Toxoplasma gondii
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- 作者：Luciana Machado Bastos ; Robson J. Oliveira Jú ; nior ; Deise Aparecida Oliveira Silva ; José ; Roberto Mineo ; Carlos Ueira Vieira ; David Nascimento Silva Teixeira ; Maria Inê ; s Homsi-Br ; eburgo
- 关键词：Toxoplasma gondii ; Neuwiedase ; Snake venom ; Human fibroblasts
- 刊名：Experimental Parasitology
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：December 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：120
- 期：4
- 页码：391-396
- 全文大小：229 K
文摘
The major aim to the present study was to determine the effects of neuwiedase, a metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops neuwiedi snake venom, on invasion and replication of Toxoplasma gondii in human fibroblasts in vitro. Neuwiedase treatment was done on host cells previously infected with T. gondii or on parasite before fibroblast infection. When treatments were done after or before infection, infection rates were inhibited in 71 % and 61 % , respectively. Considering that therapy protocols currently used in T. gondii infection cause considerable side effects, particularly in immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, the results of neuwiedase treatment described herein could be taken into account for the development of new synthetic therapeutic agents, mainly due to the capacity of this enzyme to degrade extracellular matrix components, such as laminin, fibronectin and type I collagen, which is important to interfere in T. gondii host cell invasion.