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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-02-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:13:53Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandes_rk_me_botfm.pdf: 1449236 bytes, checksum: 7642944fe5ad7bf06d645c01bd3ea971 (MD5) / O fungo Paracoccidioides brasiliensis é o agente etiológico da Paracoccidioidomicose, uma micose sistêmica, endêmica na América Latina. As células dendríticas (DCs) desempenham papel crucial na detecção de patógenos, desencadeamento de uma resposta inicial do hospedeiro, assim como na instrução da resposta imune adaptativa. Mediadores liberados pelas DCs, de uma forma autócrina, modulam as suas funções. Entre esses, destacamos as prostaglandinas e leucotrienos. Assim, avaliamos se DCs humanas produzem PGE2 e LTB4 em resposta ao fungo, a participação de receptores de reconhecimento de padrões moleculares (PRRS) nessa produção, assim como o papel modulador desses eicosanóides sobre a maturação fenotipica dessas células e a produção das citocinas IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-23 e TNF-α. DCs humanas imaturas (CD14- / CD1ahigh / CD83 low) obtidas a partir da diferenciação de monócitos cultivados com GM-CSF e IL-4 (7 dias) liberaram substanciais concentrações de PGE2 e LTB4 que aumentaram significativamente, no caso da PGE2, com incubação com LPS durante 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 12h, 18h, 24h ou 48h. No entanto, os níveis de PGE2 e LTB4 foram significativamente inibidos após o desafio com as duas cepas do fungo. Ensaios de bloqueio dos PRRS mostraram que o processo de inibição de PGE2 envolveu o receptor de manose. Adicionalmente, ensaios de fenotipagem mostraram que após o desafio com o fungo, as DCs não alteraram o seu fenótipo de imaturas para o de células maduras. Assim, detectamos uma clara associação entre inibição da produção de PGE2 e LTB4 e a incapacidade do fungo em induzir a maturação de DCs. Ensaios utilizando PGE2 ou LTB4 exógenos confirmaram essa associação. Estas células ainda produzem altos níveis de IL-6... / The fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiological agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic mycosis, endemic in Latin America. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in the detection of pathogens, triggering an initial response from the host as well as the instruction of the adaptive immune response. Mediators released by DCs, by an autocrine way, modulate their functions. Among these, we highlight the prostaglandins and leukotrienes. We therefore assessed whether human DCs produce PGE2 and LTB4 in response to fungus, the participation of recognition receptors of molecular patterns (PRRS) in this production, as well as the modulating role of these eicosanoids on phenotypic maturation of these cells and the production of the cytokines IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-23 e TNF-α. Human immature DCs (CD14-/ CD1ahigh/CD83low) derived from the differentiation of monocytes cultured with GMCSF and IL-4 (7 days) released substantial concentrations of PGE2 and LTB4 which increased significantly in the case of PGE2, with incubation with LPS for 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 12h, 18h, 24h or 48h. However, the levels of PGE2 and LTB4 were significantly inhibited after challenge with two different strains of the fungus. Trials have shown that blockade of PRRS process involved the inhibition of PGE2 mannose receptor. Additionally, phenotyping assays showed that after challenge with the fungus, DCs did not change their phenotype of immature cells to mature ones. Accordingly, we detected a clear association between inhibition of the production of PGE2 and LTB4 fungus and inability to induce maturation of DCs. Assays using exogenous PGE2 and LTB4 confirmed this association. These cells also produce high levels of IL-6 in response to fungus, which, however, were not associated with inhibition of the production of eisosanóides. Rather than that, these DCs do not produce... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Anatomy and Physiology / Thomas J. Barstow / The primary aim of this dissertation was to describe the changes in microvascular hematocrit, as total[hemoglobin+myoglobin] (T[Hb+Mb] measured with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), during post-occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH). Mechanisms of reactive hyperemia within skeletal muscle were also explored. The investigation detailed in Chapter 2 of this dissertation found that the differing time courses of the kinetic responses of both oxy- and deoxy[Hb+Mb], are related to changes in T[Hb+Mb]. We also determined that adipose tissue thickness had no effect on a purely temporal analysis of NIRS data. In Chapter 3 we observed that brachial artery reactive hyperemia preceded changes in T[Hb+Mb] during reactive hyperemia. Assuming that myoglobin remained constant, we posited that changes in T[Hb+Mb] must reflect alterations in red blood cell concentration in the microvasculature, i.e., microvascular hematocrit. In Chapter 4 comparisons were made between brachial artery blood flow, cutaneous and skeletal muscle flux and T[Hb+Mb]. The conduit artery response was faster than the microvascular responses in all tissues. Within skeletal muscle, time to peak and the time constant for the on-kinetics were faster in T[Hb+Mb] compoared with intramuscular flux as measured with intramuscular laser-Doppler. We observed no differences in temporal responses between cutaneous and intramuscular measures and suggested that in a purely temporal analysis the cutaneous microvasculature could serve as an analog for the skeletal muscle microvasculature. Finally, in Chapter 5 we found that prostaglandin inhibition with ibuprofen altered the initial T[Hb+Mb] response during PORH without impacting cutaneous flux or brachial artery blood flow. Chapter 5 also discussed that the addition of a wrist cuff to our standard instrumentation prevented the accumulation of T[Hb+Mb] during the occlusion period.