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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.60.2019.tde-27102021-111820
Document
Author
Full name
Diego Fernando Silva Lessa
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
Ribeirão Preto, 2019
Supervisor
Committee
Prado Junior, Jose Clovis do (President)
Natsui, Ana Patricia Yatsuda
Souza, Gloria Emilia Petto de
Stabile, Angelita Maria
Anibal, Fernanda de Freitas
Pinto, Mara Cristina
Title in Portuguese
Grelina: avaliação da atividade imunomoduladora e cardioprotetora na fase crônica da Doença de Chagas experimental
Keywords in Portuguese
Apoptose
Doença de Chagas
Grelina
Imunomodulação
Trypanosoma cruzi
Abstract in Portuguese
A Doença de Chagas permanece ainda como grave problema de saúde pública, e o tratamento com o benzonidazol (N-benzil-2-nitroimidazol-acetamida), única medicação disponível no Brasil para o tratamento tripanocida, têm demonstrado melhores resultados nas fases iniciais do envolvimento cardíaco, não alterando desfecho em pacientes com doença cardíaca bem estabelecida. Dentre os mecanismos mais aceitos para explicar a fisiopatologia da lesão cardíaca, a reação inflamatória desencadeada pela presença do parasita no tecido têm tido maior importância na produção dessas lesões. A Grelina têm demonstrado ação cardioprotetora e anti-inflamatória em diversas condições experimentais, porém até o presente estudo, não foi testada na fase crônica da Doença de Chagas. 36 ratos Wistars foram randomizados em 6 grupos (C: controle, CG: controle tratado com grelina, I: infectado, IG: infectado tratado com grelina, IB: infectado tratado com benzonidazol, IGB: infectado tratado com grelina e benzonidazol) em que o efeito da aplicação da grelina isolada e associada ao benzonidazol foi avaliada no curso de 150 dias de infecção realizada intraperitonealmente com 2 x 105 formas sanguícolas da cepa Y de T. cruzi. Para isso, avaliamos a função cardíaca através da ecocardiografia antes e após o tratamento (120 e 150 dias), biomarcadores de lesão e congestão (Troponina I e T, NT-pro-BNP), histopatologia e PCR cardíacos. Avaliação da apoptose em esplenócitos, dosagem de citocinas pró inflamatórias e moduladoras, análise fenotípica das populações celulares de linfócitos (TCD4+, TCD8+ e NK) foram realizadas para estudo da resposta imune e possível modulação com os tratamentos utilizados. Não foram detectadas alterações morfológicas e funcionais que indicassem lesão cardíaca nos grupos infectados, à despeito da detecção do parasita no tecido cardíaco pelo PCR. Os grupos tratados com grelina demonstraram importante redução da apoptose em esplenócitos, além de redução no percentual de células NK e NKT.
Title in English
Ghrelin: evaluation of immunomodulatory and cardioprotective activity in experimental Chagas Disease
Keywords in English
Apoptosis
Chagas Disease
Ghrelin
Immunomodulation
Trypanosoma cruzi
Abstract in English
Chagas disease remains a serious public health problem, and treatment with benzonidazole (N-benzyl-2-nitroimidazole-acetamide), the only drug available in Brazil for trypanocidal treatment, has shown better results in the early stages of disease, not altering outcome in patients with well-established heart disease. Among the most accepted mechanisms to explain the pathophysiology of cardiac injury, the inflammatory response triggered by the presence of the parasite in the tissue has been most important factor in the production of these lesions. Ghrelin has been shown cardioprotective and anti-inflammatory action under various experimental conditions, but until the present study, it has not been tested in the chronic phase of Chagas disease. 36 Wistars rats were randomized in 6 groups (C: control, CG: ghrelin-treated control, I: infected, IG: ghrelin-treated infected, IB: benzonidazole-treated infected, IGB: infected ghrelin-treated and benzonidazole) and the ghrelin effects associated or not with benznidazole was evaluated in the course of 150 days of infection, performed intraperitoneally with 2 x 105 blood forms of T. cruzi Y strain. For this, we evaluated cardiac function at pre and post-treatment periods by echocardiography (120 and 150 days), injury and congestion biomarkers (Troponin I and T, NT-pro-BNP),cardiac histopathology and PCR. Assays of splenocyte apoptosis, proinflammatory and modulating cytokine profile, phenotypic analysis of lymphocyte cell populations (TCD4+, TCD8+, and NK) were performed to study the immune response and possible modulation with the treatments used. No morphological and functional alterations were detected in the infected groups, despite the detection of the parasite in cardiac tissue by PCR. The groups treated with ghrelin showed significant reduction of apoptosis in splenocytes, as well as reduction in the percentage of NK and NKT cells.
 
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