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ACS Infect Dis ; 10(10): 3607-3617, 2024 Oct 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39303151

RESUMO

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are severe complications that can occur in infections caused by any Plasmodium species. Due to the high lethality rate and the lack of specific treatment for ALI/ARDS, studies aimed at understanding and searching for treatment strategies for such complications have been fundamental. Here, we investigated the protective role of dietary supplementation with DHA-rich fish oil against lung damage induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA in a murine model. Our results demonstrated that alveolar vascular damage, lung edema, and histopathological alterations were significantly reduced in mice that received dietary supplementation compared to those that did not receive the supplementation. Furthermore, a significant reduction in the number of CD8+ T lymphocytes, in addition to reduced infiltration of inflammatory cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was also observed. High levels of IL-10, but not of TNF-α and IFN-γ, were also observed in infected mice that received the supplementation, along with a reduction in local oxidative stress. Together, the data suggest that dietary supplementation with DHA-rich fish oil in malarial endemic areas may help reduce lung damage resulting from the infection, thus preventing worsening of the condition.


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Suplementos Nutricionais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos , Malária , Plasmodium berghei , Animais , Plasmodium berghei/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/farmacologia , Ácidos Docosa-Hexaenoicos/administração & dosagem , Pulmão/patologia , Pulmão/efeitos dos fármacos , Pulmão/parasitologia , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/química , Ácidos Graxos Ômega-3/farmacologia , Ácidos Graxos Ômega-3/administração & dosagem , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Lesão Pulmonar Aguda/prevenção & controle , Lesão Pulmonar Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Interleucina-10 , Óleos de Peixe/farmacologia , Óleos de Peixe/administração & dosagem
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Chem Biodivers ; 21(1): e202301082, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38012088

RESUMO

Ethnopharmacology and botanical taxonomy are valid criteria used to selecting plants for antimalarial bioprospection purposes. Based on these two criteria, ethanol extracts of 11 plants from Santarém City vicinities, Western Pará State, Brazilian Amazonia, had their in vitro antiplasmodial activity against chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (W2 clone) assessed by the PfLDH method, whereas their cytotoxicity to HepG2-A16 cells was assessed through MTT assay. Acmella oleracea, Siparuna krukovii and Trema micrantha extracts disclosed the highest rate of parasite growth inhibition (90 %) in screening tests. In vivo antimalarial assays were conducted with these extracts against Plasmodium berghei (NK 65 strain) infected mice. Inhibition rate of parasite multiplication ranged from 41.4 % to 60.9 % at the lowest extract dose (25 mg/kg). HPLC-ESI-HRMS2 analyses allowed the putative identification of alkylamides, fatty acids, flavonoid glycosides and alkaloids in ethanol extracts deriving from these three plant species. Results pointed towards A. oleracea flowers ethanol extract as the most promising potential candidate to preclinical studies aiming the development of antimalarial phytomedicine.


Assuntos
Antimaláricos , Malária , Camundongos , Animais , Antimaláricos/farmacologia , Malária/tratamento farmacológico , Malária/parasitologia , Brasil , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Extratos Vegetais/uso terapêutico , Plantas , Etanol , Compostos Fitoquímicos/farmacologia , Compostos Fitoquímicos/uso terapêutico , Plasmodium falciparum
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