L'interaction entre le système immunitaire et le métabolisme du fer est bien illustrée par l'anémie des maladies chroniques (ACD), qui est fréquemment rencontrée dans les infections chroniques, l'inflammation et le cancer. La majorité des modifications dans les paramètres du fer observées dans l’ACD tient compte des modifications de l’homéostasie du fer, avec la délocalisation du métal de la circulation et les sites de l'érythropoïèse au compartiment de stockage dans les macrophages. Les mécanismes de la réponse hyposidérémique impliquent des cytokines, notamment TNF-alpha et IL-6, qui régulent les niveaux de plusieurs gènes du métabolisme du fer, y compris les transporteurs de fer et de l'hepcidine, un régulateur négatif de l’absorption du fer, ce qui entraîne l'inhibition de l'exportation du fer à travers la ferroportine 1 (FPN1) au niveau de l'intestin et les macrophages. Des études antérieures ont montré que l'IL-6 induit l’expression d’hepcidine dans les hépatocytes, mais il y a très peu de données concernant la façon par laquelle l'hepcidine et la FPN1 sont régulées dans les macrophages. Récemment, nous avons constaté que l'induction de l'hepcidine dans le foie par le lipopolysaccharide (LPS) dépend de la voie de signalisation médiée par le récepteur Toll-like 4 (TLR4). Le but de ce travail est d’identifier les ligands des TLRs capables d'induire l'hepcidine dans les macrophages et de déterminer l’exigence des TLRs dans l’induction de l’hepcidine et le développement d’hyposidérémie. En plus, nous voulons étudier l’effet de l’inflammation causée par les ligands des TLRs sur le taux de fer sérique, la production des cytokines et l'expression de l’hepcidine et de la ferroportine. D’autre part nous voulons étudier l’effet du taux du fer sur la production d’IL-6 macrophagique en réponse à la stimulation par le TLR4. D'abord, pour identifier les ligands des TLRs capables d'induire l'hepcidine dans les macrophages, nous avons traité les macrophages RAW 264.7 et les macrophages péritonéaux de souris (MPMs) avec différents ligands TLRs et on a mesuré l’expression de l'hepcidine par qRT-PCR. Nous avons observé que Pam3CSK4 (Pam), un ligand de TLR2/1; LPS, un ligand de TLR-4 et FSL1 un ligand de TLR2/6 induisent l’expression de l'hepcidine dans les cellules RAW 264.7 et les MPMs, contrairement au polyinosinic: polycytidylic acid (Poly I: C), un ligand de TLR3. De plus, LPS était capable de réprimer l’expression de la ferroportine dans les cellules RAW 264.7. Afin de mieux définir la nécessité des TLRs pour assurer cette expression, nous avons utilisé les souris TLR-2 knock-out et on a établi que l'expression de l'hepcidine dans les macrophages par LPS, Pam ou FSL1 est dépendante du TLR2. En accord avec les expériences in vitro, les études effectuées in vivo ont montré que LPS réprime l’expression de la ferroportine, ainsi que PolyI:C n’est pas capable de stimuler l'expression d'hepcidine hépatique, par contre il était efficace pour déclencher une hyposidérémie. Ensuite, on voulait déterminer la voie de signalisation utilisée dans l’induction de l’hepcidine dans les macrophages. Comme il y deux voies majeures connues pour la signalisation des TLRs : une dépendante et l’autre indépendante de la protéine MyD88, on a étudié l’expression de l’hepcidine dans les MPMs isolés des souris MyD88-/- et nous avons constaté que l'absence de signalisation MyD88 abolit l'induction de l'hepcidine déclenchée par Pam, LPS et FSL1. D’autre part, la stimulation avec du LPS induisait in vivo la production d’IL-6 et de TNF-alpha, et la stimulation d’IL-6 était renforcée in vitro par la présence du fer. Ces observations indiquent que l’expression de HAMP (Hepcidin Antimicrobial Peptide) dans les macrophages peut être régulée par différents TLRs, ce qui suggère que la production d'hepcidine macrophagique fait partie d'une réponse immunitaire activées par les TLRs. / The interaction between the immune system and iron metabolism is well exemplified in the anemia of chronic disease (ACD), which is frequently encountered in chronic infections, inflammation and cancer. The major changes in iron parameters observed in ACD ultimately reflect modifications in iron trafficking, with relocation of the metal from both the circulation and sites of erythropoiesis to the storage compartment in macrophages. Mechanisms in the hypoferremic response involve cytokines, including TNF-alpha and IL-6. These pro-inflammatory cytokines regulate the levels of several iron metabolism genes, including iron transporters and hepcidin, a negative regulator of iron absorption, resulting in the inhibition of iron export by ferroportine 1 (FPN1) from the intestine and macrophages. Previous studies showed that IL-6 upregulates hepcidin in hepatocytes, but there are very few data regarding how hepcidin and FPN1 expression is regulated in macrophages. More recently, we found that hepcidin induction in the liver by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is dependent on the signaling pathway mediated by toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). The aim of this work is to identify TLR ligands able to induce hepcidin in macrophages and to determine the requirement for TLRs in hepcidin expression and the development of hypoferremia. In addition, we want to study the effect of inflammation induced by TLR ligands on serum iron levels, cytokine production, hepcidin and ferroportin expression. On the other hand we want to study the effect of iron levels on IL-6 production by macrophages in response to TLR4 stimulation. First, to identify TLR ligands capable of inducing hepcidin in macrophages, we treated Raw 264.7 macrophages and thioglycollate-stimulated mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPMs) with various TLR ligands and measured hepcidin and ferroportin expression by real-time RT-PCR. We observed that Pam3CSK4 (Pam), a TLR1/2 ligand; LPS, a TLR-4 ligand; and FSL1 a TLR6/2 ligand, but not polyinosinic: polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), a TLR3 ligand, upregulate hepcidin expression in both Raw 264.7 cells and MPMs. Furthermore, LPS was able to repress ferroportine expression in RAW 264.7 macrophages. To further define the requirement for the identified TLRs, we used TLR-2 knockout mice and established that upregulation of macrophage hepcidin expression by Pam or FSL1 is TLR2 dependent, respectively. In agreement with the in vitro experiments, when tested in vivo LPS repressed ferroportine expression and polyI:C failed to induce hepatic hepcidin expression but was effective in triggering hypoferremia. We next investigated whether MyD88, the predominant but not exclusive intracellular signal transduction pathway for TLR-4, is necessary for hepcidin induction in macrophages. Using MyD88 knockout mice, we found that the absence of MyD88 signaling abolishes hepcidin induction triggered by Pam, LPS and FSL1. On the other hand, stimulation with LPS induced in vivo the production of IL-6 and TNF-alpha, and IL-6 stimulation was enhanced in vitro by high amount of iron in macrophages.These observations indicate that HAMP (Hepcidin Antimicrobial Peptide) expression in macrophages can be regulated through multiple TLRs, suggesting that macrophage hepcidin production is part of an immune response activated by the TLRs.

A interação entre a imunidade inata e adaptativa acontece durante diversas fases da resposta imune. Os Toll-like receptors (TLRs) tem importante papel na ativação de macrófagos e portanto, no conjunto de moléculas secretadas por estas células. Pouco se sabe sobre o papel destas substâncias no processo de contração da população de células T ativadas (Activation-induced cell death - AICD). Portanto, o objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar se macrófagos estimulados com diferentes agonistas de TLRs poderiam produzir fatores solúveis com capacidade modulatória da morte por AICD. Primeiramente, demonstramos que tanto a linhagem macrofágica J774, quanto os macrófagos derivados de medula óssea (BMDMs) expressam todos os TLRs, com excessão do TLR11. Comprovamos que estas proteínas são funcionais, uma vez que o estímulo com agonistas de TLRs leva à ativação de NF-<font face=\"Symbol\">&#954B nestes macrófagos. Finalmente, mostramos que os sobrenadantes gerados pelos macrófagos são capazes de proteger as células DO11.10 da AICD, via a regulação negativa de FasL, parcialmente mediada por PGE2. / The interaction between innate and adaptative immunity occurs in several phases of the immune response. The Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have an important role in the activation of macrophages directly acting on the molecules secreted by these cells. Little is known about the role of these secreted molecules on the survival control of activated T lymphocytes (Activation-induced cell death - AICD). Therefore, the objective of the present work was to evaluate the effects of soluble factors produced by macrophages activated with several TLRs agonists, on the survival of T lymphocytes. First we sought the expression of TRLs on both bone marrow-derived and J774 macrophage cell line and we could see that both cells express all TLRs, except for TLR 11. The stimulation of both cells with TLRs agonists leads to the expression of NF-<font face=\"Symbol\">&#954B and the production of soluble factors that are able to protect DO11.10 T lymphocyte cell line from AICD, via down regulation of FasL partially mediated by PGE2.

On a récemment mis en évidence l'existence d'une étroite interconnexion entre la perception d'éléments d'origine microbienne (qui se fait à travers les récepteurs de l’immunité innée tels que les TLRs) et l'homéostasie du réticulum endoplasmique. En situation de stress, une grande quantité de protéines mal repliées s'accumule dans le réticulum, déclenchant une série de réponses cellulaires connues sous le nom de "Unfolded Protein Response" (UPR). On a découvert que l'activation de l'UPR contribue à la réponse inflammatoire, en particulier chez les cellules dendritiques. GADD34/PP1 est un complexe protéique qui dé-phosphoryle eIF2α et participe à la restauration de la synthèse protéique. On a démontré que GADD34 a aussi un rôle dans le contrôle de l’expression des cytokines pro-inflammatoires, en particulier l'interféron de type I. Le but de cette thèse est de clarifier comment la voie de signalisation des TLRs et le UPR s'intercroisent et comment est-ce qu'on peut exploiter cette interaction dans des cas pathologiques J’ai pu démontrer, à l'aide de cellules dendritiques d’origine humaine et murine, que le guanabenz (GBZ), un inhibiteur du complexe GADD34/PP1, est capable de bloquer l'activation des récepteurs TLRs endosomaux. Cet inhibiteur est également capable de bloquer le choc septique dépendent de TLR9 et de baisser le niveau d’autoanticorps dans un modèle lupique. En conclusion, j'ai pu démontrer, aussi bien in vitro que in vivo, que le guanabenz est capable d'inhiber les TLRs endosomaux à travers un nouveau mécanisme d’inhibition sur CH25H, une enzyme du métabolisme du cholestérol, qui a été récemment découvert comme faisant partie de l'immunité innée. / Sustained immune reaction is strictly interconnected to pathogenic situations. For this reason, the activation of immune cells is controlled by multiple pathways. A cross-talk between microbial sensing and Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) homeostasis has been discovered. Abnormal accumulation of proteins in the ER is a sign of cellular malfunction and triggers emergency rescue pathways, collectively known as the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). UPR induction triggers or amplifies inflammatory signals by dendritic cells (DCs). GADD34/PP1 is a holophosphatase complex that dephosphorylates eIF2α and participates in the UPR feedback loop, by restoring protein translation. It has been shown that GADD34 plays an important role in controlling the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, especially type I interferon. In dendritic cells (DCs), pathogens are sensed by Pathogen Recognition Receptors (PRRs); the better characterised class of PRRs being the Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs). Thus, the aim of my thesis is to investigate how TLRs and ER-signalling pathways intersect and how this can be used to control pathogenic states, with particular attention for the GADD34/PP1 complex. Using both human and mouse DCs, we show that guanabenz (GBZ), an inhibitor of the GADD34/PP1 complex, blocks endosomal TLRs activation. The same inhibitor rescues mice viability in a TLR-dependent septic shock model and controls the circulating autoantibodies in a lupus model. Our studies show that TLR9 is particularly sensitive to GBZ. We show also that GBZ has a previously unidentified effect on CH25H, an enzyme that hydroxylates the cholesterol in 25-hydroxycholesterol, recently linked to TLRs signaling.

Células tumorais desenvolvem diversas estratégias para escapar da identificação e eliminação pelo sistema imune. Dessa forma, a investigação dos mecanismos envolvidos na comunicação celular no microambiente tumoral e na desregulação local do sistema imune é crítica para uma melhor compreensão da progressão da doença e para o desenvolvimento de alternativas terapêuticas mais eficazes. Nós aqui demonstramos que SIGIRR/IL-1R8, um importante regulador negativo de receptores de Interleucina-1 (ILRs) e receptores do tipo Toll (TLRs), apresenta expressão aumentada em uma linhagem celular epitelial mamária transformada pela superexpressão do oncogene HER2 e em tumores primários de mama, e promove o crescimento tumoral e metástase através da modulação da inflamação associada ao câncer e da atenuação da resposta imune antitumoral. Observamos que IL-1R8 tem sua expressão correlacionada com HER2 em tecidos mamários e sua alta expressão é fator de pior prognóstico em câncer de mama de baixo grau. Notavelmente, níveis aumentados de IL-1R8 foram observados especialmente nos subtipos HER2+ e Luminais de tumores de mama, e sua expressão aumentada em células epiteliais de mama transformadas por HER2 diminui a ativação da via de NF-&#954;B e a expressão de diferentes citocinas pro-inflamatórias (IL-6, IL-8, TNF, CSF2, CSF3 e IFN-&#946;1). Meio condicionado de células transformadas por HER2, mas não de variantes celulares com o gene IL-1R8 silenciado, induz a polarização de macrófagos para o fenótipo M2 e inibe a ativação de células NK. Em um modelo murino transgênico de tumorigênese espontânea mediada por HER2, MMTV-neu, verificamos que a deficiência de IL-1R8 (IL-1R8-/-neu) retardou o aparecimento de tumores e reduziu a incidência, a carga tumoral e a disseminação metastática. Contudo, não foram observadas diferenças significativas no crescimento tumoral quando animais IL-1R8-/-neu receberam medula óssea de animais IL-1R8+/+, confirmando um papel importante da expressão de IL-1R8 em células não hematopoiéticas na tumorigênese da mama. Tumores IL-1R8+/+neu apresentaram maiores níveis de citocinas pró-inflamatórias como IL-1&#946; e VEGF, e menores níveis da citocina imunomodulatória IFN-&#947;. Além disso, tumores que expressavam IL-1R8 apresentaram menor infiltrado de células NK maduras, células dendríticas (DCs) e linfócitos T-CD8+ e um maior infiltrado de macrófagos M2 e linfócitos T-CD4+. Coletivamente, esses resultados indicam que a expressão de IL-1R8 em tumores de mama pode representar um novo mecanismo de escape da resposta imune e suportam IL-1R8 como potencial alvo terapêutico. / Tumor cells develop numerous strategies to fine-tune inflammation and avoid detection and eradication by the immune system. Identification of new players that regulate the cellular crosstalk within the tumor microenvironment and promote local immune dysregulation is critical to understand disease progression and to improve therapeutic strategies. Here, we demonstrate that SIGIRR/IL-1R8, a negative regulator of IL-1R and TLRs, is up-regulated in a HER2-transformed epithelial mammary cell line and in primary breast tumors and promotes tumor growth and metastasis by modulating cancer-related inflammation and impairing anti-tumor immunity. IL-1R8 expression is correlated with HER2 in mammary tissue, and higher tumor IL-1R8 expression is a poor prognostic factor in lower grade breast tumors. Notably, higher levels of IL-1R8 expression were observed in HER2+ and Luminal breast tumor subtypes and IL-1R8 up-regulation in HER2-transformed mammary epithelial cells inhibited NF-&#954;B activation and the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, TNF&#945;, CSF2, CSF3, IFN-&#946;1). Conditioned medium from HER2-transformed cells, but not from IL-1R8 knockdown variants, induced M2-macrophage polarization and inhibited natural-killer (NK) cell activation. IL-1R8 deficiency in a transgenic mouse model of breast tumorigenesis (MMTV-neu) significantly delayed tumor onset and reduced tumor incidence, burden and metastasis. No significant differences in tumor growth were observed when IL-1R8-/-neu mice were transplanted with bone marrow from IL-1R8+/+ animals, confirming an important role for IL-1R8 expression in non-hematopoietic cells during breast tumorigenesis. IL-1R8+/+neu mammary tumors presented higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1&#946; and VEGF, but lower levels of IFN-&#947;. Besides, a lower infiltrate of mature NK cells, dendritic cells (DCs) and CD8+ T cells but higher infiltrate of M2-macrophages and CD4+ T cells were present in IL-1R8 expressing tumors. Collectively, our results support IL-1R8 expression as a novel tumor immune escape mechanism in breast cancer and putative target for immunotherapy.

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Leishmania are obligate intracellular protozoan parasites that are inoculated into human skin while a sand fly vector takes a blood meal with the resulting disease coined leishmaniasis. The twenty plus species of Leishmania known to cause human disease are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Leishmaniasis affects at least eighty-eight countries with three hundred and fifty million people at risk for infection, resulting in an estimated seventy thousand deaths annually. Different species of Leishmania have developed distinct methods for host defense evasion, leading to a wide spectrum of pathologies within humans. Prior studies of macrophage infections with Leishmania have shown global changes in macrophage mRNA expression. We hypothesized miRNAs are important modifiers of mRNA changes during Leishmania infection. Analysis of miRNA expression patterns revealed that changes were detected primarily during macrophage infection with the low virulent logarithmically growing promastigotes. Profiling studies of mRNA and miRNA changes upon infection with promastigotes in logarithmic growth revealed a decrease in miR-200b and increase in miR-744 levels whereas infections with the highly virulent metacyclic promastigotes revealed a decrease in miR-708 levels. Furthermore, microarray studies revealed differences in macrophage mRNA levels between macrophages infected with the low virulent promastigotes verses the highly virulent promastigotes. Correlative studies between miRNA and mRNA changes suggested some of Leishmania induced changes in mRNA levels may be modified by miRNAs. The importance of Toll-like receptors (TLR) in detection of microbial products has been well-documented. Leishmania infection is known to initiate signaling through TLRs 2, 3, 4 and 9, of which TLRs 2, 4 and 9 signal through the adaptor molecule MyD88. We found that miR-200b, a microRNA decreased by infection of macrophages with the low virulent Leishmania promastigotes, regulates signaling through the TLR4 pathway by targeting and repressing MyD88 transcript levels. Furthermore, we have shown that MyD88 repression results in the decreased expression of the downstream effector molecules IL-6, CXCL9 and TNFΑ upon challenge with a TLR4 ligand. The suppression of miR-200b during Leishmania infection could serve to up-regulate inflammatory responses induced through TLR4 and other MyD88 dependent TLRs. This may be responsible, in part, for the decreased virulence of logarithmically growing compared to metacyclic promastigotes. Furthermore, low levels of inflammation may promote parasite survival by promoting the influx of inflammatory phagocytic cells to the site of infection in which the highly virulent parasites can survive. Microarray studies revealed a remarkable increase in expression of metallothionein (MT) transcripts in macrophages infected with low virulent promastigotes but not in macrophages infected with the highly virulent promastigotes. To explore a possible mechanistic role for metallothioneins in leishmaniasis, we used knock-out mice for MT-1 genes. Bone-marrow derived macrophages from MT-1 knock-out mice (MT-KO) generated higher levels of reactive oxygen species upon incubation with Leishmania promastigotes. Consistently, the initial ROS-induced killing of promastigotes, which occurs during the first hours of infection, was greater twenty-four hours after infection of MT-1 KO bone-marrow macrophages than in our wild type controls. Overall, data presented in this thesis documents changes to macrophage mRNA and miRNA expression patterns upon infection with Leishmania promastigotes that correspond to the overall parasite survival in the host macrophage.

Con il primo lavoro è stato identificato un tratto fenotipico di un ceppo di L.crispatus associato alla capacità di persistere e colonizzare il colon dell’ospite e di modificarene la composizione microbica, tale L.crispatus M247 è in grado di modificare, nell’epitelio del colon, il livello di espressione dei TLR2 dei TLR4 sia in vitro che in vivo. Con il secondo studio si identifica un meccanismo antinfiammatorio, prima sconosciuto, indotto da un ceppo probiotico che coinvolge l’attivazione di PPAR-γ e fornisce una nuova visuale sui meccanismi molecolari coinvolti nel dialogo tra epitelio intestinale e microbiota simbionte. / The colonic microbiota is a major modulator of the mucosal immune system; therefore, its manipulation through supplementation with probiotics may significantly affect the host’s immune responses. Since different probiotics seem to exert various effects in vivo, we tested the relevance of the autoaggregation phenotype on the intestinal persistence of lactobacilli and their ability to modulate the host’s innate immune responses. After 14 days of diet supplementation, the aggregating strain Lactobacillus crispatus M247 but not aggregation-deficient isogenic mutant MU5 was recovered from the feces and colonic mucosa of mice. This observation was confirmed by strain-specific PCR amplification and by Lactobacillus-specific denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis. Indeed, L. crispatus M247 increased Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) mRNA levels, while it reduced TLR4 mRNA and protein levels in the colonic mucosa, whereas MU5 was ineffective. In colonic epithelial cells (CMT-93 cells) L. crispatus M247 but not MU5 induced time-dependent extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1 (ERK1) tyrosine phosphorylation and TLR modulation, which were abolished in the presence of PD98059 (an ERK1 inhibitor). To assess the functional relevance of probiotic-induced TLR modulation, we determined the consequences of L. crispatus preexposure on TLR4 (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) and TLR2 [Pam3Cys-Ser-(Lys)4] ligand-mediated effects in intestinal epithelial cells. Preexposure to L. crispatus M247 blunted LPS-induced interleukin-6 (IL-6) release and inhibition of CMT-93 migration over a wound edge, whereas it enhanced TLR2-mediated IL-10 up-regulation. In summary, the aggregation phenotype is required for L. crispatus persistence in the colon and for modulation of TLR2/TLR4 expression through an ERK-dependent pathway. We speculate that the aggregation phenotype in L. crispatus M247 is required to temper epithelial cell responsiveness to bacterial endotoxins, which thus affects the evolution of intestinal inflammatory processes. Accumulating evidence indicates that the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)- is a major player in maintaining intestinal mucosa homeostasis, but whether PPAR- is directly involved in probiotic-mediated effects and the molecular events involved in its activation are not known. Methods: We investigated the role of PPAR- in the immunomodulatory effects of Lactobacillus crispatus M247 on intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) and the role of probiotic-derived H2O2 on PPAR- activity. Results: L crispatus M247 supplementation in mice significantly increased PPAR- levels and transcriptional activity in the colonic mucosa. L crispatus M247 induced PPAR- nuclear translocation and enhanced transcriptional activity in epithelial (CMT-93) cells, as demonstrated by the increased luciferase activity of a PPAR- –responsive element, PPAR- – responsive gene up-regulation, and reduced activity of an nuclear factor- B–responsive element. Pharmacologic PPAR- inhibition or silencing by small interfering RNA cancelled the L crispatus M247–mediated effects in CMT-93 cells. Because Lactobacillus strains producing little H2O2 failed to activate PPAR- , we investigated the role of L crispatus M247– derived H2O2 in PPAR- activation. L crispatus M247 induced a transient rise in intracellular H2O2 and PPAR- transcriptional activity was cancelled by antioxidant or H2O2 scavenger. Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 was not required for PPAR- up-regulation mediated by L crispatus M247 in mice, although the protective effects of L crispatus M247 on dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis were less pronounced in TLR-2 / mice. Conclusions: L crispatus M247 uses H2O2 as a signal transducing molecule to induce PPAR- activation in IEC, directly modulating epithelial cell responsiveness to inflammatory stimuli.

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A tuberculose continua sendo um grave problema de saúde pública mundial. O principal agente etiológico da doença é o Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infectando entre outras células, os macrófagos. A infecção pode manter-se latente por vários anos sem causar sintomas clínicos aparentes. Para esta pesquisa, foi proposto o estudo de indução de marcadores de resposta inflamatória em células THP-1 diferenciadas em macrófagos utilizando isolados micobacterianos sensíveis, uni ou multidrogas resistentes transfectados com o plasmídeo pFPCAGFP carreando o gene da proteína verde fluorescente, como marcador de infecção celular. Objetivou também avaliar a relação entre isolados clínicos de M.tuberculosis sensíveis ou com resistência a uma ou multidrogas e sua relação à virulência. Para isso, culturas da linhagem monocítica humana (THP-1) foram mantidas para posterior infecção por isolados clínicos, genotipicamente identificados pertencentes à nossa micobacterioteca. A expressão do RNAm foi quantificada e avaliada por RTPCR e posteriormente, PCR em tempo real foi realizado. Após infecção das células THP-1 diferenciadas em macrófagos, observou-se que houve um aumento na expressão das citocinas pró-inflamatórias (IL-1&#946;, IL-6 e TNF-&#945;) e TLRs (TLR2 e TLR4) em relação ao controle da infecção. As análises estatísticas permitiram a correlação na expressão destas citocinas e TLRs, e através desses resultados, foi possível constatar que TLR2 regula a expressão das citocinas pró-inflamatórias (IL-1&#946;, IL-6 e TNF-&#945;) e que os Isolados clínicos com maior resistência, sinalizam melhor a expressão das citocinas próinflamatórias e TLRs, ao passo que isolados clínicos sensíveis, possuem uma fraca sinalização. / Tuberculosis is the major causative of death and morbidity and still is a serious problem to the health in the world. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the major causative agent of tuberculosis disease, infecting cells like macrophages. The infection can keep dormant for several years without any clinical symptoms. For this research, the study was proposed for induction of markers of inflammatory response in cells differentiated THP-1 in macrophages by clinical isolates from sensitive or multidrug resistant mycobacteria caring pFPCAGFP plasmid that contains green fluorescent protein gene, a marker of infection cell. Also objective assesses the relationship between clinical isolates of sensitive or with resistance to one or four drugs M.tuberculosis and its relationship to virulence. For this, cultures of monocitic lineage human (THP-1) were kept for subsequent infection by clinical isolates, genotypically identified belonging to our mycobacterioteca. The expression of mRNA was quantified and evaluated by RT-PCR and subsequently, real-time PCR was performed. After infection of the THP-1 differentiated cells in macrophages, it was observed that there was an increase expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1&#946;, IL-6 and TNF-&#945;) and TLRs (TLR2 and TLR4) compared to infection control. Statistical analyses allowed expression correlation of these cytokines and TLRs, and through those results, it was possible to see that TLR2 regulates pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1&#946; , IL-6 and TNF-&#945;) expression and those clinical isolates with four resistance have better signal of pro-inflammatory cytokines and TLRs expression, while sensitive clinical isolates, has a weak signal.

A tuberculose continua sendo um grave problema de saúde pública mundial. O principal agente etiológico da doença é o Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infectando entre outras células, os macrófagos. A infecção pode manter-se latente por vários anos sem causar sintomas clínicos aparentes. Para esta pesquisa, foi proposto o estudo de indução de marcadores de resposta inflamatória em células THP-1 diferenciadas em macrófagos utilizando isolados micobacterianos sensíveis, uni ou multidrogas resistentes transfectados com o plasmídeo pFPCAGFP carreando o gene da proteína verde fluorescente, como marcador de infecção celular. Objetivou também avaliar a relação entre isolados clínicos de M.tuberculosis sensíveis ou com resistência a uma ou multidrogas e sua relação à virulência. Para isso, culturas da linhagem monocítica humana (THP-1) foram mantidas para posterior infecção por isolados clínicos, genotipicamente identificados pertencentes à nossa micobacterioteca. A expressão do RNAm foi quantificada e avaliada por RTPCR e posteriormente, PCR em tempo real foi realizado. Após infecção das células THP-1 diferenciadas em macrófagos, observou-se que houve um aumento na expressão das citocinas pró-inflamatórias (IL-1&#946;, IL-6 e TNF-&#945;) e TLRs (TLR2 e TLR4) em relação ao controle da infecção. As análises estatísticas permitiram a correlação na expressão destas citocinas e TLRs, e através desses resultados, foi possível constatar que TLR2 regula a expressão das citocinas pró-inflamatórias (IL-1&#946;, IL-6 e TNF-&#945;) e que os Isolados clínicos com maior resistência, sinalizam melhor a expressão das citocinas próinflamatórias e TLRs, ao passo que isolados clínicos sensíveis, possuem uma fraca sinalização. / Tuberculosis is the major causative of death and morbidity and still is a serious problem to the health in the world. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the major causative agent of tuberculosis disease, infecting cells like macrophages. The infection can keep dormant for several years without any clinical symptoms. For this research, the study was proposed for induction of markers of inflammatory response in cells differentiated THP-1 in macrophages by clinical isolates from sensitive or multidrug resistant mycobacteria caring pFPCAGFP plasmid that contains green fluorescent protein gene, a marker of infection cell. Also objective assesses the relationship between clinical isolates of sensitive or with resistance to one or four drugs M.tuberculosis and its relationship to virulence. For this, cultures of monocitic lineage human (THP-1) were kept for subsequent infection by clinical isolates, genotypically identified belonging to our mycobacterioteca. The expression of mRNA was quantified and evaluated by RT-PCR and subsequently, real-time PCR was performed. After infection of the THP-1 differentiated cells in macrophages, it was observed that there was an increase expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1&#946;, IL-6 and TNF-&#945;) and TLRs (TLR2 and TLR4) compared to infection control. Statistical analyses allowed expression correlation of these cytokines and TLRs, and through those results, it was possible to see that TLR2 regulates pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1&#946; , IL-6 and TNF-&#945;) expression and those clinical isolates with four resistance have better signal of pro-inflammatory cytokines and TLRs expression, while sensitive clinical isolates, has a weak signal.