Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/485
Title: Elevated serum levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor are associated with progressive chronic cardiomyopathy in patients with chagas disease
Authors: Cutrullis, Romina A. 
Petray, Patricia B. 
Schapachnik, Edgardo 
Sánchez, Rubén 
Postan, Miriam 
Gonzalez, Mariela N. 
Martin, Valentina 
Corral, Ricardo S. 
Issue Date: 2013
Description: 
Clinical symptoms of chronic Chagas disease occur in around 30% of the individuals infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and are characterized by heart inflammation and dysfunction. The pathogenesis of chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) is not completely understood yet, partially because disease evolution depends on complex host-parasite interactions. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pleiotropic proinflammatory cytokine that promotes numerous pathophysiological processes. In the current study, we investigated the link between MIF and CCC progression.Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated MIF overexpression in the hearts from chronically T. cruzi-infected mice, particularly those showing intense inflammatory infiltration. We also found that MIF exogenously added to parasite-infected murine macrophage cultures is capable of enhancing the production of TNF-α and reactive oxygen species, both with pathogenic roles in CCC. Thus, the integrated action of MIF and other cytokines and chemokines may account for leukocyte influx to the infected myocardium, accompanied by enhanced local production of multiple inflammatory mediators. We further examined by ELISA the level of MIF in the sera from chronic indeterminate and cardiomyopathic chagasic patients, and healthy subjects. CCC patients displayed significantly higher MIF concentrations than those recorded in asymptomatic T. cruzi-infected and uninfected individuals. Interestingly, increased MIF levels were associated with severe progressive Chagas heart disease, in correlation with elevated serum concentration of high sensitivity C-reactive protein and also with several echocardiographic indicators of left ventricular dysfunction, one of the hallmarks of CCC. Our present findings represent the first evidence that enhanced MIF production is associated with progressive cardiac impairment in chronic human infection with T. cruzi, strengthening the relationship between inflammatory response and parasite-driven pathology. These observations contribute to unravel the elements involved in the pathogenesis of CCC and may also be helpful for the design of novel therapies aimed to control long-term morbidity in chagasic patients.
URI: http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/485
Rights: openAccess
Appears in Collections:Preproducción
Publicaciones INP

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat
PLoSONE,2013,8(2),e57181..pdfPDF643.57 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open
Show full item record

Page view(s)

92
checked on Mar 29, 2024

Download(s)

5
checked on Mar 29, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.