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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | The role of IL-12 in experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection
Autores: | Silva,J.S.; Aliberti,J.C.S.; Martins,G.A.; Souza,M.A.; Souto,J.T.; Pádua,M.A.
Data: | 1998-01-01
Ano: | 1998
Palavras-chave: | IL-12 Trypanosoma cruzi NK cells IFN-&lt; FONT FACE=Symbol&gt; G&lt; /font&gt; Nitric oxide.
Resumo: | Host resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection is dependent on both natural and acquired immune responses. During the early acute phase of infection in mice, natural killer (NK) cell-derived IFN-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;g&lt;/font&gt; is involved in controlling intracellular parasite replication, mainly through the induction of nitric oxide biosynthesis by activated macrophages. We have shown that IL-12, a powerful inducer of IFN-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;g&lt;/font&gt; production by NK cells, is synthesized soon after trypomastigote-macrophage interaction. The role of IL-12 in the control of T. cruzi infection in vivo was determined by treating infected mice with anti-IL-12 monoclonal antibody (mAb) and analyzing both parasitemia and mortality during the acute phase of infection. The anti-IL-12 mAb-treated mice had higher levels of parasitemia and mortality compared to control mice. Also, treatment of infected mice with mAb specific for IFN-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;g&lt;/font&gt; or TNF-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;a&lt;/font&gt; inhibited the protective effect of exogenous IL-12. On the other hand, TGF-ß and IL-10 produced by infected macrophages inhibited the induction and effects of IL-12. Therefore, while IL-12, TNF-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;a&lt;/font&gt; and IFN-&lt;FONT FACE="Symbol"&gt;g&lt;/font&gt; correlate with resistance to T. cruzi infection, TGF-ß and IL-10 promote susceptibility. These results provide support for a role of innate immunity in the control of T. cruzi infection. In addition to its protective role, IL-12 may also be involved in the modulation of T. cruzi-induced myocarditis, since treatment of infected mice with IL-12 or anti-IL-12 mAb leads to an enhanced or decreased inflammatory infiltrate in the heart, respectively. Understanding the role of the cytokines produced during the acute phase of T. cruzi infection and their involvement in protection and pathogenesis would be essential to devise new vaccines or therapies.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000100014
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X1998000100014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.31 n.1 1998
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess