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| Author(s): |
Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2012-02-16 |
| Examining board members: |
João Santana da Silva;
Roque Pacheco de Almeida;
José Carlos Farias Alves Filho
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| Advisor: | João Santana da Silva |
| Abstract | |
Visceral leishmaniasis (LV) is a chronic and potentially fatal disease caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum/chagasi. The development of Th1 response is classically associated with protection against these parasites, but recent data also show that there is a positive correlation between the Th17-related cytokines production and the protection against LV by L. donovani in humans. However, the role of this CD4+ T cells subset during L. infantum/chagasi infection remains unknown. In this study, our aim was to evaluate the Th17 and related cytokines participation, besides the mechanism by which these cells playing during the L. infantum/chagasi infection.The results showed that the parasite induces high amounts of TGF-, IL-1, IL-6, and IL-23 by bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDC), cytokines involved with Th17 induction and/or maintenance. Accordingly, naïve-C57BL/6 spleenocytes co-cultured with L. infantum/chagasi-infected BMDC produced significant amounts of IL-17 by TCD4+. Interestingly, IL-17 was produced in high amounts in the liver and spleen of WT infected-mice, being peaked at 4th and 6th weeks after infection. The Th17 is critical for protective immunity against L. infantum/chagasi, since that IL-17R-/-, IL-23p19-/- and IL-6-/- infected-mice showed increasing of parasite load associated with enhancement of IL-10 production in IL-17R-/- compared to WT infected-mice. Strictly, in the absence of IL-17 signaling, a smaller inflammatory infiltrate was observed in the liver. Interestingly, IL-17 production was potentiated in IL-10-/- infected-mice, and they were more resistant to infection, showing reduced parasites numbers in the spleen and liver. In addition to promoting protection through the downmodulation of IL-10, IL-17 enhanced the NO production. Together, our results demonstrate that L. infantum/chagasi trigger Th17 response that promotes the host protection during infection. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/14170-7 - Role of Th17 and CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells responses during experimental infection with Leishmania infantum chagasi |
| Grantee: | Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |