التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Potential i‐Nos/Arg‐1 Switch with NLRP3 and Parasitic Load Down Regulation in Experimental Schistosoma mansoni Infection via Chloroquine Repurposing. |
| المؤلفون: |
Hasby Saad, Marwa A., El‐Saadi, Esraa G., Ali, Dareen A., Watany, Mona M., Eid, Mohammed M. |
| المصدر: |
Parasite Immunology; Mar2024, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p1-16, 16p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
SCHISTOSOMA mansoni, NLRP3 protein, CHLOROQUINE, HEPATIC fibrosis, GENE expression |
| مستخلص: |
In previous studies, the inhibitory effect of chloroquine on NLRP3 inflammasome and heme production was documented. This may be employed as a double‐bladed sword in schistosomiasis (anti‐inflammatory and parasiticidal). In this study, chloroquine's impact on schistosomiasis mansoni was investigated. The parasitic load (worm/egg counts and reproductive capacity index [RCI]), i‐Nos/Arg‐1 expression, splenomegaly, hepatic insult and NLRP3‐immunohistochemical expression were assessed in infected mice after receiving early and late repeated doses of chloroquine alone or dually with praziquantel. By early treatment, the least RCI was reported in dually treated mice (41.48 ± 28.58) with a significant reduction in worm/egg counts (3.50 ± 1.29/2550 ± 479.58), compared with either drug alone. A marked reduction in the splenic index was achieved by prolonged chloroquine administration (alone: 43.15 ± 5.67, dually: 36.03 ± 5.27), with significantly less fibrosis (15 ± 3.37, 14.25 ± 2.22) than after praziquantel alone (20.5 ± 2.65). Regarding inflammation, despite the praziquantel‐induced significant decrease in NLRP3 expression, the inhibitory effect was marked after dual and chloroquine administration (liver: 3.13 ± 1.21/3.45 ± 1.23, spleen: 5.7 ± 1.6/4.63 ± 2.41). i‐Nos RNA peaked with early/late chloroquine administration (liver: 68.53 ± 1.8/57.78 ± 7.14, spleen: 63.22 ± 2.06/62.5 ± 3.05). High i‐Nos echoed with a parasiticidal and hepatoprotective effect and may indicate macrophage‐1 polarisation. On the flip side, the chloroquine‐induced low Arg‐1 seemed to abate immune tolerance and probably macrophage‐2 polarisation. Collectively, chloroquine synergised the praziquantel‐schistosomicidal effect and minimised tissue inflammation, splenomegaly and hepatic fibrosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |