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PLoS Negl Trop Dis ; 9(2): e0003512, 2015 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25647069

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RATIONALE: Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is characterized by alterations in intracellular ion, heart failure and arrhythmias. Arrhythmias have been related to sudden death, even in asymptomatic patients, and their molecular mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effect of proteins secreted by T. cruzi on healthy, isolated beating rat heart model under a non-damage-inducing protocol. METHODS AND RESULTS: We established a non-damage-inducing recirculation-reoxygenation model where ultrafiltrate fractions of conditioned medium control or conditioned infected medium were perfused at a standard flow rate and under partial oxygenation. Western blotting with chagasic patient serum was performed to determine the antigenicity of the conditioned infected medium fractions. We observed bradycardia, ventricular fibrillation and complete atrioventricular block in hearts during perfusion with >50 kDa conditioned infected culture medium. The preincubation of conditioned infected medium with chagasic serum abolished the bradycardia and arrhythmias. The proteins present in the conditioned infected culture medium of >50 kDa fractions were recognized by the chagasic patient sera associated with arrhythmias. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that proteins secreted by T. cruzi are involved in Chagas disease arrhythmias and may be a potential biomarker in chagasic patients.


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Bradicardia/parasitología , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/fisiopatología , Corazón/fisiopatología , Proteínas Protozoarias/inmunología , Animales , Western Blotting , Bradicardia/fisiopatología , Cardiomiopatía Chagásica/parasitología , Chlorocebus aethiops , Femenino , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/parasitología , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/patología , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Proteínas Protozoarias/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Trypanosoma cruzi/patogenicidad , Células Vero
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