Efeito anti-inflamatório da piocianina em macrófagos murinos

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Sales Neto, José Marreiro de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Brasil; Biotecnologia; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Fenazina natural; Imunossupressor; Óxido nítrico; Citocina; Natural phenazine; Immunosuppressant; Nitric oxide; Cytokine; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/8842

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen ubiquitous often associated with individuals with pathologies that cause immunodeficiency, such as cystic fibrosis. This pathogen synthetizes a typical greenish-blue pigment, the pyocyanin, which represents its major virulence factor, inducing the generation of reactive oxygen species by host cells, in addition to inflammation in several tissues and neutrophil apoptosis. However, the protocols used to study these effects are distinct from each other and the pyocyanin mechanism of action in acute inflammation processes is unknown. The aim of this work was to understand the interactions between pyocyanin and acute inflammatory processes, evaluating in vitro effect of pyocyanin on cell viability and nitric oxide, interleukin (IL)-1β, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α production by lipopolysaccharide-activated mice peritoneal macrophages. In addition, the in vivo effect of pyocyanin on zymosan-induced peritonitis in mice was evaluated. Our results show that pyocyanin 50 or 100 μM induced cell death about 90 and 95 % (p < 0.0001), respectively, while pyocyanin 1, 5, or 10 μM was not able to affect cell viability. The pigment at 5 or 10 μM reduced nitric oxide production about 26 % (p < 0.05) and 51 % (p < 0.0001), respectively, in addition to reducing IL-1β (38 %, p < 0.001) and TNF-α (48 %, p < 0.001) levels in macrophages treated with pyocyanin 5 μM. In the in vivo model, pyocyanin 5 mg/kg has not affect leukocyte migration to the inflammation site. The pyocyanin-induced reduction of nitric oxide, IL-1β, and TNF-α levels may be a pathogen-friendly escape mechanism, reducing the host's immune response at the concentrations evaluated in this work. This effect seems to be independent of interference in cell migration.