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ISOTYPE PATTERNS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS: HALLMARKS FOR CLINICAL STATUS AND TISSUE PARASITE DENSITY IN BRAZILIAN DOGS NATURALLY INFECTED BY LEISHMANIA (LEISHMANIA) CHAGASI
Clinical forms
Tissue parasitism
Ig profile
Leishmania chagasi
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Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil /Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Laboratorio de Parasitologia e Histopatologia. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Escola de Farmacia. Departamento de Analises Clınicas Nucleo de Pesquisas em Ciencias Biologicas. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Laboratorio de Parasitologia e Histopatologia. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Escola de Farmacia. Departamento de Analises Clınicas Nucleo de Pesquisas em Ciencias Biologicas. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Parasitologia. Laboratorio de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Alfenas. Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular de Microorganismos. Alfenas, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Laboratorio de Parasitologia e Histopatologia. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Escola de Farmacia. Departamento de Analises Clınicas Nucleo de Pesquisas em Ciencias Biologicas. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Parasitologia. Laboratorio de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Laboratorio de Parasitologia e Histopatologia. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Escola de Farmacia. Departamento de Analises Clınicas Nucleo de Pesquisas em Ciencias Biologicas. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Parasitologia. Laboratorio de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Alfenas. Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular de Microorganismos. Alfenas, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Laboratorio de Parasitologia e Histopatologia. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Escola de Farmacia. Departamento de Analises Clınicas Nucleo de Pesquisas em Ciencias Biologicas. Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas. Departamento de Parasitologia. Laboratorio de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Imunologia Celular e Molecular. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou. Laboratorio de Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Abstract
The role of anti-leishmanial immune response underlying the susceptibility/resistance during canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) has been recognized throughout ex vivo and in vitro investigations. Recently, we demonstrated that immunoglobulin levels (Igs), as well as the parasite load are relevant hallmarks of distinct clinical status of CVL. To further characterize and upgrade the background on this issue, herein, we have evaluated, in Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi naturally infected dogs, the relationship between tissue parasitism (skin, bone marrow, spleen, liver and lymph node), the CVL clinical status (asymptomatic (AD), with no suggestive signs of the disease; oligosymptomatic (OD), with maximum three clinical signs-opaque bristles; localized alopecia and moderate loss of weight; symptomatic (SD), serologically positive with severe clinical signs of visceral leishmaniasis), and the humoral immunological profile of anti-Leishmania immunoglobulins (IgG, IgG1, IgG2, IgM, IgA and IgE). Our major statistically significant findings revealed distinct patterns of tissue parasite density within L. chagasi-infected dogs despite their clinical status, pointing out the spleen and skin as the most relevant sites of high parasitism during ongoing CVL. Parasite density of bone marrow and spleen were the most reliable parasitological markers to decode the clinical status of CVL. Moreover, the parasite density of bone marrow better correlates with most anti-Leishmania Igs reactivity. Additionally, a prognostic hallmark for canine visceral leishmaniasis was found, highlighting strong correlation between IgG1 and asymptomatic disease, but with IgA, IgE and IgG2 displaying better association with symptomatic disease. The new aspects of this study highlighted pioneer findings that correlated the degree of tissue parasite density (low (LP), medium (MP) and high (HP) parasitism) with distinct patterns of anti-Leishmania Igs reactivity. In this scope, our data re-enforce the anti-Leishmania IgG but with IgA reactivity as the better marker for overall tissue parasitism. The association between clinical status, Ig profile and the tissue parasitism support a novel investigation on the impact of humoral immune response and susceptibility/resistance mechanism during ongoing CVL.
Keywords
Canine visceral leishmaniasisClinical forms
Tissue parasitism
Ig profile
Leishmania chagasi
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