Author | Carvalho, Luiz Otávio Pereira | |
Author | Silva, Ana Lucia Abreu | |
Author | Hardoim, Daiana de Jesús | |
Author | Tedesco, Roberto Carlos | |
Author | Mendes, Verônica Gonçalves | |
Author | Costa, Sylvio Celso Gonçalves da | |
Author | Calabrese, Kátia da Silva | |
Access date | 2018-12-27T12:42:19Z | |
Available date | 2018-12-27T12:42:19Z | |
Document date | 2009 | |
Citation | CARVALHO, Luiz Otávio Pereira; et al. Trypanosoma cruzi and myoid cells from seminiferous tubules: interaction and relation with fibrous components of extracellular matrix in experimental Chagas’ disease. Int. J. Exp. Path., v.90, p.52-57, 2009. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0959-9673 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/30787 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Wiley | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Matriz Extracelular | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Colágeno | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Túbulos Seminíferos | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | células mióides | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Doença de Chagas experimental | pt_BR |
Title | Trypanosoma cruzi and myoid cells from seminiferous tubules: interaction and relation with fibrous components of extracellular matrix in experimental Chagas' disease | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00592.x | |
Abstract | The main transmission route of Trypanosoma cruzi is by triatomine bugs. However, T. cruzi is also transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplantation, ingestion of contaminated food or fluids, or is congenital. Sexual transmission, although suggested since the discovery of Chagas' disease, has remained unproven. Sexual transmission would require T. cruzi to be located at the testes and ovaries. Here we investigated whether T. cruzi is present in the gonads of mice infected with 10(4) T. cruzi trypomastigotes from the CL strain. Fourteen days after experimental infection, histopathological examination showed alterations in the extracellular matrix of the lamina propria of the seminiferous tubules. Furthermore, amastigotes were present in seminiferous tubules, within myoid cells, and in the adjacencies of the basal compartment. These results indicate that T. cruzi is able to reach seminiferous tubule lumen, thus suggesting that Chagas' disease could potentially be transmitted through sexual intercourse. Complementary studies are required to demonstrate that Chagas' disease can be transmitted by coitus. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunomodulação e Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Estadual do Maranhão. Departamento de Patologia. São Luís, MA, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunomodulação e Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Morfologia. Disciplina de Anatomia Topográfica e Descritiva. São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunomodulação e Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunomodulação e Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunomodulação e Protozoologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | collagenous | pt_BR |
Subject | experimental Chagas Disease | pt_BR |
Subject | extracellular matrix | pt_BR |
Subject | myoid cells | pt_BR |
Subject | seminiferous tubules | pt_BR |
DeCS | Túbulos Seminíferos | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1365-2613 | |
Embargo date | 2030-01-01 | |