https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/6927
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | Spontaneous Neutrophil Activation in HTLV-1 Infected Patients |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Autor(es): | Guerreiro, Jaqueline B. Porto, Maria Aurélia da Fonseca Santos, Silvane Maria Braga Lacerda, Lino Ho, John L. Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de |
Autor(es): | Guerreiro, Jaqueline B. Porto, Maria Aurélia da Fonseca Santos, Silvane Maria Braga Lacerda, Lino Ho, John L. Carvalho Filho, Edgar Marcelino de |
Abstract: | Human T cell lymphotropic Virus type-1 (HTLV-1) induces lymphocyte activation and proliferation, but little is known about the innate immune response due to HTLV-1 infection. We evaluated the percentage of neutrophils that metabolize Nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) to formazan in HTLV-1 infected subjects and the association between neutrophil activation and IFN-γ and TNF- α levels. Blood was collected from 35 HTLV-1 carriers, from 8 patients with HAM/TSP (HTLV-1- associated myelopathy); 22 healthy individuals were evaluated for spontaneous and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated neutrophil activity (reduction of NBT to formazan). The production of IFN-γ and TNF-α by unstimulated mononuclear cells was determined by ELISA. Spontaneous NBT levels, as well as spontaneous IFN-γ and TNF-α production, were significantly higher (p<0.001) in HTLV-1 infected subjects than in healthy individuals. A trend towards a positive correlation was noted, with increasing percentage of NBT positive neutrophils and levels of IFN-γ. The high IFN-γ producing HTLV-1 patient group had significantly greater NBT than healthy controls, 43+24% and 17+4.8% respectively (p< 0.001), while no significant difference was observed between healthy controls and the low IFN-γ-producing HTLV-1 patient group (30+20%). Spontaneous neutrophil activation is another marker of immune perturbation resulting from HTLV-1 infection. In vivo activation of neutrophils observed in HTLV-1 infected subjects is likely to be the same process that causes spontaneous IFN-γ production, or it may partially result from direct IFN-γ stimulation. |
Palavras-chave: | HTLV-1 IFN-γ TNF-α LPS neutrophil activation |
Editora / Evento / Instituição: | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6927 |
Data do documento: | 2005 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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