Cell death induction by mycelium extracts from Pleurotus spp. on cervical cancer cell lines.

Mushrooms have health benefits, including anti-tumoral properties. We evaluated the cytotoxic and cell death induction effects of water-soluble extracts of Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus eryngii mycelium in the cervical cancer cell lines HeLa (HVP18+) and SiHa (HVP16+) as well as the non-tumoral cell line HaCaT. Both Pleurotus extracts presented similar protein patterns from 190 to 10 kDa and displayed protease activity on a gelatine substrate. The mycelium extracts of both Pleurotus strains induced a dose-dependent cytotoxic effect on HPV+ cells IC50 65 µg), whereas HaCaT cells were less susceptible (IC50 90 µg). The cytotoxic effect at the IC50 concentration was not associated with apoptosis, the activation of Caspases-3/7 was not significantive; only P. eryngii induced a moderate (1.2-fold) increase in SiHa cells. Pleurotus extracts induced autophagy, mainly in SiHa cells (4.3-fold). Neither extracts induced changes in p53 protein expression, suggesting that the cytotoxic effect could be due to p53-independent pathways.

Haemonchus contortus infection induces a variable immune response in resistant and susceptible Pelibuey sheep.

The immune response and phenotypic characteristics of Pelibuey lambs were analysed after the induction of a Haemonchus contortus trickle infection. Male lambs (n = 29; 20 kg live weight) were infected with 100 H. contortus infective larvae per kg of live weight on day 3, 5 and 7 of the experiment. The number of eggs per gram (epg), seven haematological parameters and the immunoglobulin A (IgA) level were analysed for 56 experimental days. In addition, histopathological samples from the fundic abomasal region and the relative expression of 10 immune-related genes from 15 infected and three non-infected lambs were analysed at day 0 and 49 of the experiment. The epg count and some haematological parameters (leucocytes, red blood cells, haemoglobin and total protein) with statistically significant differences (P < 0.01) were used to identify nine resistant and 20 susceptible lambs (1166 ±â€¯1071 and 3171 ±â€¯1463 epg, respectively). Moreover, acute infiltration of immune cells and parasitic granuloma formation were observed in susceptible lambs; the resistant group had moderate inflammatory cell infiltration. With respect to relative gene expression, resistant lambs showed upregulation (P < 0.001) of 10 genes, from 2.2 to 15.99 fold. Moreover, there was a strong indirect correlation (P < 0.05) between the epg count and interleukin 5 (IL5) gene expression. By contrast, there was an average 0.34 fold downregulation in nine of the immune-related genes (P ≤ 0.05) in susceptible lambs (the only exception was Fc fragment of IgE receptor Ia [FCER1A] upregulation). In addition, there was a direct correlation (P ≤ 0.05) between the epg count and the expression of IL8, which encodes an inflammatory chemokine. In conclusion, this study showed differential IL5 and IL8 gene expression during haemonchosis in resistant and susceptible Pelibuey lambs, respectively, together with a variable immune response based on histopathological and haematological parameters.

Primer informe en México sobre la presencia de resistencia a ivermectina en bovinos infectados naturalmente con nematodos gastrointestinales / First report in Mexico on ivermectin resistance on naturally infected calves with gastrointestinal nematodes

The aim of this work was to determine the presence of ivermectin anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in young cattle naturally infected in the state of Campeche, Mexico. This research was performed based on a survey of sanitary management to 35 cattlemen for the selection of suspicious herds with anthelmintic resistance problems. Calves from six to 12 months age were selected because no anthelmintic treatment had been given for at least 60 days and because they showed more than 200 eggs per gram of feces (epg) before treatment. Two groups of calves from seven to 13 each were randomly chosen; control group received no treatment, and treated group received ivermectin at a dose of 0.2 mg per kg of body weight, subcutaneously. Fourteen days after treatment, the epg number was determined and infective larvae genera were taxonomically identified. Data were analyzed using RESO program for anthelmintic resistance. The results indicated a concerning problem of ivermectin anthelmintic resistance in the evaluated cattle of five ranches with levels higher than 60%. The nematode genera identified before treatment were: Cooperia spp, Haemonchus spp and Oesophagostomum sp, and after treatment Cooperia spp still remained in five ranches, followed by Oesophagostomum sp and Haemonchus spp for two of the evaluated ranches. This research shows, for the first time in the state of Campeche, anthelmintic resistance in young cattle, as well as presence of gastrointestinal nematodes resistant to ivermectin.

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue detectar resistencia a ivermectina en nematodos gastrointestinales en bovinos jóvenes infectados naturalmente en Campeche, México. El trabajo se llevó a cabo con base en una encuesta de manejo sanitario realizada a 35 ganaderos para la selección de hatos sospechosos de problemas de resistencia antihelmíntica. Becerros de seis a 12 meses de edad fueron seleccionados debido a que no habían recibido tratamiento antihelmíntico en un periodo mínimo de 60 días y porque presentaron cuentas parasitarias mayores de 200 huevos por gramo de heces (hpg), antes del tratamiento. Se formaron dos grupos de bovinos al azar, de siete a 13 animales cada uno; el grupo testigo no recibió tratamiento, y grupo tratado recibió 0.2 mg por kg de peso de ivermectina, vía subcutánea. Catorce días después del tratamiento, se determinó el número de hpg y se identificaron los géneros de larvas infectantes. Los datos se analizaron en el programa RESO para resistencia antihelmíntica. Los resultados indicaron serios problemas de resistencia a ivermectina en el ganado vacuno evaluado en cinco ranchos con niveles mayores de 60%. Los nematodos identificados antes del tratamiento, Cooperia spp, Haemonchus spp y Oesophagostomum sp, y después del tratamiento fueron Cooperia spp en los cinco ranchos, seguido por Oesophagostomum sp y Haemonchus spp para dos de los ranchos evaluados. Este trabajo muestra evidencia, por primera vez en Campeche, de resistencia a ivermectina en bovinos jóvenes, así como presencia de tres géneros de nematodos gastrointestinales resistentes a ivermectina.