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Acta Trop ; 171: 74-79, 2017 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28327412

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Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection that manifests as different clinical forms related to the immunological response. The aim of the study was to evaluated the response of IL-22, STAT3, CD68 and iNOS in leprosy skin lesions. The mean number IL-22 positive cells was 12.12±1.90cells/field in the TT form and 31.31±2.91cells/field in the LL form. STAT3 positive cells was 5.29±1.96 cells/field in the TT form, while this number was 11.13±3.48cells/field in the LL form. The mean number of CD68 positive cells was 25.18±6.21cells/field in the TT form and 62.81±8.13cells/field in the LL form. Quantitative analysis of iNOS revealed a significant difference, with the mean number of cells expressing the enzyme being 30.24±2.88cells/field in the TT form compared to 35.44±4.69cells/field in the LL form. Linear correlations in lesions of TT patients showed a moderate positive correlations between CD68 and iNOS, STAT3 and Inos, IL-22 and STAT3, and IL-22 and iNOS. Our results demonstrate that these factors can act synergistically to induce a microbicidal activity in the population of macrophages in the leprosy lesions.


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Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/metabolismo , Interleucinas/metabolismo , Lepra/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintasa de Tipo II/metabolismo , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/metabolismo , Antígenos CD/genética , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/genética , Femenino , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/inmunología , Humanos , Interleucinas/genética , Macrófagos/inmunología , Masculino , Óxido Nítrico Sintasa de Tipo II/genética , Factor de Transcripción STAT3/genética , Interleucina-22
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Eur J Immunol ; 42(11): 2925-36, 2012 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22851198

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Lepromatous macrophages possess a regulatory phenotype that contributes to the immunosuppression observed in leprosy. CD163, a scavenger receptor that recognizes hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes, is expressed at higher levels in lepromatous cells, although its functional role in leprosy is not yet established. We herein demonstrate that human lepromatous lesions are microenvironments rich in IDO⁺CD163⁺. Cells isolated from these lesions were CD68⁺IDO⁺CD163⁺ while higher levels of sCD163 in lepromatous sera positively correlated with IL-10 levels and IDO activity. Different Myco-bacterium leprae (ML) concentrations in healthy monocytes likewise revealed a positive correlation between increased concentrations of the mycobacteria and IDO, CD209, and CD163 expression. The regulatory phenotype in ML-stimulated monocytes was accompanied by increased TNF, IL-10, and TGF-ß levels whereas IL-10 blockade reduced ML-induced CD163 expression. The CD163 blockade reduced ML uptake in human monocytes. ML uptake was higher in HEK293 cells transfected with the cDNA for CD163 than in untransfected cells. Simultaneously, increased CD163 expression in lepromatous cells seemed to be dependent on ML uptake, and contributed to augmented iron storage in lepromatous macrophages. Altogether, these results suggest that ML-induced CD163 expression modulates the host cell phenotype to create a favorable environment for myco-bacterial entry and survival.


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Antígenos CD/inmunología , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/inmunología , Lepra Lepromatosa/inmunología , Lepra Lepromatosa/microbiología , Macrófagos/inmunología , Mycobacterium leprae/inmunología , Receptores de Superficie Celular/inmunología , Antígenos CD/genética , Antígenos de Diferenciación Mielomonocítica/genética , Biopsia , Citometría de Flujo , Humanos , Indolamina-Pirrol 2,3,-Dioxigenasa/inmunología , Interleucina-10/inmunología , Lepra Lepromatosa/patología , Macrófagos/microbiología , ARN Mensajero/química , ARN Mensajero/genética , Receptores de Superficie Celular/genética , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa
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