La maladie de Lyme est la maladie à transmission vectorielle la plus répandue de l’hémisphère Nord. La peau est un organe clef dans cette maladie, car c’est à cet endroit qu’interagissent les cellules de l’hôte, le pathogène, le microbiote cutané et le vecteur. Nous avons développé un modèle murin d’infection disséminée de borréliose de Lyme, qui nous a permis de développer une méthode spécifique de détection de protéines de Borreliella dans le tissu cutané murin par SRM-MS, pouvant aboutir à une méthode de diagnostic chez l’homme. Dans un deuxième temps, nous nous sommes intéressés aux relations entre le microbiote cutané, les cellules résidentes de la peau, kératinocytes et fibroblastes, avec Borreliella. Les sécrétomes de trois bactéries commensales, S. epidermidis, P. acnes et C. striatum possèdent un effet synergique sur l’expression de gènes inflammatoires par les kératinocytes et les fibroblastes. Les sécrétomes de P. acnes et de C. striatum se sont également montrés capables d’inhiber une partie de la réponse inflammatoire des kératinocytes, pouvant aider le pathogène lors de la transmission/dissémination précoce. / Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Skin is a key organ in the disease, since it is the key interface where host cells, pathogen, skin microbiota and vector interact early during pathogen transmission. We developed a late lyme borreliosis model on mice. This model allowed us to develop a specific detection method of Borreliella proteins in the mouse skin by SRM-MS that might be used to develop a human diagnosis of disseminated Lyme disease. In a second part, we analysed the relationship between skin microbiota, resident skin cells (keratinocytes and fibroblasts), in the presence or absence of Borreliella. The secretome of three commensals bacteria, S. epidermidis, P. acnes and C. striatum was shown to have a synergistic activity with Borreliella in pro-inflammatory gene expressions by keratinocytes and fibroblasts. P. acnes and C. striatum secretomes were also able to inhibit partially the inflammatory response of keratinocytes that might help the transmission/dissemination of the pathogen.

Submitted by Cleide Dantas (cleidedantas@ufpa.br) on 2014-07-28T14:14:26Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_FrequenciaAnticorposAntiBorrelia.pdf: 513114 bytes, checksum: c4c606deec6650eaae49134f3922e92a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Rosa Silva (arosa@ufpa.br) on 2014-09-11T15:33:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_FrequenciaAnticorposAntiBorrelia.pdf: 513114 bytes, checksum: c4c606deec6650eaae49134f3922e92a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-11T15:33:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_FrequenciaAnticorposAntiBorrelia.pdf: 513114 bytes, checksum: c4c606deec6650eaae49134f3922e92a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A Borreliose de Lyme é uma doença multissistêmica causada pela espiroqueta Borrelia burgdorferi latu sensu e transmitida por carrapatos ixodideos, acometendo seres humanos e animais domésticos, tendo como reservatórios naturais os animais silvestres, sendo ainda considerada uma zoonose de ampla distribuição geográfica. Foram coletadas 300 amostras sanguíneas de eqüinos aparentemente sadios, procedentes dos municípios de Ananideua, Belém, Benevides, Castanhal, Marituba e Santa Izabel do Pará da mesorregião metropolitana de Belém – Pará. O sangue foi coletado pela veia jugular e os soros foram analisados através do ensaio de imunoadsorção enzimática (ELISA) indireto no Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias na Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo do trabalho foi verificar a soroepidemiologia da Borrelia burgdorferi na mesorregião metropolitana de Belém. A freqüência de soropositividade foi de 26,67% (n=80), sendo 72 (24%) com título de 1:800, seis (2%) a 1:1600 e dois (0,6%) a 1:3200. A soropositividade entre os sexos foram valores aproximados sendo 13,67% nas fêmeas e 13% nos machos. A freqüência entre os animais de raças e mestiços foram 9% e 18%, respectivamente. Não houve diferença significativa de animais soropositivos quanto aos municípios, sexo, raça e faixa etária. A freqüência encontrada corrobora a hipótese da ocorrência de Borrelia sp. na região estudada. / Lyme borreliosis is a multisistemic disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi latu sensu and transmited by ixodide ticks, affecting both humans beings and domesticated animals and having wild animals as Its natural reservoirs, besides of being a zoonosis of wide geographic distribution. We picked 300 blood samples of apparently health horses from the cities of Ananideua, Belém, Benevides, Castanhal, Marituba and Santa Izabel of the Pará, all included in the metropolitan mesoregion of Belém – Pará. The samples were picked up by the jugular vein and the serum analised through indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. The aim of this work was to verify the serum epidemiology of Borrelia burgdorferi in the metropolitan mesorregion of Belém. The frequency of serum positivity was 26,67% (n=80), being 72 (24%) with title of 1:800, six (2%) with 1:1600 and two (0,6%) with 1:3200. The serum frequency by gender was approximately 13,67% of females and 13% of males. The thoroughbred and the half-breed animals had 9% and 18% of frequency, respectively. There was no significative difference in the serum positivity with regard to cities, gender, race and age. The frequency found corroborates the hypothesis of occurrence of Borrelia sp. in the studied region.