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| Ferreira,Daiane Dias; Mesquita,Juliana Tonini; Silva,Thais Alves da Costa; Romanelli,Maiara Maria; Batista,Denise da Gama Jaen; Silva,Cristiane França da; Gama,Aline Nefertiti Silva da; Neves,Bruno Junior; Melo-Filho,Cleber Camilo; Soeiro,Maria de Nazare Correia; Andrade,Carolina Horta; Tempone,Andre Gustavo. |
| Abstract Background: Drug repurposing has been an interesting and cost-effective approach, especially for neglected diseases, such as Chagas disease. Methods: In this work, we studied the activity of the antidepressant drug sertraline against Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes and intracellular amastigotes of the Y and Tulahuen strains, and investigated its action mode using cell biology and in silico approaches. Results: Sertraline demonstrated in vitro efficacy against intracellular amastigotes of both T. cruzi strains inside different host cells, including cardiomyocytes, with IC50 values between 1 to 10 μM, and activity against bloodstream trypomastigotes, with IC50 of 14 μM. Considering the mammalian cytotoxicity, the drug resulted in a selectivity... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Trypanosoma cruzi; Drug; Treatment; Sertraline; Drug repurposing; Drug repositioning. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100321 |
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| Pavão,Beatriz Philot; Demarque,Kelly Cristina; Batista,Marcos Meuser; Oliveira,Gabriel Melo de; Silva,Cristiane França da; Silva,Francisca Hildemagna Guedes da; Caputo,Luzia Fátima Gonçalves; Cascabulho,Cynthia Machado; Barcinski,Marcello André; Soeiro,Maria de Nazaré Correia. |
| Abstract Background: Autologous whole blood (AWB) administration is described as alternative/complementary medical practice widely employed in medical and veterinary therapy against infections, chronic pathologies and neoplasias. Our aim is to investigate in vivo biological effect of AWB using healthy murine models under the course of Trypanosoma cruzi acute infection. Methods: The first set of studies consisted of injecting different volumes of AWB and saline (SAL) into the posterior region of quadriceps muscle of healthy male Swiss mice under distinct therapeutic schemes evaluating: animal behavior, body and organ weight, hemogram, plasmatic biochemical markers for tissue damage and inflammatory cytokine levels and profile. To assess the impact on the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Autologous blood; Alternative therapy; Mouse models; Trypanosoma cruzi. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100316 |
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