Mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase develop exacerbated hepatic inflammatory responses induced by Plasmodium berghei NK65 infection. 2013

Onésia Cristina Oliveira-Lima, and Danielle Bernardes, and Mauro Cunha Xavier Pinto, and Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes, and Juliana Carvalho-Tavares
Núcleo de Neurociências, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.

Infection of mice with Plasmodium berghei NK65 represents a well-recognized malaria model in which infection is accompanied by an intense hepatic inflammatory response. Enzyme-inducible nitric oxide synthase is an important regulator of inflammation and leukocyte recruitment in microvessels, but these functions have yet to be evaluated in experimental malaria. In this study, we assessed the involvement of inducible nitric oxide synthase in inflammatory responses to murine experimental malaria induced by P. berghei NK65. We observed that wild type (WT) and nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-deficient mice (iNOS(-/-)) mice showed similar levels of parasitemia following P. berghei NK65 infection, although infected iNOS(-/-) mice presented early mortality. Inducible nitric oxide synthase deficiency led to increased leukocyte rolling and adhesion to the liver in iNOS(-/-) mice relative to the WT animals, as observed via intravital microscopy. Infected iNOS(-/-) mice also exhibited increased hepatic leukocyte migration and subsequent liver damage, which was associated with high serum levels of the cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-10. Our data suggest potential role for the iNOS enzyme as a regulator of hepatic inflammatory response induced by P. berghei NK65-infection, and its absence leads to exacerbated inflammation and sequential associated-hepatic damage in the animals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008288 Malaria A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the PLASMODIUM genus: PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM OVALE; and PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus ANOPHELES. Malaria is endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, and certain Caribbean islands. It is characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high FEVER; SWEATING; shaking CHILLS; and ANEMIA. Malaria in ANIMALS is caused by other species of plasmodia. Marsh Fever,Plasmodium Infections,Remittent Fever,Infections, Plasmodium,Paludism,Fever, Marsh,Fever, Remittent,Infection, Plasmodium,Plasmodium Infection
D010962 Plasmodium berghei A protozoan parasite of rodents transmitted by the mosquito Anopheles dureni. Plasmodium bergheus,berghei, Plasmodium
D006505 Hepatitis INFLAMMATION of the LIVER. Hepatitides
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016019 Survival Analysis A class of statistical procedures for estimating the survival function (function of time, starting with a population 100% well at a given time and providing the percentage of the population still well at later times). The survival analysis is then used for making inferences about the effects of treatments, prognostic factors, exposures, and other covariates on the function. Analysis, Survival,Analyses, Survival,Survival Analyses
D016207 Cytokines Non-antibody proteins secreted by inflammatory leukocytes and some non-leukocytic cells, that act as intercellular mediators. They differ from classical hormones in that they are produced by a number of tissue or cell types rather than by specialized glands. They generally act locally in a paracrine or autocrine rather than endocrine manner. Cytokine
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D052247 Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II A CALCIUM-independent subtype of nitric oxide synthase that may play a role in immune function. It is an inducible enzyme whose expression is transcriptionally regulated by a variety of CYTOKINES. INOS Enzyme,Inducible NOS Protein,Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase,NOS-II,Nitric Oxide Synthase II,Nitric Oxide Synthase, Type II,NOS II
D018345 Mice, Knockout Strains of mice in which certain GENES of their GENOMES have been disrupted, or "knocked-out". To produce knockouts, using RECOMBINANT DNA technology, the normal DNA sequence of the gene being studied is altered to prevent synthesis of a normal gene product. Cloned cells in which this DNA alteration is successful are then injected into mouse EMBRYOS to produce chimeric mice. The chimeric mice are then bred to yield a strain in which all the cells of the mouse contain the disrupted gene. Knockout mice are used as EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS for diseases (DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL) and to clarify the functions of the genes. Knockout Mice,Mice, Knock-out,Mouse, Knockout,Knock-out Mice,Knockout Mouse,Mice, Knock out

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