Immunotherapy based on Pythium insidiosum mycelia drives a Th1/Th17 response in mice.
Med Mycol
; 58(8): 1120-1125, 2020 Nov 10.
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ABSTRACT
Pythium insidiosum is an oomycete that affects mammals, especially humans and horses, causing a difficult-to-treat disease. Typically, surgical interventions associated with antimicrobial therapy, immunotherapy, or both are the preferred treatment choices. PitiumVac® is a therapeutic vaccine prepared from the mycelial mass of P. insidiosum and is used to treat Brazilian equine pythiosis. To better understand how PitiumVac® works, we analyzed the composition of PitiumVac® and the immune response triggered by this immunotherapy in mice. We performed an enzymatic quantification that showed a total glucan content of 21.05% ± 0.94 (α-glucan, 6.37% ± 0.77 and (1,3)(1,6)-ß-glucan, 14.68% ± 0.60) and mannose content of 1.39% ± 0.26; the protein content was 0.52 mg ml-1 ± 0.07 mg ml-1. Healthy Swiss mice (n = 3) were subcutaneously preimmunized with one, two, or three shots of PitiumVac®, and immunization promoted a relevant Th1 and Th17 responses compared to nonimmunization of mice. The highest cytokine levels were observed after the third immunization, principally for IFN-γ, IL-17A, IL-6, and IL-10 levels. Results of infected untreated (Pythiosis) and infected treated (Pythiosis + PVAC) mice (n = 3) showed that PitiumVac® reinforces the Th1/Th17 response displayed by untreated mice. The (1,3)(1,6)-ß-glucan content can be, at least in part, related to this Th1/Th17 response.
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Pythium
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Células Th1
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Células Th17
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Pitiose
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Imunoterapia
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Animals
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En
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Med Mycol
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
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Brasil