| Autor: |
Waghabi, M. C., Coutinho, C. M. L. M., Soeiro, M. N. C., Pereira, M. C. S., Feige, J.-J., Keramidas, M., Cosson, A., Minoprio, P., Van Leuven, F., Araújo-Jorge, T. C. |
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Infection and Immunity; September 2002, Vol. 70 Issue: 9 p5115-5123, 9p |
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ABSTRACTTrypanosoma cruziproteinases are involved in host cell invasion in human patients and in mouse models. In mice, murine α2-macroglobulin (MAM) and murinoglobulin are circulating plasma proteinase inhibitors that also have important roles in inflammation and immune modulation. To define their role in experimental Chagas disease, we investigated the susceptibility to T. cruziinfection of mice that are deficient only in α2-macroglobulins (AM-KO) or in both MAM and monomeric murinoglobulin-1 (MM-KO), relative to the wild type (WT). Despite the high parasite load, parasitemia was lower in AM-KO and MM-KO mice than in WT mice. Nevertheless, we observed a significantly higher parasite load in the hearts of AM-KO and MM-KO mice, i.e., more amastigote nests and inflammatory infiltrates than in WT mice. This result demonstrates a protective role for MAM in the acute phase of murine T. cruziinfection. We further demonstrated in vitro that human α2-macroglobulins altered the trypomastigote morphology and motility in a dose-dependent way, and that also impaired T. cruziinvasion in cardiomyocytes. Finally, we demonstrated that the levels of transforming growth factor β in AM-KO mice increased significantly in the third week postinfection, concomitant with high amastigote burden and important fibrosis. Combined, these in vivo and in vitro findings demonstrate that the MAM contribute to the resistance of mice to acute myocarditis induced by experimental T. cruziinfection. |
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