Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a chronic and systemic disease; if untreated, it can cause death in a large number of cases. The therapy is based on the use of antimonials, which have been used for over 50 years. However, cases of resistance have been reported in some countries. In this context, milt...

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Autores: Joana C. da Silva, Juliana Barbosa Nunes, Vanessa Silva Gontijo, Rossimiriam Pereira de Freitas, Rosemeire Brondi Alves, Fábio Antônio Colombo, Marcia Dalastra Laurenti, Marcos José Marques
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105539
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Palabra clave:Miltefosine derivative
Experimental treatment
Visceral leishmaniasis
Immune response
Química farmacêutica
Leishmaniose visceral
Resposta imune
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spelling Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratusMiltefosine derivativeExperimental treatmentVisceral leishmaniasisImmune responseQuímica farmacêuticaLeishmaniose visceralResposta imuneVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a chronic and systemic disease; if untreated, it can cause death in a large number of cases. The therapy is based on the use of antimonials, which have been used for over 50 years. However, cases of resistance have been reported in some countries. In this context, miltefosine (MIL) was introduced to treat antimonial unresponsive cases. Nonetheless, in recent years MIL unresponsive and relapse cases of VL have increasingly been reported. In the current study, the therapeutic potential of compound 5-(4-(3-methanesulfonatepropyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)dodecyl methanesulfonate (C11), an MIL derivative, was assessed in an experimental VL hamster model. For this purpose, golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were infected with Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi and treated daily for 10 days with C11 and MIL administered orally; in addition, Glucantime (GLU), peritoneal route, were administered at 15, 10, 50 mg/kg body weight/day, respectively. Twenty four hours after the end of treatment the animals were euthanatized; and the specimens were collected to evaluate the relative mRNA expression of cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-17, TGF-β, IL-4 and IL-10 in fragments of the spleen and liver; moreover, the parasitism in these organs was evaluated as well as the main histopathological alterations. The C11-treated animals showed greater expression of IL-17 and TNF-α cytokines and reduced expression of IL-10 in the spleen in comparison to the infected untreated group (UTG) (p <0.05). The C11 and GLU groups showed a significant reduction in the IgG levels in comparison to the UTG group (p <0.05). Moreover, the C11-treated animals had fewer parasites in the spleen than the UTG animals (reduction of 95.9%), as well as a greater preservation of white pulp architecture in the spleen than the UTG, GLU and MIL groups (p <0.05). For the liver, the animals from the C11 and MIL groups showed a significant increase in TNF-α relative expression in comparison to the UTG animals, which would explain the increase in the number of granulomas and the reduction in the parasitic load (p <0.05). Combined, these findings indicate that C11 is an interesting compound that should be considered for the development of new drugs against VL, mainly due to its leishmanicidal effect and immunostimulating action.CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoFAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas GeraisCAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorINCT – Instituto nacional de ciência e tecnologia (Antigo Instituto do Milênio)Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilICX - DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICAUFMG2024-08-05T14:48:09Z2024-08-05T14:48:09Z2020info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepdfapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.1055391873-6254http://hdl.handle.net/1843/72580https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2628-0357https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-818Xhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-072Xhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6974-3724https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0546-2549https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1596-9709https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1080-2440https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3459-3169engActa Tropicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFMGinstname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGJoana C. da SilvaJuliana Barbosa NunesVanessa Silva GontijoVanessa Silva GontijoRossimiriam Pereira de FreitasRosemeire Brondi AlvesFábio Antônio ColomboMarcia Dalastra LaurentiMarcos José Marques2024-08-05T14:48:10Zoai:repositorio.ufmg.br:1843/72580Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://repositorio.ufmg.br/oairepositorio@ufmg.bropendoar:2024-08-05T14:48:10Repositório Institucional da UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
title Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
spellingShingle Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
Joana C. da Silva
Miltefosine derivative
Experimental treatment
Visceral leishmaniasis
Immune response
Química farmacêutica
Leishmaniose visceral
Resposta imune
title_short Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
title_full Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
title_fullStr Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
title_full_unstemmed Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
title_sort Leishmanicidal activity in vivo of a miltefosine derivative in Mesocricetus auratus
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Joana C. da Silva
Juliana Barbosa Nunes
Vanessa Silva Gontijo
Vanessa Silva Gontijo
Rossimiriam Pereira de Freitas
Rosemeire Brondi Alves
Fábio Antônio Colombo
Marcia Dalastra Laurenti
Marcos José Marques
author Joana C. da Silva
author_facet Joana C. da Silva
Juliana Barbosa Nunes
Vanessa Silva Gontijo
Rossimiriam Pereira de Freitas
Rosemeire Brondi Alves
Fábio Antônio Colombo
Marcia Dalastra Laurenti
Marcos José Marques
author_role author
author2 Juliana Barbosa Nunes
Vanessa Silva Gontijo
Rossimiriam Pereira de Freitas
Rosemeire Brondi Alves
Fábio Antônio Colombo
Marcia Dalastra Laurenti
Marcos José Marques
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Miltefosine derivative
Experimental treatment
Visceral leishmaniasis
Immune response
Química farmacêutica
Leishmaniose visceral
Resposta imune
topic Miltefosine derivative
Experimental treatment
Visceral leishmaniasis
Immune response
Química farmacêutica
Leishmaniose visceral
Resposta imune
description Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a chronic and systemic disease; if untreated, it can cause death in a large number of cases. The therapy is based on the use of antimonials, which have been used for over 50 years. However, cases of resistance have been reported in some countries. In this context, miltefosine (MIL) was introduced to treat antimonial unresponsive cases. Nonetheless, in recent years MIL unresponsive and relapse cases of VL have increasingly been reported. In the current study, the therapeutic potential of compound 5-(4-(3-methanesulfonatepropyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)dodecyl methanesulfonate (C11), an MIL derivative, was assessed in an experimental VL hamster model. For this purpose, golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were infected with Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi and treated daily for 10 days with C11 and MIL administered orally; in addition, Glucantime (GLU), peritoneal route, were administered at 15, 10, 50 mg/kg body weight/day, respectively. Twenty four hours after the end of treatment the animals were euthanatized; and the specimens were collected to evaluate the relative mRNA expression of cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-17, TGF-β, IL-4 and IL-10 in fragments of the spleen and liver; moreover, the parasitism in these organs was evaluated as well as the main histopathological alterations. The C11-treated animals showed greater expression of IL-17 and TNF-α cytokines and reduced expression of IL-10 in the spleen in comparison to the infected untreated group (UTG) (p <0.05). The C11 and GLU groups showed a significant reduction in the IgG levels in comparison to the UTG group (p <0.05). Moreover, the C11-treated animals had fewer parasites in the spleen than the UTG animals (reduction of 95.9%), as well as a greater preservation of white pulp architecture in the spleen than the UTG, GLU and MIL groups (p <0.05). For the liver, the animals from the C11 and MIL groups showed a significant increase in TNF-α relative expression in comparison to the UTG animals, which would explain the increase in the number of granulomas and the reduction in the parasitic load (p <0.05). Combined, these findings indicate that C11 is an interesting compound that should be considered for the development of new drugs against VL, mainly due to its leishmanicidal effect and immunostimulating action.
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