| Author | Pereira, Glaucia Vilar | |
| Author | Pereira, Isabela Resende | |
| Author | Ruivo, Leonardo Alexandre de Souza | |
| Author | Moreira, Otacilio Cruz | |
| Author | Silva, Andrea Alice da | |
| Author | Britto, Constança | |
| Author | Lannes-Vieira, Joseli | |
| Access date | 2016-12-06T14:46:08Z | |
| Available date | 2016-12-06T14:46:08Z | |
| Document date | 2016 | |
| Citation | PEREIRA, Glaucia Vilar; et al Combination Chemotherapy with Suboptimal Doses of Benznidazole and Pentoxifylline Sustains Partial Reversion of Experimental Chagas’ Heart Disease. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, v.60, n.7, p.4297-4309, July 2016. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0066-4804 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/16443 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Cardiomiopatia Chagásica | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Tratamento | pt_BR |
| Title | Combination Chemotherapy with Suboptimal Doses of Benznidazole and Pentoxifylline Sustains Partial Reversion of Experimental Chagas' Heart Disease | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1128/AAC.02123-15 | |
| Abstract | Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) progresses with parasite persistence, fibrosis, and electrical alterations associated with an unbalanced immune response such as high plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and nitric oxide (NO). Presently, the available treatments only mitigate the symptoms of CCC. To improve CCC prognosis, we interfered with the parasite load and unbalanced immune response using the trypanocidal drug benznidazole (Bz) and the immunoregulator pentoxifylline (PTX). C57BL/6 mice chronically infected with the Colombian strain of Trypanosoma cruzi and with signs of CCC were treated for 30 days with a suboptimal dose of Bz (25 mg/kg of body weight), PTX (20 mg/kg), or their combination (Bz plus PTX) and analyzed for electrocardiographic, histopathological, and immunological changes. Bz (76%) and Bz-plus-PTX (79%) therapies decreased parasite loads. Although the three therapies reduced myocarditis and fibrosis and ameliorated electrical alterations, only Bz plus PTX restored normal heart rate-corrected QT (QTc) intervals. Bz-plus-PTX-treated mice presented complementary effects of Bz and PTX, which reduced TNF expression (37%) in heart tissue and restored normal TNF receptor 1 expression on CD8(+) T cells, respectively. Bz (85%) and PTX (70%) therapies reduced the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS/NOS2) in heart tissue, but only Bz (58%) reduced NO levels in serum. These effects were more pronounced after Bz-plus-PTX therapy. Moreover, 30 to 50 days after treatment cessation, reductions of the prolonged QTc and QRS intervals were sustained in Bz-plus-PTX-treated mice. Our findings support the importance of interfering with the etiological agent and immunological abnormalities to improve CCC prognosis, opening an opportunity for a better quality of life for Chagas' disease (CD) patients. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia das Interações. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia das Interações. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia das Interações. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Doenças Endêmicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal Fluminense. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Patologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Doenças Endêmicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia das Interações. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy | pt_BR |
| Subject | Benznidazole | pt_BR |
| Subject | Pentoxifylline | pt_BR |
| Subject | Chagas’ Heart Disease | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1098-6596 | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 03 Saúde e Bem-Estar | |
