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PLOS PATHOGENS
卷 8, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002799
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资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2005-02220, SAF2007-61716, SAF2010-18733]
- European Union (Eicosanox and ChagasEpiNet)
- CSIC-CONICET
- BSCH/UAM
- Comunidad de Madrid [S2010/BMD-2332]
- RED RECAVA [RD06/0014/1013]
- RED RICET [RD06/0021/0016]
- NIH [AI-15066]
- Fundacion Ramon Areces
- Government of Panama
- [FIS (PI040993)]
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan parasite responsible for Chagas' disease, causes severe myocarditis often resulting in death. Here, we report that Slamf1(-/-) mice, which lack the hematopoietic cell surface receptor Slamf1, are completely protected from an acute lethal parasite challenge. Cardiac damage was reduced in Slamf1(-/-) mice compared to wild type mice, infected with the same doses of parasites, as a result of a decrease of the number of parasites in the heart even the parasitemia was only marginally less. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments reveal that Slamf1-defIcient myeloid cells are impaired in their ability to replicate the parasite and show altered production of cytokines. Importantly, IFN-gamma production in the heart of Slamf1 deficient mice was much lower than in the heart of wt mice even though the number of infiltrating dendritic cells, macrophages, CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes were comparable. Administration of an anti-Slamf1 monoclonal antibody also reduced the number of parasites and IFN-gamma in the heart. These observations not only explain the reduced susceptibility to in vivo infection by the parasite, but they also suggest human Slamf1 as a potential target for therapeutic target against T. cruzi infection.
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