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THE ANTIFIBROTIC DRUG PIRFENIDONE PROMOTES PULMONARY CAVITATION AND DRUG RESISTANCE IN A MOUSE MODEL OF CHRONIC TUBERCULOSIS
Granuloma
Fibrose pulmonar idiopática
Infecção
Pirazinamida
Tratamento
Anti-Infective Agents
Tuberculosis
Pyrazinamide
Treatment Failure
Granuloma
Author
Affilliation
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology. Baltimore,MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako. Bamako, Mali
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Pediatrics. Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology. Baltimore, MD, USA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. 7Unidade de Medicina Investigativa, Laboratório Integrado de Microbiologia e Imunorregulação. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação José Silveira. Instituto Brasileiro para a Investigação da Tuberculose. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Pediatrics. Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology. Baltimore,MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako. Bamako, Mali
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Pediatrics. Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology. Baltimore, MD, USA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. 7Unidade de Medicina Investigativa, Laboratório Integrado de Microbiologia e Imunorregulação. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação José Silveira. Instituto Brasileiro para a Investigação da Tuberculose. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Pediatrics. Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD, USA / Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
Abstract
Pirfenidone is a recently approved antifibrotic drug for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Because tuberculosis (TB) is characterized by granulomatous inflammation in conjunction with parenchymal destruction and replacement fibrosis, we sought to determine whether the addition of pirfenidone as an adjunctive, host-directed therapy provides a beneficial effect during antimicrobial treatment of TB. We hypothesized that pirfenidone's antiinflammatory and antifibrotic properties would reduce inflammatory lung damage and increase antimicrobial drug penetration in granulomas to accelerate treatment response. The effectiveness of adjunctive pirfenidone during TB drug therapy was evaluated using a murine model of chronic TB. Mice treated with standard therapy 2HRZ/4HR (H, isoniazid; R, rifampin; and Z, pyrazinamide) were compared with 2 alternative regimens containing pirfenidone (Pf) (2HRZPf/4HRPf and 2HRZPf/4HR). Contrary to our hypothesis, adjunctive pirfenidone use leads to reduced bacterial clearance and increased relapse rates. This treatment failure is closely associated with the emergence of isoniazid monoresistant bacilli, increased cavitation, and significant lung pathology. While antifibrotic agents may eventually be used as part of adjunctive host-directed therapy of TB, this study clearly demonstrates that caution must be exercised. Moreover, as pirfenidone becomes more widely used in clinical practice, increased patient monitoring would be required in endemic TB settings.
Keywords in Portuguese
TuberculoseGranuloma
Fibrose pulmonar idiopática
Infecção
Pirazinamida
Tratamento
Keywords
Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisAnti-Infective Agents
Tuberculosis
Pyrazinamide
Treatment Failure
Granuloma
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