Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2022
Leishmania enriettii visceralises in the trachea, lungs, and spleen of Cavia porcellus.
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Alves-Sobrinho Ednéia Venâncio, Pinheiro Lucélia de Jesus, Paranaíba Larissa Ferreira, Fontes Igor Campos, Parreiras Patrícia Martins, Gontijo Nelder Figueiredo, Tafuri Wagner Luiz, Laurenti Márcia Dalastra, Soares Rodrigo Pedro
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: Leishmania (Mundinia) enriettii is a species commonly found in the guinea pig, Cavia porcellus. Although it is a dermotropic species, there is still an uncertainty regarding its ability to visceralise during Leishmania life cycle.
OBJECTIVE: Here, we investigated the ability of L. enriettii (strain L88) to visceralise in lungs, trachea, spleen, and liver of C. porcellus, its natural vertebrate host.
METHODS: Animals were infected sub-cutaneously in the nose and followed for 12 weeks using histological (hematoxilin-eosin) and molecular tools (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism - PCR-RFLP). To isolate parasite from C. porcellus, animals were experimentally infected for viscera removal and PCR typing targeting hsp70 gene.
FINDINGS: Histological analysis revealed intense and diffuse inflammation with the presence of amastigotes in the trachea, lung, and spleen up to 12 weeks post-infection (PI). Molecular analysis of paraffin-embedded tissues detected parasite DNA in the trachea and spleen between the 4th and 8th weeks PI. At the 12th PI, no parasite DNA was detected in any of the organs. To confirm that the spleen could serve as a temporary site for L. enriettii, we performed additional in vivo experiments. During 6th week PI, the parasite was isolated from the spleen confirming previous histopathological and PCR observations.
MAIN CONCLUSION: Leishmania enriettii (strain L88) was able to visceralise in the trachea, lung, and spleen of C. porcellus.
OBJECTIVE: Here, we investigated the ability of L. enriettii (strain L88) to visceralise in lungs, trachea, spleen, and liver of C. porcellus, its natural vertebrate host.
METHODS: Animals were infected sub-cutaneously in the nose and followed for 12 weeks using histological (hematoxilin-eosin) and molecular tools (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism - PCR-RFLP). To isolate parasite from C. porcellus, animals were experimentally infected for viscera removal and PCR typing targeting hsp70 gene.
FINDINGS: Histological analysis revealed intense and diffuse inflammation with the presence of amastigotes in the trachea, lung, and spleen up to 12 weeks post-infection (PI). Molecular analysis of paraffin-embedded tissues detected parasite DNA in the trachea and spleen between the 4th and 8th weeks PI. At the 12th PI, no parasite DNA was detected in any of the organs. To confirm that the spleen could serve as a temporary site for L. enriettii, we performed additional in vivo experiments. During 6th week PI, the parasite was isolated from the spleen confirming previous histopathological and PCR observations.
MAIN CONCLUSION: Leishmania enriettii (strain L88) was able to visceralise in the trachea, lung, and spleen of C. porcellus.