Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis Infection Promotes Thymic Disarrangement And Premature Egress Of Mature Lymphocytes Expressing Prohibitive Tcrs

dc.creatorDi Gangi
dc.creatorRosaria; da Costa
dc.creatorThiago Alves; Thome
dc.creatorRodolfo; Peron
dc.creatorGabriela; Burger
dc.creatorEva; Verinaud
dc.creatorLiana
dc.date2016
dc.datemaio
dc.date2017-11-13T13:20:59Z
dc.date2017-11-13T13:20:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T05:54:23Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T05:54:23Z
dc.identifierBmc Infectious Diseases. Biomed Central Ltd, v. 16, p. , 2016.
dc.identifier1471-2334
dc.identifierWOS:000376719100001
dc.identifier10.1186/s12879-016-1561-8
dc.identifierhttps://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com.ez88.periodicos.capes.gov.br/articles/10.1186/s12879-016-1561-8
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/327702
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1364727
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionParacoccidioidomycosis, a chronic granulomatous fungal disease caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast cells affects mainly rural workers, albeit recently cases in immunosuppressed individuals has been reported. Protective immune response against P. brasiliensis is dependent on the activity of helper T cells especially IFN-gamma-producing Th1 cells. It has been proposed that Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is able to modulate the immune response towards a permissive state and that the thymus plays a major role in it. Methods: In this paper, we show that acute infection of BALB/c mice with P. brasiliensis virulent isolate (Pb18) might cause alterations in the thymic environment as well as the prohibitive TCR-expressing T cells in the spleens. Results: After seven days of infection, we found yeast cells on the thymic stroma, the thymic epithelial cells (TEC) were altered regarding their spatial-orientation and inflammatory mediators gene expression was increased. Likewise, thymocytes (differentiating T cells) presented higher migratory ability in ex vivo experiments. Notwithstanding, P. brasiliensis-infected mice showed an increased frequency of prohibitive TCR-expressing T cells in the spleens, suggesting that the selection processes that occur in the thymus may be compromised during the acute infection. Conclusion: In this paper, for the first time, we show that acute infection with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast cells promotes thymic alterations leading to a defective repertoire of peripheral T cells. The data presented here may represent new mechanisms by which P. brasiliensis subverts the immune response towards the chronic infection observed in humans.
dc.description16
dc.descriptionSao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2012/22131-7, 2013/01401-9, 2013/08194-9, 2014/02631-0]
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherBiomed Central Ltd
dc.publisherLondon
dc.relationBMC Infectious Diseases
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceWOS
dc.subjectParacoccidioides Brasiliensis
dc.subjectParacoccidioidomycosis
dc.subjectThymic Atrophy
dc.titleParacoccidioides Brasiliensis Infection Promotes Thymic Disarrangement And Premature Egress Of Mature Lymphocytes Expressing Prohibitive Tcrs
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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