of schistosomiasis. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FEITOSA, KARINA A.; ZAIA, MAURICIO G.; RODRIGUES, VANDERLEI; CASTRO, CYNTHIA A.; CORREIA, RICARDO DE O.; PINTO, FABIO G.; ROSSI, KARINA N. Z. P.; AVO, LUCIMAR R. S.; AFONSO, ANA; ANIBAL, FERNANDA F.. Menthol and Menthone Associated with Acetylsalicylic Acid and Their Relation to the Hepatic Fibrosis in Schistosoma mansoni Infected Mice. FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY, v. 8, JAN 18 2018. (14/07331-5)

CAGNAZZO, TULIO DI ORLANDO; NOGUEIRA, CAMILA TITA; DE CASTRO, CYNTHIA APARECIDA; NERIS, DEBORA MEIRA; FATTORI, ANA CAROLINA MARAGNO; CORREIA, RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA; ALBUQUERQUE, YULLI ROXENNE; FRAGELLI, BRUNA DIAS DE LIMA; MENDES, TIAGO MANUEL FERNANDES; ALLEGRETTI, SILMARA MARQUES; et al. Investigating Immunization With Nucleotide Enzymes ofSchistosoma mansoni: Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase and Adenylosuccinate Lyase as New Antigenic Targets Against Schistosomiasis. FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, v. 11, p. 11-pg., 2020-09-23. (12/14223-9, 12/05532-8, 14/07331-5)

NERIS, DEBORA MEIRA; ORTOLANI, LETICIA GONCALVES; CASTRO, CYNTHIA APARECIDA DE; CORREIA, RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA; RODOLPHO, JOICE MARGARETH DE ALMEIDA; CAMILLO, LUCIANA; NOGUEIRA, CAMILA TITA; SOUSA, CRISTINA PAIVA DE; ANIBAL, FERNANDA DE FREITAS. In Vitro Modulator Effect of Total Extract from the Endophytic Paenibacillus polymyxa RNC-D in Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and Macrophages. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, v. 2020, p. 11-pg., 2020-08-27. (16/13423-5, 14/07331-5)

FATTORI, ANA CAROLINA MARAGNO; MONTIJA, ELISANDRA DE A.; FRAGELLI, BRUNA D. DE L.; CORREIA, RICARDO DE O.; DE CASTRO, CYNTHIA APARECIDA; ROMANELLO, LARISSA; NOGUEIRA, CAMILA T. T.; ALLEGRETTI, SILMARA M. M.; SOARES, EDSON G. G.; PEREIRA, HUMBERTO D. D.; et al. Effects of Immunization with Recombinant Schistosoma mansoni Enzymes AK and HGPRT: Murine Infection Control. PATHOGENS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 16-pg., 2023-01-01. (14/07331-5)