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Int J Mol Sci ; 25(4)2024 Feb 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38396750

RESUMO

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome marked by sudden liver function decline and multiorgan failure, predominantly acute kidney injury (AKY), in patients with chronic liver disease. Unregulated inflammation is a hallmark of ACLF; however, the key drivers of ACLF are not fully understood. This study explores the therapeutic properties of human mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) secretome, particularly focusing on its enhanced anti-inflammatory and pro-regenerative properties after the in vitro preconditioning of the cells. We evaluated the efficacy of the systemic administration of MSC secretome in preventing liver failure and AKI in a rat ACLF model where chronic liver disease was induced using by the administration of porcine serum, followed by D-galN/LPS administration to induce acute failure. After ACLF induction, animals were treated with saline (ACLF group) or MSC-derived secretome (ACLF-secretome group). The study revealed that MSC-secretome administration strongly reduced liver histological damage in the ACLF group, which was correlated with higher hepatocyte proliferation, increased hepatic and systemic anti-inflammatory molecule levels, and reduced neutrophil and macrophage infiltration. Additionally, renal examination revealed that MSC-secretome treatment mitigated tubular injuries, reduced apoptosis, and downregulated injury markers. These improvements were linked to increased survival rates in the ACLF-secretome group, endorsing MSC secretomes as a promising therapy for multiorgan failure in ACLF.


Assuntos
Insuficiência Hepática Crônica Agudizada , Humanos , Ratos , Animais , Suínos , Insuficiência Hepática Crônica Agudizada/terapia , Secretoma , Células-Tronco , Anti-Inflamatórios
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BMC Med ; 20(1): 216, 2022 06 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35676738

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Chile was severely affected by COVID19 outbreaks but was also one of the first countries to start a nationwide program to vaccinate against the disease. Furthermore, Chile became one of the fastest countries to inoculate a high percentage of the target population and implemented homologous and heterologous booster schemes in late 2021 to prevent potential immunological waning. The aim of this study is to compare the immunogenicity and time course of the humoral response elicited by the CoronaVac vaccine in combination with homologous versus heterologous boosters. METHODS: We compared the immunogenicity of two doses of CoronaVac and BNT162b2 vaccines and one homologous or heterologous booster through an ELISA assay directed against the ancestral spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. Sera were collected from individuals during the vaccination schedule and throughout the implementation of homologous and heterologous booster programs in Chile. RESULTS: Our findings demonstrate that a two-dose vaccination scheme with CoronaVac induces lower levels of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike antibodies than BNT162b2 in a broad age range (median age 42 years; interquartile range (IQR) 27-61). Furthermore, antibody production declines with time in individuals vaccinated with CoronaVac and less noticeably, with BNT162b2. Analysis of booster schemes revealed that individuals vaccinated with two doses of CoronaVac generate immunological memory against the SARS-CoV-2 ancestral strain, which can be re-activated with homologous or heterologous (BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1) boosters. Nevertheless, the magnitude of the antibody response with the heterologous booster regime was considerably higher (induction fold BNT162b2: 11.2x; ChAdoX1; 12.4x; CoronaVac: 6.0x) than the responses induced by the homologous scheme. Both homologous and heterologous boosters induced persistent humoral responses (median 122 days, IQR (108-133)), although heterologous boosters remained superior in activating a humoral response after 100 days. CONCLUSIONS: Two doses of CoronaVac induces antibody titers against the SARS-CoV-2 ancestral strain which are lower in magnitude than those induced by the BNT162b2 vaccine. However, the response induced by CoronaVac can be greatly potentiated with a heterologous booster scheme with BNT162b2 or ChAdOx1 vaccines. Furthermore, the heterologous and homologous booster regimes induce a durable antibody response which does not show signs of decay 3 months after the booster dose.


Assuntos
COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Adulto , Anticorpos Antivirais , Vacina BNT162 , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Vacinas contra COVID-19 , Chile/epidemiologia , Humanos
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J Clin Immunol ; 42(6): 1301-1309, 2022 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35655107

RESUMO

Hyper-IgE syndromes (HIES) are a group of inborn errors of immunity (IEI) caused by monogenic defects such as in the gene STAT3 (STAT3-HIES). Patients suffering from HIES show an increased susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) including skin abscesses and pulmonary infections. To assess if the underlying immune defect of STAT3-HIES patients influences the resistance patterns, pathogenicity factors or strain types of S. aureus. We characterized eleven S. aureus strains isolated from STAT3-HIES patients (n = 4) by whole genome sequencing (WGS) to determine presence of resistance and virulence genes. Additionally, we used multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and protein A (spa) typing to classify these isolates. Bacterial isolates collected from this cohort of STAT3-HIES patients were identified as common spa types in Germany. Only one of the isolates was classified as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). For one STAT3 patient WGS illustrated that infection and colonization occurred with different S. aureus isolates rather than one particular clone. The identified S. aureus carriage profile on a molecular level suggests that S. aureus strain type in STAT3-HIES patients is determined by local epidemiology rather than the underlying immune defect highlighting the importance of microbiological assessment prior to antibiotic treatment.


Assuntos
Síndrome de Job , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina , Infecções Estafilocócicas , Antibacterianos , Humanos , Síndrome de Job/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Job/genética , Tipagem de Sequências Multilocus , Fator de Transcrição STAT3/genética , Fator de Transcrição STAT3/metabolismo , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Staphylococcus aureus/genética , Fatores de Virulência/genética , Fatores de Virulência/metabolismo
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Front Med (Lausanne) ; 8: 772324, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34917636

RESUMO

Insufficient oxygen supply represents a relevant issue in several fields of human physiology and medicine. It has been suggested that the implantation of photosynthetic cells can provide oxygen to tissues in the absence of a vascular supply. This approach has been demonstrated to be successful in several in vitro and in vivo models; however, no data is available about their safety in human patients. Here, an early phase-1 clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03960164, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03960164) is presented to evaluate the safety and feasibility of implanting photosynthetic scaffolds for dermal regeneration in eight patients with full-thickness skin wounds. Overall, this trial shows that the presence of the photosynthetic microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in the implanted scaffolds did not trigger any deleterious local or systemic immune responses in a 90 days follow-up, allowing full tissue regeneration in humans. The results presented here represent the first attempt to treat patients with photosynthetic cells, supporting the translation of photosynthetic therapies into clinics. Clinical Trial Registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03960164, identifier: NCT03960164.

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Front Immunol ; 12: 769059, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34745145

RESUMO

The prognosis of severe COVID-19 patients has motivated research communities to uncover mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis also on a regional level. In this work, we aimed to understand the immunological dynamics of severe COVID-19 patients with different degrees of illness, and upon long-term recovery. We analyzed immune cellular subsets and SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody isotypes of 66 COVID-19 patients admitted to the Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, which were categorized according to the WHO ten-point clinical progression score. These included 29 moderate patients (score 4-5) and 37 severe patients under either high flow oxygen nasal cannula (18 patients, score 6), or invasive mechanical ventilation (19 patients, score 7-9), plus 28 convalescent patients and 28 healthy controls. Furthermore, six severe patients that recovered from the disease were longitudinally followed over 300 days. Our data indicate that severe COVID-19 patients display increased frequencies of plasmablasts, activated T cells and SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies compared to moderate and convalescent patients. Remarkably, within the severe COVID-19 group, patients rapidly progressing into invasive mechanical ventilation show higher frequencies of plasmablasts, monocytes, eosinophils, Th1 cells and SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG than patients under high flow oxygen nasal cannula. These findings demonstrate that severe COVID-19 patients progressing into invasive mechanical ventilation show a distinctive type of immunity. In addition, patients that recover from severe COVID-19 begin to regain normal proportions of immune cells 100 days after hospital discharge and maintain high levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG throughout the study, which is an indicative sign of immunological memory. Thus, this work can provide useful information to better understand the diverse outcomes of severe COVID-19 pathogenesis.


Assuntos
COVID-19/imunologia , Eosinófilos/imunologia , Plasmócitos/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2/fisiologia , Células Th1/imunologia , Idoso , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Convalescença , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Imunidade Celular , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Memória Imunológica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Front Cell Dev Biol ; 9: 638037, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33681221

RESUMO

CD39 and CD73 are ectoenzymes that dephosphorylate ATP into its metabolites; ADP, AMP, and adenosine, and thus are considered instrumental in the development of immunosuppressive microenvironments. We have previously shown that within the CD8+ T cell population, naïve and memory cells express the CD73 ectonucleotidase, while terminally differentiated effector cells are devoid of this enzyme. This evidence suggests that adenosine might exert an autocrine effect on CD8+ T cells during T cell differentiation. To study the possible role of CD73 and adenosine during this process, we compared the expression of the adenosinergic signaling components, the phenotype, and the functional properties between CD73-deficient and WT CD8+ T cells. Upon activation, we observed an upregulation of CD73 expression in CD8+ T cells along with an upregulation of the adenosine A2A receptor. Interestingly, when we differentiated CD8+ T cells to Tc1 cells in vitro, we observed that these cells produce adenosine and that CD73-deficient cells present a higher cytotoxic potential evidenced by an increase in IFN-γ, TNF-α, and granzyme B production. Moreover, CD73-deficient cells presented a increased glucose uptake and higher mitochondrial respiration, indicating that this ectonucleotidase restrict the mitochondrial capacity in CD8+ T cells. In agreement, when adoptively transferred, antigen-specific CD73-deficient CD8+ T cells were more effective in reducing the tumor burden in B16.OVA melanoma-bearing mice and presented lower levels of exhaustion markers than wild type cells. All these data suggest an autocrine effect of CD73-mediated adenosine production, limiting differentiation and cytotoxic T cells' metabolic fitness.

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Front Immunol ; 12: 766278, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35173705

RESUMO

CoronaVac vaccine from Sinovac Life Science is currently being used in several countries. In Chile, the effectiveness of preventing hospitalization is higher than 80% with a vaccination schedule. However, to date, there are no data about immune response induction or specific memory. For this reason, we recruited 15 volunteers without previous suspected/diagnosed COVID-19 and with negative PCR over time to evaluate the immune response to CoronaVac 28 and 90 days after the second immunization (dpi). The CoronaVac administration induces total and neutralizing anti-spike antibodies in all vaccinated volunteers at 28 and 90 dpi. Furthermore, using ELISpot analysis to assay cellular immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, we found an increase in IFN-gamma- and Granzyme B-producing cells in vaccinated volunteers at 28 and 90 dpi. Together, our results indicate that CoronaVac induces a robust humoral immune response and cellular immune memory of at least 90 dpi.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Neutralizantes/sangue , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Linfócitos B/efeitos dos fármacos , Vacinas contra COVID-19/administração & dosagem , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Esquemas de Imunização , Imunogenicidade da Vacina , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , Adulto , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Biomarcadores/sangue , COVID-19/imunologia , COVID-19/virologia , Vacinas contra COVID-19/imunologia , Chile , Feminino , Granzimas/metabolismo , Voluntários Saudáveis , Humanos , Imunidade Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Imunidade Humoral/efeitos dos fármacos , Memória Imunológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/imunologia , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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Fish Shellfish Immunol ; 107(Pt A): 95-103, 2020 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32966893

RESUMO

Gastropod hematopoiesis occurs at specialized tissues in some species, but the evidence also suggests that hemocyte generation is maybe widespread in the connective tissues or the blood system in others. In Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda), both the kidney and the lung contain putative hematopoietic cells, which react to immune challenges. In the current study, we wanted to explore if hematopoiesis occurs in the blood of Pomacea canaliculata. Thus, we obtained circulating hemocytes from donor animals and tested their ability to proliferate in the blood of conspecific recipients. We tracked cell proliferation by labeling the donors' hemocytes with the fluorescent cell proliferation marker carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE). Transferred CFSE-labeled hemocytes survived and proliferated into the recipients' circulation for at least 17 days. We also determined the cell cycle status of circulating hemocytes by using the propidium iodide (PI) and acridine orange (AO) staining methods. Flow cytometry analyses showed that most PI-stained hemocytes were in the G1 phase (~96%), while a lower proportion of cells were through the G2/S-M transition (~4%). When we instead used AO-staining, we further distinguished a subpopulation of cells (~5%) of low size, complexity-granularity, and RNA content. We regarded this subpopulation as quiescent cells. In separate experimental sets, we complemented these findings by assessing in circulating hemocytes two evolutionary conserved features of quiescent, undifferentiated cells. First, we used JC-1 staining to determine the mitochondrial membrane potential (Ψm) of circulating hemocytes, which is expected to be low in quiescent cells. Most hemocytes (~87%) showed high aggregation of JC-1, which indicates a high Ψm. Besides that, a small hemocyte subpopulation (~11%) showed low aggregation of the dye, thus indicating a low Ψm. It is known that the transition from a quiescent to a proliferating state associates with an increase of the Ψm. The specificity of these changes was here controlled by membrane depolarization with the Ψm disruptor CCCP. Second, we stained hemocytes with Hoechst33342 dye to determine the efflux activity of ABC transporters, which participate in the multixenobiotic resistance system characteristic of undifferentiated cells. Most hemocytes (>99%) showed a low dye-efflux activity, but a small proportion of cells (0.06-0.12%) showed a high dye-efflux activity, which was significantly inhibited by 100 and 500 µM verapamil, and thus is indicative of an undifferentiated subpopulation of circulating hemocytes. Taken together, our results suggest that, among circulating hemocytes, there are cells with the ability to proliferate or to stay in a quiescent state and behave as progenitor cells later, either in the circulation or the hematopoietic tissues/organs.


Assuntos
Hematopoese/imunologia , Hemócitos/imunologia , Caramujos/imunologia , Animais , Contagem de Células , Citometria de Fluxo , Espécies Introduzidas
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Front Microbiol ; 11: 405, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32265865

RESUMO

One of the approaches to address cancer treatment is to develop new drugs not only to obtain compounds with less side effects, but also to have a broader set of alternatives to tackle the resistant forms of this pathology. In this regard, growing evidence supports the use of bacteria-derived peptides such as bacteriocins, which have emerged as promising anti-cancer molecules. In addition to test the activity of these molecules on cancer cells in culture, their in vivo antitumorigenic properties must be validated in animal models. Although the standard approach for such assays employs experiments in nude mice, at the initial stages of testing, the use of high-throughput animal models would permit rapid proof-of-concept experiments, screening a high number of compounds, and thus increasing the possibilities of finding new anti-cancer molecules. A validated and promising alternative animal model are zebrafish larvae harboring xenografts of human cancer cells. Here, we addressed the anti-cancer properties of the antibacterial peptide microcin E492 (MccE492), a bacteriocin produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae, showing that this peptide has a marked cytotoxic effect on human colorectal cancer cells in vitro. Furthermore, we developed a zebrafish xenograft model using these cells to test the antitumor effect of MccE492 in vivo, demonstrating that intratumor injection of this peptide significantly reduced the tumor cell mass. Our results provide, for the first time, evidence of the in vivo antitumoral properties of a bacteriocin tested in an animal model. This evidence strongly supports the potential of this bacteriocin for the development of novel anti-cancer therapies.

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J Clin Virol ; 58(1): 24-30, 2013 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23849648

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Noroviruses are among the most prevalent causative agents for gastroenteritis worldwide. The low infectious dose, its stability in the environment, and its genetic variability enable the virus to cause outbreaks, especially in health care facilities and other similar settings. Genotype II.4 has been most prevalent over the last years. OBJECTIVES: To characterize an extended norovirus outbreak at a university hospital in Munich, Germany, molecularly and epidemiologically. STUDY DESIGN: The outbreak affecting more than 100 persons within 3 days was monitored by real time PCR. The rapid onset indicated a food-borne outbreak. Rigorous hygienic measures, including disinfection procedures and closure of wards helped contain the outbreak within 6 days. A 2193 nt sequence covering polymerase (825 nt) and capsid gene (1388 nt) was characterized from 4 specimens derived from different wards and the catering facility. RESULTS: Our polymerase sequences were classified GII.g, whereas the capsid belonged to GII.1. Recombination analysis revealed a putative breakpoint at a typical location. Our sequenced region clustered with GIIg/GII.1 sequences first detected in Hungary, Belgium, and the US in 2010. p-Distances on nucleic acid level were 0.18 and 0.21, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our data establish a novel strain classified as GII.g/GII.1 as the causative agent for an extended outbreak.


Assuntos
Infecções por Caliciviridae/epidemiologia , Surtos de Doenças , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/epidemiologia , Gastroenterite/epidemiologia , Norovirus/classificação , Norovirus/genética , Recombinação Genética , Infecções por Caliciviridae/virologia , Análise por Conglomerados , Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos/virologia , Gastroenterite/virologia , Genótipo , Alemanha/epidemiologia , Hospitais Universitários , Humanos , Controle de Infecções , Epidemiologia Molecular , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Norovirus/isolamento & purificação , Filogenia , RNA Viral/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA
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Mol Immunol ; 54(3-4): 423-34, 2013 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23428837

RESUMO

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the increase in the percentage of autoreactive B and T lymphocytes. Since dendritic cells (DCs) are essential for B cell and T cell function, we hypothesized that changes in DC biology may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of the disease. We analyzed the phenotype and distribution of two main DC subsets, conventional (cDC) and plasmacytoid (pDC), in lupus prone (NZW × NZB)F1 (BWF1) mice and age-matched NZW × BALB/c control mice. Our results show that both subsets of lupic DCs displayed an abnormal phenotype, characterized by an over-expression of the co-stimulatory molecules CD80, CD86, PD-L1 and PD-L2 compared with control mice. Accordingly, spleen CD4(+) T cells from lupic mice exhibit an activated phenotype characterized by a higher expression of PD-1, CD25, CD69 and increased secretion of IFN-γ and IL-10. Interestingly, lupic mice also present an increase in the percentage of cDC in peripheral blood and an increase in the percentage of pDCs in spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) compared with control and pre-lupic mice. Homing experiments demonstrate that lupic and pre-lupic DCs migrate preferentially to the spleen compared to DCs from control mice. This preferential recruitment and retention of DCs in the spleen is related to an altered expression of different chemokine and chemokine receptors on both, DCs and stromal cells from lupic mice. Our results suggest that this altered phenotype and migratory behavior shown by DCs from lupic mice may account for the abnormal T cell and B cell responses in lupus.


Assuntos
Células Dendríticas/patologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/patologia , Baço/metabolismo , Células Estromais/patologia , Animais , Antígenos CD/genética , Antígenos CD/imunologia , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígeno B7-H1/genética , Antígeno B7-H1/imunologia , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/metabolismo , Movimento Celular/genética , Movimento Celular/imunologia , Quimiocinas/genética , Quimiocinas/imunologia , Quimiocinas/metabolismo , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Feminino , Interferon gama/genética , Interferon gama/imunologia , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Interleucina-10/genética , Interleucina-10/imunologia , Interleucina-10/metabolismo , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/genética , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/metabolismo , Linfonodos/imunologia , Linfonodos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Fenótipo , Proteína 2 Ligante de Morte Celular Programada 1/genética , Proteína 2 Ligante de Morte Celular Programada 1/imunologia , Proteína 2 Ligante de Morte Celular Programada 1/metabolismo , Receptores de Quimiocinas/genética , Receptores de Quimiocinas/imunologia , Receptores de Quimiocinas/metabolismo , Baço/imunologia , Baço/patologia , Células Estromais/imunologia , Células Estromais/metabolismo , Transcriptoma/genética , Transcriptoma/imunologia
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Stem Cells ; 30(8): 1664-74, 2012 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22644660

RESUMO

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic metabolic disease that results from cell-mediated autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells. In T1DM animal models, it has been shown that the systemic administration of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells, also referred as to mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), results in the regeneration of pancreatic islets. Mechanisms underlying this effect are still poorly understood. Our aims were to assess whether donor MSCs (a) differentiate into pancreatic ß-cells and (b) modify systemic and pancreatic pathophysiologic markers of T1DM. After the intravenous administration of 5 × 10(5) syngeneic MSCs, we observed that mice with T1DM reverted their hyperglycemia and presented no donor-derived insulin-producing cells. In contrast, 7 and 65 days post-transplantation, MSCs were engrafted into secondary lymphoid organs. This correlated with a systemic and local reduction in the abundance of autoaggressive T cells together with an increase in regulatory T cells. Additionally, in the pancreas of mice with T1DM treated with MSCs, we observed a cytokine profile shift from proinflammatory to antinflammatory. MSC transplantation did not reduce pancreatic cell apoptosis but recovered local expression and increased the circulating levels of epidermal growth factor, a pancreatic trophic factor. Therefore, the antidiabetic effect of MSCs intravenously administered is unrelated to their transdifferentiation potential but to their capability to restore the balance between Th1 and Th2 immunological responses along with the modification of the pancreatic microenvironment. Our data should be taken into account when designing clinical trials aimed to evaluate MSC transplantation in patients with T1DM since the presence of endogenous precursors seems to be critical in order to restore glycemic control.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/cirurgia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/cirurgia , Células Secretoras de Insulina/citologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Mesenquimais , Pâncreas/citologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/citologia , Equilíbrio Th1-Th2 , Animais , Transdiferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/imunologia , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/imunologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Células Secretoras de Insulina/imunologia , Células Secretoras de Insulina/metabolismo , Masculino , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/imunologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Pâncreas/imunologia , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/metabolismo , Células Th1/citologia , Células Th1/imunologia , Células Th1/metabolismo , Células Th2/citologia , Células Th2/imunologia , Células Th2/metabolismo
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PLoS One ; 6(1): e16566, 2011 Jan 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21304603

RESUMO

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is due to autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta-cells. Previously, we have shown that intravenously administered bone marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) allows pancreatic islet recovery, improves insulin secretion and reverts hyperglycemia in low doses streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. Here we evaluate whether insulin prophylaxis and the administration of a second dose of cells affect the antidiabetic therapeutic effect of MSC transplantation. Insulitis and subsequent elimination of pancreatic beta-cells was promoted in C57BL/6 mice by the injection of 40 mg/kg/day STZ for five days. Twenty-four days later, diabetic mice were distributed into experimental groups according to if they received or not insulin and/or one or two doses of healthy donor-derived MSCs. Three and half months later: glycemia, pancreatic islets number, insulinemia, glycated hemoglobin level and glucose tolerance were determined in animals that did not received exogenous insulin for the last 1.5 months. Also, we characterized MSCs isolated from mice healthy or diabetic. The therapeutic effect of MSC transplantation was observed in diabetic mice that received or not insulin prophylaxis. Improvements were similar irrespective if they received one or two doses of cells. Compared to MSCs from healthy mice, MSCs from diabetic mice had the same proliferation and adipogenic potentials, but were less abundant, with altered immunophenotype and no osteogenic potential.Our preclinical results should be taken into account when designing phase II clinical trials aimed to evaluate MSC transplantation in patients with T1D. Cells should be isolated form healthy donor, insulin prophylaxis could be maintained and a second dose, after an elapse of two months, appears unnecessary in the medium-term.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/terapia , Insulina/uso terapêutico , Células-Tronco Multipotentes/transplante , Transplante de Células-Tronco/métodos , Animais , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/prevenção & controle , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Pré-Medicação/métodos , Reoperação , Estreptozocina , Resultado do Tratamento
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Cytotherapy ; 12(3): 429-31, 2010 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20230217

RESUMO

In animal models it has been shown that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) contribute to skin regeneration and accelerate wound healing. We evaluated whether allogeneic MSC administration resulted in an improvement in the skin of two patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB; OMIM 226600). Patients had absent type VII collagen immunohistofluorescence and since birth had suffered severe blistering and wounds that heal with scarring. Vehicle or 0.5 x 10(6) MSC were infused intradermally in intact and chronic ulcerated sites. One week after intervention, in MSC-treated skin type VII collagen was detected along the basement membrane zone and the dermal-epidermal junction was continuous. Re-epithelialization of chronic ulcerated skin was observed only near MSC administration sites. In both patients the observed clinical benefit lasted for 4 months. Thus intradermal administration of allogeneic MSC associates with type VII collagen replenishment at the dermal-epidermal junction, prevents blistering and improves wound healing in unconditioned patients with RDEB.


Assuntos
Terapia Baseada em Transplante de Células e Tecidos/métodos , Colágeno Tipo VII/metabolismo , Epidermólise Bolhosa Distrófica , Transplante de Células-Tronco Mesenquimais , Pele/patologia , Transplante Homólogo , Adolescente , Adulto , Animais , Colágeno Tipo VII/genética , Epidermólise Bolhosa Distrófica/genética , Epidermólise Bolhosa Distrófica/patologia , Epidermólise Bolhosa Distrófica/terapia , Feminino , Humanos , Injeções Intradérmicas , Masculino
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PLoS Pathog ; 6(2): e1000779, 2010 Feb 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20174562

RESUMO

In man, infection with South American Andes virus (ANDV) causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). HCPS due to ANDV is endemic in Southern Chile and much of Argentina and increasing numbers of cases are reported all over South America. A case-fatality rate of about 36% together with the absence of successful antiviral therapies urge the development of a vaccine. Although T-cell responses were shown to be critically involved in immunity to hantaviruses in mouse models, no data are available on the magnitude, specificity and longevity of ANDV-specific memory T-cell responses in patients. Using sets of overlapping peptides in IFN-gamma ELISPOT assays, we herein show in 78 Chilean convalescent patients that Gn-derived epitopes were immunodominant as compared to those from the N- and Gc-proteins. Furthermore, while the relative contribution of the N-specific response significantly declined over time, Gn-specific responses remained readily detectable ex vivo up to 13 years after the acute infection. Tetramer analysis further showed that up to 16.8% of all circulating CD3(+)CD8(+) T cells were specific for the single HLA-B*3501-restricted epitope Gn(465-473) years after the acute infection. Remarkably, Gn(465-473)-specific cells readily secreted IFN-gamma, granzyme B and TNF-alpha but not IL-2 upon stimulation and showed a 'revertant' CD45RA(+)CD27(-)CD28(-)CCR7(-)CD127(-) effector memory phenotype, thereby resembling a phenotype seen in other latent virus infections. Most intriguingly, titers of neutralizing antibodies increased over time in 10/17 individuals months to years after the acute infection and independently of whether they were residents of endemic areas or not. Thus, our data suggest intrinsic, latent antigenic stimulation of Gn-specific T-cells. However, it remains a major task for future studies to proof this hypothesis by determination of viral antigen in convalescent patients. Furthermore, it remains to be seen whether Gn-specific T cells are critical for viral control and protective immunity. If so, Gn-derived immunodominant epitopes could be of high value for future ANDV vaccines.


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Antígenos Virais/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Epitopos de Linfócito T/imunologia , Infecções por Hantavirus/imunologia , Memória Imunológica/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Separação Celular , Chile , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Citometria de Fluxo , Orthohantavírus/imunologia , Humanos , Epitopos Imunodominantes/imunologia
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Biol Blood Marrow Transplant ; 15(11): 1354-65, 2009 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19822294

RESUMO

Twenty-five to 40% of diabetic patients develop diabetic nephropathy, a clinical syndrome that comprises renal failure and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It represents the major cause of chronic kidney disease and is associated with premature morbimortality of diabetic patients. Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) contribute to the regeneration of several organs, including acutely injured kidney. We sought to evaluate if MSC protect kidney function and structure when endovenously administered to mice with severe diabetes. A month after nonimmunologic diabetes induction by streptozotocin injection, C57BL/6 mice presented hyperglycemia, glycosuria, hypoinsulinemia, massive beta-pancreatic islet destruction, low albuminuria, but not renal histopathologic changes (DM mice). At this stage, one group of animals received the vehicle (untreated) and other group received 2 doses of 0.5 x 10(6) MSC/each (MSC-treated). Untreated DM mice gradually increased urinary albumin excretion and 4 months after diabetes onset, they reached values 15 times higher than normal animals. In contrast, MSC-treated DM mice maintained basal levels of albuminuria. Untreated DM mice had marked glomerular and tubular histopathologic changes (sclerosis, mesangial expansion, tubular dilatation, proteins cylinders, podocytes lost). However, MSC-treated mice showed only slight tubular dilatation. Observed renoprotection was not associated with an improvement in endocrine pancreas function in this animal model, because MSC-treated DM mice remained hyperglycemic and hypoinsulinemic, and maintained few remnant beta-pancreatic islets throughout the study period. To study MSC biodistribution, cells were isolated from isogenic mice that constitutively express GFP (MSC(GFP)) and endovenously administered to DM mice. Although at very low levels, donor cells were found in kidney of DM mice 3 month after transplantation. Presented preclinical results support MSC administration as a cell therapy strategy to prevent chronic renal diseases secondary to diabetes.


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Nefropatias Diabéticas/cirurgia , Falência Renal Crônica/prevenção & controle , Transplante de Células-Tronco Mesenquimais , Albuminúria/etiologia , Albuminúria/prevenção & controle , Animais , Glicemia/análise , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/sangue , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/complicações , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/patologia , Nefropatias Diabéticas/complicações , Nefropatias Diabéticas/patologia , Sobrevivência de Enxerto , Infusões Intravenosas , Ilhotas Pancreáticas/patologia , Rim/ultraestrutura , Falência Renal Crônica/etiologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Distribuição Aleatória
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FEMS Microbiol Lett ; 287(2): 143-8, 2008 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18754791

RESUMO

Cytolysin A (ClyA, HlyE, SheA) is a hemolytic pore-forming toxin found in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A. In the present study, analysis of several Shigella strains revealed that they harbor only nonfunctional clyA gene copies that have been inactivated either by the integration of insertion sequence (IS) elements (Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella boydii, and Shigella sonnei strains) or by a frameshift mutation (Shigella flexneri). Shigella dysenteriae and S. boydii strains also exhibited IS-associated deletions at the clyA locus. PCR and Southern blot analyses as well as database searches indicated that clyA-related DNA sequences are completely absent in strains belonging to various other genera of the family Enterobacteriaceae. According to these data, ClyA may play a role only for a rather small subset of the enteric bacteria.


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Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Citotoxinas/genética , Shigella/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Citotoxinas/metabolismo , Enterobacteriaceae/genética , Enterobacteriaceae/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Shigella/metabolismo
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