Submitted by Rosana Moreira (rosanapsm@outlook.com) on 2018-11-20T18:27:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_AtividadeImunomoduladoraAntioxidante.pdf: 20324950 bytes, checksum: 23513f8e4b2fff677439e7129e334b3f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Edisangela Bastos (edisangela@ufpa.br) on 2019-01-31T17:21:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_AtividadeImunomoduladoraAntioxidante.pdf: 20324950 bytes, checksum: 23513f8e4b2fff677439e7129e334b3f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-01-31T17:21:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_AtividadeImunomoduladoraAntioxidante.pdf: 20324950 bytes, checksum: 23513f8e4b2fff677439e7129e334b3f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-04 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A sepse e uma disfuncao organica causada por uma resposta imune desregulada a uma infeccao. A mesma tem em sua abordagem terapeutica inicial a utilizacao de antimicrobianos de amplo espectro, os quais nao sao suficientes para o controle da infeccao, sendo necessario a busca por novas terapias focadas na interrupcao da resposta inflamatoria em cascata produzida pela invasao e disseminacao de agentes patogenicos. Dessa forma, a saliva do Aedes aegypti apresenta caracteristicas imunomoduladoras, com potencial de inibicao de citocinas pro-inflamatorias, bem como a presenca de peptideos ativadores de oxido nitrico. Com isso, seria de grande interesse investigar o efeito imunomodulador da saliva em modelo animal de sepse. Neste sentido, camundongos foram pre-tratados com a saliva do Aedes aegypti sendo a sepse induzida pelo modelo de transfixacao do coto-cecal. Apos 12 e 24 horas as amostras foram coletadas, e avaliado a sobrevida, carga bacteriana, migracao leucocitaria e parametros oxidativo (NO, EROs, MDA, TEAC, DPPH e GSH). A saliva melhorou o prognostico dos animais, aumentando a sobrevida e o peso. Alem disso, reduziu a carga bacteriana e aumentou o influxo de monocitos no sangue. A saliva, tambem, mostrou efeito antioxidante por reduzir a producao de especies reativas e aumentar a capacidade antioxidante, alem de diminuir a peroxidacao lipidica. Assim, a saliva foi capaz de inibir os danos causados pela sepse em animais in vivo melhorando seu prognostico. / Sepsis is an organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune response to an infection, the initial therapeutic approach to sepsis are broad spectrum antimicrobials, which is not sufficient for control of infection, requiring association with other therapies focused in the interruption of the inflammatory response chain, provided by the pathogens. In this way, the Aedes Aegypti’s saliva presents immunomodulary features, with a potential pro inflammatory cytokine inhibition, as well as the presence of nitric oxide peptides activators. Therefore, it would be a great interest to search the saliva’s immunomodulator effect in animal model sepses. In this regards, mices were pre treated with Aedes aegypti saliva, and sepsis was induced by the cecal ligation and puncture. After 12 and 24 hours, the samples were collected, and evaluated the survival rate, bacteria level, leukocyte migration, and oxidative parameters (NO, EROs, MDA e TEAC). The saliva improved the animal prognostic, increasing the survival rate and weight. Furthermore, decreased the bacterial levels and increased the influx of monocytes. The saliva, in addition, presented antioxidant effects by reducing production of the reatives species, and increasing the antioxidant capacity, other than decrease the lipid peroxidation. Thus, the saliva was capable to inhibit damages caused by sepsis in animals in vivo, improving its prognostic.