Study of the insecticide and pro-inflammatory activity of lectin isolated from annona coriacea mart seeds / Estudo da atividade inseticida e pro-inflamatoria da lectina isolada de sementes de Annona coriacea Mart

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2006

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Lectins are a group of proteins and/or glycoproteins, which exhibit specific and reversible carbohydrate-binding activities. Studies have demonstrated that such proteins possess important biological activities including insecticide activity as well as immunological and physiological responses in animals. In this investigation, our aim was to compare the effects of lectin isolated of Annona coriacea (ACLEC) seeds, with a molecular mass of 14 kDa, on the development of Anagasta kuehiella and Corcyra cephalonica Lepidopteras, as well as the study of their nutritional index. Since plant lectins are known to present inflammatory activity, this study also sought to investigate the leukocyte migration induced by ACLEC, and inflammatory mediators involved in this phenomenon. The results of insecticide activity of ACLEC showed that the lectin did not produce significant effects on survival and weight of C. cephalonica on an artificial diet of 2,0% of ACLEC, however, for A. kuehniella,on an artificial diet containing 1.5% and 1.0% ACLEC, it produced a LD50 and WD50, respectively. The results from dietary utilization experiments carried out with caterpillars presented only a reduction in efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI) and digested food (ECD) in A. kuehniella. ACLEC in the diet did not modify the approximate digestibility (AD) of any insect, but an increase of CM (metabolic cost) and an increase of proteolytic activity in the faeces were observed in A. kuehniella. These results indicate that ACLEC possesses an insecticide effect only towards A. kuehniella larvae, possibly through the binding of lectin on chitin components of membrane peritrophic or glycosylated proteins in the insect midgut. This mechanism can promote a change in membrane environment with the consequent disruption of enzyme recycling mechanisms, indicating the possibility of using this lectin in a biotechnological strategy for insect management. To test proinflammatory activity of ACLEC, male Swiss mice were intraperitoneally injected with ACLEC (3-100 µg/cavity), and at 4 to 96 h thereafter the leukocyte counts in peritoneal washing fluid were evaluated. ACLEC induced a dose-dependent neutrophil accumulation, reaching maximal responses at 16 h after injection (approximately 40-fold increase for 30 µg/cavity). Significant accumulation of mononuclear cells was observed at 72 h (2.7-fold increase). The carbohydrate mannose nearly abolished the neutrophil influx, whereas sucrose and glucose had no effect. Dexamethasone, the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib and the PAF receptor antagonist PCA4248 significantly reduced ACLEC-induced neutrophil influx. The tachykinin NK1 antagonist SR140333, the tachykinin NK2 antagonist SR48968, the non-selective NO inhibitor L-NAME, the selective inducible NOS inhibitor aminoguanidine and the lypoxygenase inhibitor AA861 all failed to modify the ACLEC-induced responses. In conclusion, ACLEC is able to attract neutrophils into the mice peritoneal cavity by mechanisms involving interactions of the lectin with cell-specific mannose recognition, leading to the release of COX-2-derived mediators and PAF

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annona coriacea sementes lectins insecticides inseticidas lectinas seeds

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