Article
Toxoplasma gondii infection of chicken embryos causes retinal changes and modulates HSP90B1 gene expression: a promising ocular toxoplasmosis model
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NASARÉ, Alex M. et al. Toxoplasma Gondii Infection of Chicken Embryos Causes Retinal Changes and Modulates HSP90B1 Gene Expression: A Promising Ocular Toxoplasmosis Model. Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp), v.5, n.4, p.316-20, Nov. 2015.
2062-8633
10.1556/1886.2015.00024
Autor
Nasaré, Alex M.
Tedesco, Roberto C.
Cristovam, Priscila C.
Cenedese, Marcos A.
Galisteo Jr., Andrés J.
Andrade Jr., Heitor F.
Gomes, José Álvaro P.
Guimarães, Érik V.
Barbosa, Helene S.
Alonso, Luis G.
Resumen
HSP90B1 is a gene that codifies heat shock protein 108 (HSP108) that belongs to a group of proteins induced under stress situation, and it has close relation with the nervous system, especially in the retina. Toxoplasma gondii causes ocular toxoplasmosis that has been associated with a late manifestation of the congenital toxoplasmosis although experimental models show that morphological alterations are already present during embryological development. Here, we used 18 eyes of Gallus domesticus embryos in 7th and 20th embryonic days to establish a model of congenital ocular toxoplasmosis, experimentally infected in its fifth day correlating with HSP90B1 gene expression. Embryos' eyes were histologically evaluated, and gene expression was performed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Our data showed parasite present in the choroid, unusual migration of retinal pigment epithelium, and chorioretinal scars, and a tendency to a lower expression of the HSP90B1 gene upon experimental infection. This is a promising model to better understand T. gondii etiopathogeny.
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