Análise da expressão da Anexina A1 na pele de pacientes com leishmaniose cutânea e correlação com o aspecto histopatológico

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Helen Aguiar Lemes da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Brasil; Faculdade de Medicina (FM); UFMT CUC - Cuiabá; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde
• Palavras-chave em Português: Leishmaniose cutânea; Anexina-A1; Linfócitos; Macrófagos; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Annexin-A1; Lymphocytes; Macrophages
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufmt.br/handle/1/691

American tegumentary leishmaniasis is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, and the transmission occurs through the sandflies bite. It is an infectious disease that affects the skin and mucosa. The cellular immune response has been identified as an important factor in the progression of tegumentary leishmaniasis lesions. The anti-inflammatory protein annexin A1 is recognized as an important mediator in the inflammatory process. The aim of this study is quantify the annexin-A1 expression in macrophages and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from skin fragment of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis, and correlates with histopathological aspects. Skin biopsies of patients (n= 55) with cutaneous leishmaniasis were processed and analyzed. To characterize the species of Leishmania, it was used ITS1-PCR/RFLP, which identified that all biological samples had parasite Leishmania brasiliensis. In the histological analysis, there was an intense leukocyte migration, showing lymphohistiocytic and plasmocytic infiltrate. Then, it was conducted the determination of annexin-A1 expression in macrophages and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells by immunofluorescence technique. In annexin-A1 expression quantification, there was an increase of this protein in macrophages from patients skin with cutaneous leishmaniasis, when compared to these cells from healthy individuals (control: 64.6 ± 3.0 AU, LT: 107.0 ± 2.7 AU; p <0.0001). These data might indicate the role of this protein in the phagocytic process. In addition, macrophages present in the necrotic exudative reaction skin lesions of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis showed higher expression of the protein (123.5 ± 6.9 AU) when compared with cells present in the granulomatous exudative reaction and cellular exudative reaction lesions (100.0 ± 4.1, p <0.01, and 104.6 ± 3.0, p <0.05). These data may indicate that in necrotic exudative reaction lesions, macrophages express more annexin-A1 due to cell activation induce by phagocytosis of parasites and cellular debris from necrotic regions. Regarding CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, our analysis showed that these cells had higher levels of annexin-A1 in cellular exudative reaction lesions (CD4+: 123.9 ± 11.6 AU) (CD8+: 121.3 ± 9.0 AU) when compared with cells present in necrotic exudative reaction and granulomatous exudative reaction lesions (CD4+: 87.7 ± 5.2, p <0.05; and 53.7 ± 15.7, p <0.01) (CD8+ T: 76.0 ± 11.4, p <0.05; and 77.0 ± 10.4, p <0.05). These data demonstrate that this protein is active during the cellular response to Leishmania antigens. Furthermore the increased annexin-A1 expression in T cells from cellular exudative reaction lesion could be explained by the widespread aspect of lymphohistiocytic and plasmocytic infiltrate, with higher presence of edema and absence infection containment, as occurs in the granulomatous exudative reaction lesions. In conclusion, the data presented here, together with the literature, show the relevance of the annexin-A1 dynamics in the immune system regulation during cutaneous leishmaniasis. These data shows for the first time, a contribution to understanding the role of annexin-A1 in the activation of macrophages and T cells in the cutaneous leishmaniasis. Future studies will allow the accurate understanding of the annexin-A1 mechanism of action in the infection process of cutaneous leishmaniasis.