Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Biológicas/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Parasitology. 2022 Mar;149(3):371-379. doi: 10.1017/S0031182021001906. Epub 2021 Nov 2.
The control of human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is hard since there are no vaccines available as well as the treatment is hampered by toxicity and resistant parasites. Furthermore, as human, and canine VL causes immunosuppression, the combination of drugs with immunostimulatory agents is interesting to upregulate the immunity, reducing side-effects, improving treatment approaches against disease. Herein, we assessed the immunochemotherapy using miltefosine along with a vaccine formulated by Leishmania braziliensis antigens + saponin + monophosphoryl lipid-A (LBSapMPL) in L. infantum-infected hamsters. Two months after infection, the animals received treatments, and after 15 days they were evaluated for the treatment effect. The potential anti-Leishmania effect of miltefosine + LBSapMPL-vaccine was revealed by a specific immune response activation reflecting in control of spleen parasitism using half the miltefosine treatment time. The treated animals also showed an increase of total and T-CD4 splenocytes producing IFN-γ and TNF-α and a decrease of interleukin-10 and anti-Leishmania circulating IgG. In addition, it was demonstrated that the control of spleen parasitism is related to the generation of a protective Th1 immune response. Hence, due to the combinatorial action of miltefosine with LBSapMPL-vaccine in immunostimulating and controlling parasitism, this immunochemotherapy protocol can be an important alternative option against canine and human VL.
人类内脏利什曼病(VL)的控制很困难,因为目前尚无可用的疫苗,而且治疗受到毒性和耐药寄生虫的阻碍。此外,由于人类和犬内脏利什曼病会导致免疫抑制,因此将药物与免疫刺激剂联合使用以增强免疫力、减少副作用、改善针对疾病的治疗方法很有趣。在此,我们评估了米替福新联合利什曼原虫巴西利什曼抗原+皂苷+单磷酰脂质 A(LBSapMPL)疫苗的免疫化学疗法在感染利什曼原虫婴儿的仓鼠中的效果。感染后两个月,动物开始接受治疗,15 天后评估治疗效果。米替福新+LBSapMPL-疫苗的潜在抗利什曼原虫作用通过激活特异性免疫反应来揭示,这反映在使用一半米替福新治疗时间来控制脾脏寄生虫病。治疗动物还显示总 T-CD4 脾细胞和 IFN-γ 和 TNF-α的产生增加,以及白细胞介素-10 和抗利什曼原虫循环 IgG 的减少。此外,还证明了脾脏寄生虫病的控制与保护性 Th1 免疫反应的产生有关。因此,由于米替福新与 LBSapMPL-疫苗在免疫刺激和寄生虫控制方面的联合作用,这种免疫化学疗法方案可能是针对犬内脏利什曼病和人类内脏利什曼病的重要替代选择。