PERSONAL DE APOYO
GOMEZ Laura Constanza
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
"Potentation of Leshmania sp macrophage phagocytosis in co-infection with Echerichia Coli
Autor/es:
GAMARRA-LUQUES C; GARGIULO P; GOMEZ L; POLO M; FERNÁNDEZ D; ARENAS N; SALOMÓN C
Reunión:
Congreso; XX Reunión Científica Anual 2002, Sociedad de Biología de Cuyo,; 2002
Resumen:
A restricted number of macrophage receptors are known to mediate
the internalisation of many kind of different particles. Examples
are Fcγ, complement and mannose receptors. Leishmania sp is the
responsable agent of Leishmaniases disease. On the host side, Ig G
macrophage receptor is considered to play a major role during
amastigote´s infection, in addition to CR3 and mannose receptor.
We will study the cultured macrophage activation cells with E. coli
in regarding parasite phagocytosis. Leishmanias sp and Leishmanias
sp - E. coli cultures were used for macrophage infection. Percentage
of J774 (mouse macrophage cell line) infection and vacuoles
number by phagocyte, were studied after two, four and twenty hour
culture under optical microscopy. As a result we have 58% infected
macrophages in the coinfection group and 21% in the other, after
two-hour culture. More vacuoles were also counted, after twenty
hours in the first group. In conclusion, E. coli coinfection increases
macrophage captation of Leishmania. Other intracellular
mechanisms are yet to be known involved with increased coinfection
efficiency with E. coli as well as its medical perspectives.