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| Author(s): |
Renata Scavone de Oliveira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2009-05-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Eva Burger;
Lucia Helena Faccioli;
Roberto Martinez;
Eliana Faquim de Lima Mauro;
Liana Maria Cardoso Verinaud
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| Advisor: | Eva Burger |
| Abstract | |
Amphotericin B effects in mice susceptible to P. brasiliensis were evaluated. L-AmB reverts the susceptibility pattern to the resistant one with more efficiency than c-AmB, as confirmed by the CFU, NO e IgG2b quantifications. However, TNF-a, IL-12, IFN-g, GM-CSF, total IgG, IgM, IgG1, IgG2a and IgA levels are not significantly altered. Neutrophils and macrophages cocultivated with Pb e L-AmB tend to present higher fungicidal ability, but not enhanced synthesis of mediators. The better performance of L-AmB could be due to its interaction with TLR4. In TLR4-deficient or sufficient mice, progression of the disease is similar. The efficiency of the therapy, however, is lower in deficient animals, as seen on CFU; leukocyte profiles and NO, TNF-a, IL-12 and GM-CSF levels are not significantly altered by L-AmB-TLR4 interaction. Therefore, the drug administration is capable of reverting mycological parameters, but not the immunological ones. Interaction between TLR4, P. brasiliensis and L-AmB does not seem to play a special role in the establishment of immunity. (AU) | |