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THERAPEUTICAL TARGETING OF NUCLEIC ACID-SENSING TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS PREVENTS EXPERIMENTAL CEREBRAL MALARIA
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/University of Massachusetts. Medical School. Department of Medicine. Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology. Worcester, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Bioquimica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Eisai Research Institute. Andover, MA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Imunopatologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Departamento de Bioquimica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Resumo em Inglês
Excessive release of proinflammatory cytokines by innate immune cells is an important component of the pathogenic basis of malaria. Proinflammatory cytokines are a direct output of Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation during microbial infection. Thus, interference with TLR function is likely to render a better clinical outcome by preventing their aberrant activation and the excessive release of inflammatory mediators. Herein, we describe the protective effect and mechanism of action of E6446, a synthetic antagonist of nucleic acid-sensing TLRs, on experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA. We show that in vitro, low doses of E6446 specifically inhibited the activation of human and mouse TLR9. Tenfold higher concentrations of this compound also inhibited the human TLR8 response to single-stranded RNA. In vivo, therapy with E6446 diminished the activation of TLR9 and prevented the exacerbated cytokine response observed during acute Plasmodium infection. Furthermore, severe signs of ECM, such as limb paralysis, brain vascular leak, and death, were all prevented by oral treatment with E6446. Hence, we provide evidence that supports the involvement of nucleic acid-sensing TLRs in malaria pathogenesis and that interference with the activation of these receptors is a promising strategy to prevent deleterious inflammatory responses that mediate pathogenesis and severity of malaria.
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