Author | Guerra, Rosane Nassar Meireles | |
Author | Silva, Virgínia Maria Goes da | |
Author | França, Luciana Souza de Aragão | |
Author | Oliveira, Pablo Rafael Silveira | |
Author | Feitosa, Rodrigo | |
Author | Nascimento, Flávia Raquel Fernandes do | |
Author | Pontes-de-Carvalho, Lain Carlos | |
Access date | 2014-08-27T18:27:46Z | |
Available date | 2014-08-27T18:27:46Z | |
Document date | 2011 | |
Citation | GUERRA, R. N. M. et al. Babassu aqueous extract (BAE) as an adjuvant for T helper (Th)1-dependent immune responses in mice of a Th2 immune response-prone strain. BMC Immunology, v. 12, p. 13, 2011. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1471-2172 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/8280 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | BioMed Central | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Babassu aqueous extract (BAE) as an adjuvant for T helper (Th)1-dependent immune responses in mice of a Th2 immune response-prone strain. | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1186/1471-2172-12-13 | |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The aqueous extract of a Brazilian palm-tree fruit - the babassu - (BAE) exerts a clear immunostimulative activity in vivo. In the present work, the possibility that BAE can promote Th1 immune responses in mice of a Th2 immune response-prone strain - the BALB/c was investigated. BAE itself, and preparations consisting of Leishmania amazonensis promastigote extract (LE), adsorbed or not to Al(OH)3, and in the presence or not of BAE, were used as immunogens. LE and Al(OH)3 have been shown to preferentially elicit Th2 immune responses. RESULTS: The addition of BAE to LE-containing immunogenic preparations, adsorbed or not to Al(OH)3, clearly promoted the in vitro production of interferon γ (IFN-γ), a major Th1-dependent cytokine, and not of interleukin (IL-)4 (a Th2-dependent cytokine), by LE-stimulated splenocytes of immunized BALB/c mice. It also promoted the in vivo formation of IgG2a anti-LE antibodies. However, immunization with LE by itself led to an increased production of IL-4 by LE-stimulated splenocytes, and this production, albeit not enhanced, was not reduced by the addition of BAE to the immunogen. On the other hand, the IL-4 production by LE-stimulated splenocytes was significantly lower in mice immunized with a preparation containing Al(OH)3-adsorbed LE and BAE than in mice immunized with the control preparation of Al(OH)3-adsorbed LE without BAE. Moreover, an increased production of IFN-γ, and not of IL-4, was observed in the culture supernatants of splenocytes, from BAE-immunized mice, which were in vitro stimulated with BAE or which received no specific in vitro stimulus. No differences in IL-10 (an immunoregulatory cytokine) levels in the supernatants of splenocytes from mice that were injected with BAE, in relation to splenocytes from control mice, were observed. The spontaneous ex vivo production of NO by splenocytes of mice that had been injected with BAE was significantly higher than the production of NO by splenocytes of control mice. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the results described above, BAE, or biologically active molecules purified from it, should be further investigated as a possible adjuvant, in association or not with aluminium compounds, for the preferential induction of Th1-dependent immune responses against different antigens in distinct murine strains and animal species. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Laboratory of Immunophysiology. São Luís, MA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Laboratory of Immunophysiology. São Luís, MA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
DeCS | Adjuvantes Imunológicos/farmacologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Arecaceae/química | pt_BR |
DeCS | Imunidade/efeitos de drogas | pt_BR |
DeCS | Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Células Th1/imunologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Animais | pt_BR |
DeCS | Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/imunologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Células Cultivadas | pt_BR |
DeCS | Citocinas/metabolismo | pt_BR |
DeCS | Imunização | pt_BR |
DeCS | Imunoglobulina G/metabolismo | pt_BR |
DeCS | Interferon gama/metabolismo | pt_BR |
DeCS | Interleucina-4/metabolismo | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leishmania/efeitos de drogas | pt_BR |
DeCS | Ativação Linfocitária/efeitos de drogas | pt_BR |
DeCS | Masculino | pt_BR |
DeCS | Camundongos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C | pt_BR |
DeCS | Óxido Nítrico/biossíntese | pt_BR |
DeCS | Baço/citologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Células Th1/efeitos de drogas | pt_BR |