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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.42.2018.tde-14032018-100256
Document
Author
Full name
Stella Rezende Melo
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2017
Supervisor
Committee
Durigon, Edison Luiz (President)
Arruda Neto, Eurico de
Berezin, Eitan Naaman
Pierulivo, Enrique Mario Boccardo
Title in Portuguese
Avaliação da susceptibilidade de mutantes de escape do vírus sincicial respiratório frente ao Palivizumab pelo método de microneutralização in vitro.
Keywords in Portuguese
Anticorpo monoclonal humanizado
HRSV
Infecção respiratória aguda
Microneutralização in vitro
Palivizumab
Abstract in Portuguese
O Vírus Sincicial respiratório (HRSV) é um patógeno de grande importância para crianças. É o maior causador de infecções respiratórias agudas e também um dos principais causadores de internações e mortes de crianças menores de 5 anos. Cepas de HRSV com mutações no sítio de ligação do Palivizumab vêm apresentando resistência ao medicamento. Pouco se sabe sobre a prevalência destas mutações em amostras clínicas, apesar de sua potencial importância na patogênese viral. Além disso, existem poucos dados sobre a evolução molecular da proteína F do HRSV, sobretudo no Brasil. O presente estudo tem como objetivo caracterizar fenotipicamente através de ensaios de microneutralização in vitro, cepas oriundas de crianças não tratadas com Palivizumab circulantes em 2013 apresentando mutações na proteína F, mais especificamente relacionadas a potencial resistência nos epítopos de ligação do Palivizumab. Como resultado deste trabalho todas as amostras testadas foram neutralizadas pelo Palivizumab, concluindo-se que as mutações encontradas não conferem resistência ao monoclonal.
Title in English
Evaluation of the susceptibility of respiratory syncytial virus escape mutants to Palivizumab using in vitro microneutralization test.
Keywords in English
In Vitro microneutralization test
Acute respiratory disease
HRSV
Humanized monoclonal antibody
Palivizumab
Abstract in English
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) is a pathogen of great importance for children. It is the major cause of acute respiratory infections and also one of the main causes of hospitalizations and deaths of children under 5 years. Strains of HRSV with mutations in the binding site of Palivizumab have been showing resistance to the drug. Little is known about the prevalence of these mutations in clinical samples, despite their potential importance in viral pathology. In addition, there is little data on the molecular evolution of HRSV F protein, especially in Brazil. The present study aims to characterize phenotypically by in vitro microneutralization assays, strains from children not treated with Palivizumab circulating in 2013 showing mutations in F protein, more specifically related to potential resistance in the binding epitopes of Palivizumab. As result of this study all samples tested were neutralized by Palivizumab, concluding that the mutations found did not confer resistance to the monoclonal.
 
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2018-03-14
 
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