Chloroquine treatment influences immunologicalmemory through the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway during the initiation of Plasmodium chabaudi infection.
Int Immunopharmacol
; 113(Pt A): 109403, 2022 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Growing evidence describes the host immune response mechanism involved in malaria. Despite the spread of drug resistance, chloroquine (CQ) remains the main antimalarial drug in most countries in Latin America and Asia. Studies have indicated an immunomodulatory activity of CQ, however, the potential implications for CQ on immunological memory recognizing the malaria parasite are still being elucidated. Our study suggests that CQ treatment significantly delayed the initiation of parasitemia during infection of mice with the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi (P.c.). Additionally, there was a decrease in T follicular helper cells (Tfh), CD4+ effector memory T cells, memory B cells (MBC), IgG2a memoryB cells, along with IgG2a plasma cells; while antibody production was not affected atthe observation time points. After PD-1 blockade and CQ treatment, no reductions in the numbers of CD4+ effector memory T cells, MBC, and IgG2a memoryB cells were observed compared with the P.c. group. Therefore, CQ might regulate immunological memory via the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway. Compared with antibody secretion, the inhibition of CQ on immune memory cells was a more sensitive indicator.
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Plasmodium chabaudi
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Malária
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Animals
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En
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Int Immunopharmacol
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ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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FARMACOLOGIA
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2022
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