Dos Santos Ana Carolina Campos, Figueiredo-Vanzan Daniel, Bentes Josiane, Motta Juliana Maria, Mata-Santos Hilton Antônio, Pyrrho Alexandre Dos Santos, Castelo-Branco Morgana Teixeira Lima
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Inflammopharmacology. 2025 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s10787-025-01759-1.
Hepatic fibrosis resulting from human mansonic schistosomiasis significantly impairs liver function and contributes substantially to morbidity associated with helminth infections. This pathological state develops following the deposition of helminth eggs within hepatic tissues, triggering a granulomatous inflammatory reaction. Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting approximately 240 million individuals globally, represents a major public health challenge. Although praziquantel (PZQ) is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the primary treatment for helminth infections, additional therapies are required to address the associated liver fibrosis. This study investigated the efficacy of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP), a natural compound known for its anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic, and hepatoprotective properties in various experimental models, in mitigating hepatic fibrosis induced by mansonic schistosomiasis. Our in vivo experiments demonstrated that TMP treatment significantly reduced hepatic granuloma size, as evidenced by histological analysis. Furthermore, our in vitro studies showed that TMP increased levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 while decreasing levels of the profibrotic cytokine IL-13 in a concentration-dependent manner. Immunofluorescence analysis also revealed that TMP effectively inhibited collagen deposition. Collectively, these findings suggest that TMP exhibits potential as an anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic agent for hepatic fibrosis resulting from Schistosoma mansoni infection.
人类曼氏血吸虫病导致的肝纤维化会显著损害肝功能,并在很大程度上导致与蠕虫感染相关的发病率上升。这种病理状态是在蠕虫虫卵沉积于肝组织后发展而来的,会引发肉芽肿性炎症反应。血吸虫病是一种被忽视的热带疾病,全球约有2.4亿人受其影响,是一项重大的公共卫生挑战。尽管世界卫生组织(WHO)推荐吡喹酮(PZQ)作为蠕虫感染的主要治疗药物,但仍需要其他疗法来解决相关的肝纤维化问题。本研究调查了川芎嗪(TMP)的疗效,川芎嗪是一种天然化合物,在各种实验模型中因其抗炎、抗纤维化和肝脏保护特性而闻名,可减轻曼氏血吸虫病诱导的肝纤维化。我们的体内实验表明,组织学分析证明TMP治疗可显著减小肝肉芽肿大小。此外,我们的体外研究表明,TMP以浓度依赖的方式增加抗炎细胞因子IL-10的水平,同时降低促纤维化细胞因子IL-13的水平。免疫荧光分析还显示,TMP有效抑制胶原蛋白沉积。总体而言,这些发现表明TMP作为一种抗炎和抗纤维化药物,对曼氏血吸虫感染导致的肝纤维化具有潜在作用。