A infecção por Leishmania infantum chagasi altera o metabolismo lipídico do hospedeiro
AUTOR(ES)
Cristina Iglesias Ottoni
FONTE
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
03/12/2012
RESUMO
American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), caused by Leishmania infantum chagasi (L.i.chagasi), stands as a public health problem in Brazil, with human and canine cases related in all states..Lipid metabolism can be modified in several status of infection. For example, experimental studies show that the cholesterol is necessary to internalization and replication of L.i.chagasi in macrophages through caveolar domains. Patients with AVL present low levels of cholesterol and a visible triglycerides increase. This work aimed to evaluate the lipid metabolism in several post-infection status by L.i.chagasi, including individuals with symptomatic infection (AVL), and asymptomatic. The levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL and reactive C protein, were measured. Individuals with AVL were compared with individuals with assymptomatic infection and presented low levels of total cholesterol (128 6.180 mg/dL vs. 158 5.733 mg/dL, p=0.0001), HDL (29 1.746 mg/dL vs. 37 1.647 mg/dL, p=0.0001), increased levels of triglycerides (149.5 mg/dL 12.72 vs. 78.00 10.43 mg/dL, p=0.0095) and higher levels of reactive C protein (1.750 0.4939 mg/dL vs. 0.40 0.1707 mg/dL; p=0.0001). The expression of genes related to lipid metabolism, such as LXR-a, LXR-b, PPAR-a, PPAR-d, PPAR-g and APOE was evaluated by real time PCR. A reduction in the expression of those genes was found in the group of AVL patients corroborating the serum levels of the metabolites earlier quantified. Our findings suggest a modulation of metabolism of lipids, in the chronic phase of AVL, this could facilitate the survival of leishmania, due to the known reduction on the ability of macrophages in presenting antigens efficiently to the T cells due to the reduction in the cholesterol available, it results in a subversion of the host immunity.
ASSUNTO(S)
leishmania chagasi metabolismo lipídico. bioquimica
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