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Domiciano IG, da Silva Gagliotti GFP, Domit C, Lorenzetti E, Bracarense APFRL. Bacterial and fungal pathogens in granulomatous lesions of Chelonia mydas in a significant foraging ground off southern Brazil. Vet Res Commun 2022; 46:859-870. [PMID: 35378659 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-022-09911-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The green sea turtle Chelonia mydas inhabit near-shore areas exposed to threatening anthropogenic activities. The granulomatous lesions in these animals may indicate infectious diseases that can be associated with environmental contamination and hazards to human health. This study aimed to characterize the granulomatous inflammation associated with bacterial and fungal infection in C. mydas off Paraná state. From September 2015 to February 2019, systematic monitoring was performed by the Santos Basin Beach Monitoring Project for sea turtles'carcasses recovery, necropsy, and cause of death diagnosis. The tissue samples were fixed in buffered formalin 10% for histochemical analysis and frozen for molecular analysis to fungi detection (Internal Transcribed Spacer region of the nuclear rDNA) and bacteria detection (16S ribosomal gene). From a total of 270 C. mydas, granulomatous lesions were observed in different organs of 63 (23.3%) individuals. The histological analysis indicated lesions in 94 organs, affecting most respiratory and digestive systems. Bacteria were identified in 25 animals, including an acid-fast bacteria detected in one animal, and fungi in 24 C. mydas. The fungi species included the genus Candida (Candida zeylanoides, n = 3), Yarrowia (Yarrowia lipolytica, n = 9; Yarrowia deformans, n = 5; and Yarrowia divulgata, n = 1), and Cladosporium anthropophilum (n = 1). No species of bacteria was identified by molecular testing. All fungi species identified are saprobic, some are important to food and medical industries, but are also pathogens of humans and other animals. Therefore, long-term monitoring of these pathogens and the C. mydas health may indicate changes in environmental quality, possible zoonotic diseases, and their effects.
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- Isabela Guarnier Domiciano
- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, P.O. Box 10.011, Londrina, Paraná state, CEP 86.057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, P.O. Box 10.011, Londrina, Paraná state, CEP 86.057-970, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Paraná Federal University, Av. Beira-Mar, s/n - Pontal do Sul, CEP 83255-976, Pontal do Paraná, Paraná State, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, P.O. Box 10011, Londrina, Paraná State, CEP 86.057-970, Brazil
- Post Graduate Program in Animal Health and Production, Pitágoras Unopar University, Av. Paris, 675, Londrina, Paraná State, CEP 86041-100, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Pathology, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, P.O. Box 10.011, Londrina, Paraná state, CEP 86.057-970, Brazil.
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Kim YH, Lee SH. TGF-β/SMAD4 mediated UCP2 downregulation contributes to Aspergillus protease-induced inflammation in primary bronchial epithelial cells. Redox Biol 2018; 18:104-113. [PMID: 30007886 PMCID: PMC6067066 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Elevated levels of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) can lead to the development of airway inflammation. In this study, we investigated the role of Aspergillus proteases—which contribute to the pathogenesis of Aspergillus-induced diseases such as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and atopic asthma—and their mechanisms of action in airway inflammation using primary human bronchial epithelial cells, and evaluated the inflammatory responses mediated by mitochondrial ROS. We found that Aspergillus proteases regulated the expression of multifunctional inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)− 1β, − 6, and − 8, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, which stimulated cytokine production and chemokines involved in leukocyte migration and activated an inflammatory cascade. Expression of these factors and activator protein (AP)− 1 were decreased by treatment with the mitochondrial ROS scavenger Mito-TEMPO, suggesting that mitochondria are important sources of ROS in the context of inflammatory response by Aspergillus protease. The regulation of mitochondrial ROS influenced the production of proinflammatory mediators by preventing mitochondrial ROS-induced AP-1 activation in airway epithelial cells. In addition, Aspergillus protease-mediated mitochondrial ROS production was associated with downregulation of uncoupling protein (UCP)− 2 expression by TGF-β-SMAD4 signaling, which may play a regulatory role in mitochondrial ROS formation during fungal protease-mediated epithelial inflammation. This improved understanding of the allergenic fungal protease-induced inflammatory mechanism in the bronchial epithelium will help in developing intervention strategies for the regulation of inflammatory response in allergic airway diseases. Fungal protease induce inflammatory cytokines, ROS, and mitochondrial ROS production. Fungal protease-induced mitochondrial ROS regulate AP-1 activation and neutrophil migration. Fungal protease-induced mitochondrial ROS modulate airway epithelial inflammation. Downregulation of UCP-2 expression by TGF-β-SMAD4 signaling induce mitochondrial ROS production. TGF-β/SMAD4 mediated UCP2 downregulation contributes to fungal protease-induced inflammation.
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- Yun Hee Kim
- Korean Medicine Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), 1672 Yuseong-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea; Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Biomedical Research Center, KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Biomedical Research Center, KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Kim YH, Lee SH. Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species regulate fungal protease-induced inflammatory responses. Toxicology 2017; 378:86-94. [PMID: 28087464 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2017.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Epidemiological studies have shown that fungal infections are a main cause of respiratory tract diseases, such as asthma, bronchopneumonia, intoxication, and invasive fungal disease. Fungi such as Aspergillus and Candida species have become increasingly important pathogens as the global climate changes. Accordingly, in this study, we evaluated the toxicological potential of Aspergillus protease in the lower respiratory tract. Exposure of Aspergillus protease to A549 cells induced upregulation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 mRNAs and increased production of interleukin (IL)-8 and MCP-1 protein through enhanced mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and activator protein (AP)-1. Furthermore, the mitochondrial ROS scavenger Mito-TEMPO, which inhibited MAPK and AP-1, significantly reduced MCP-1 and IL-1β mRNA expression and reduced HL-60 cell migration through the suppression of MCP-1 and IL-8 protein secretion. Thus, our results demonstrated that mitochondria were an important source of Aspergillus protease-stimulated ROS and that regulation of mitochondrial ROS modulated inflammatory responses by preventing activation of MAPK and AP-1 in A549 cells.
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- Yun Hee Kim
- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Biomedical Research Center, KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea; Korean Medicine Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Biomedical Research Center, KAIST Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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França EJGD, Fávero D, Scremin H, Oliveira MTD, Furlaneto-Maia L, Quesada RMB, Furlaneto MC. Hemólise produzida por Candida tropicalis isoladas de amostras clínicas. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2010; 43:318-21. [DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822010000300021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUÇÃO: Leveduras do gênero Candida são responsáveis pela maioria das infecções fúngicas em humanos. Candida tropicalis tem sido uma das mais comumente isoladas dentre as espécies não-albicans. O objetivo foi analisar a hemólise in vitro promovida por isolados clínicos de C. tropicalis provenientes de sangue e outras amostras clínicas de pacientes internados no Hospital Universitário da UEL, PR-Brasil. MÉTODOS: Foi avaliada a hemólise promovida por 28 isolados clínicos de C. tropicalis, sendo os isolados agrupados em classes de acordo com os níveis de hemólise. RESULTADOS: A maioria dos isolados de sangue apresentou hemólise fraca (+), enquanto as classes de hemólise forte (+++) e muito forte (++++) foram as predominantes nos isolados de outras amostras clínicas como urina, lesão de unha e secreção traqueal, embora não tenham sido detectadas diferenças estatísticas (p>0,05). CONCLUSÕES: Isolados de C. tropicalis, obtidos de diferentes amostras clínicas, apresentam capacidade de promover hemólise in vitro.
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Raska M, Bĕláková J, Krupka M, Weigl E. Candidiasis--do we need to fight or to tolerate the Candida fungus? Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2007; 52:297-312. [PMID: 17702470 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Candidiases, infections caused by germination forms of the Candida fungus, represent a heterogeneous group of diseases from systemic infection, through mucocutaneous form, to vulvovaginal form. Although caused by one organism, each form is controlled by distinct host immune mechanisms. Phagocytosis by polymorphonuclears and macrophages is generally accepted as the host immune mechanism for Candida elimination. Phagocytes require proinflammatory cytokine stimulation which could be harmful and must be regulated during the course of infection by the activity of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. In the vaginal tissue the phagocytes are inefficient and inflammation is generally an unwanted reaction because it could damage mucosal tissue and break the tolerance to common vagina antigens including the otherwise saprophyting Candida yeast. Recurrent form of vulvovaginal candidiasis is probably associated with breaking of such tolerance. Beside the phagocytosis, specific antibodies, complement, and mucosal epithelial cell comprise Candida eliminating immune mechanisms. They are regulated by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells which produce cytokines IL-12, IFN-gamma, IL-10, TGF-beta, etc. as the response to signals from dendritic cells specialized to sense actual Candida morphotypes. During the course of Candida infection proinflammatory signals (if initially necessary) are replaced successively by antiinflammatory signals. This balance is absolutely distinct during each candidiasis form and it is crucial to describe and understand the basic principles before designing new therapeutic and/or preventive approaches.
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- M Raska
- Department of Immunology, Medical Faculty, Palacký University, 772 00 Olomouc, Czechia.
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Vale-Silva LA, Buchta V, Valentová E. Effect of subinhibitory concentration of some established and experimental antifungal compounds on the germ tube formation in Candida albicans. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2007; 52:39-43. [PMID: 17571794 DOI: 10.1007/bf02932136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The influence of subinhibitory concentrations of six established and 19 newly synthesized antifungal compounds on the dimorphic transition of three C. albicans strains was evaluated in the filamentation-inducing medium. Amphotericin B was found to produce almost complete inhibition in the germination at a concentration of 1/10 of the corresponding MIC and partial inhibition at a concentration as low as MIC/50. Flucytosine and four azole derivatives were proven ineffective. From the newly synthesized drugs, the incrustoporin derivative LNO6-22, two phenylguanidine derivatives (PG15, PG45), and four thiosalicylanilide derivatives, in particular, showed results comparable to those of amphotericin B, with a high inhibition of germ tube formation at concentrations of MIC/10. In general, concentrations of MIC/50 had no visible effect.
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- L A Vale-Silva
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czechia.
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Dorko E, Jenca A, Orencák M, Virágová S, Pilipcinec E. Otomycoses of candidal origin in eastern Slovakia. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2005; 49:601-4. [PMID: 15702553 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mycological analysis of swabs and scraping samples from the external ear canals of 40 patients with clinically diagnosed otomycosis (10 neonates, 30 adults) revealed the presence of fungi as etiological agents. They were investigated microscopically using 20 % potassium hydroxide, and by cultivation on Sabouraud's glucose agar. The Candida species were identified using the germ-tube test, micromorphology observations of colonies on rice agar, and particularly by the commercial kit AUXAcolor. The following Candida species were identified in the aural material examined: C. albicans (n = 21; 52.5 %), C. parapsilosis (11; 27.5), C. tropicalis (3; 7.5), C. krusei (3; 7.5), C. guilliermondii (2; 5.0). The above yeasts were present in samples together with Staphylococcus epidermidis (31), S. aureus (16), alpha-hemolytic streptococci (14), Neisseria spp. (14), Proteus mirabilis (3), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (3), Escherichia coli (1) and Haemophilus influenzae (1). The most frequent predisposing factors for otomycosis were swimming in public pools and/or bath, spa and diabetes mellitus.
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- E Dorko
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Safárik University, 041 80 Kosice, Slovakia.
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Hamal P, Dostál J, Raclavský V, Krylová M, Pichová I, Hrusková-Heidlngsfeldová O. Secreted aspartate proteinases, a virulence factor of Candida spp.: occurrence among clinical isolates. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2004; 49:491-6. [PMID: 15530018 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Production of secreted aspartate proteinases was determined in a set of 646 isolates of Candida and non-Candida yeast species collected from 465 patients of the University Hospital in Olomouc (Czechia) in the period 1995-2002, and Candida samples obtained from 64 healthy volunteers using solid media developed for this purpose. Using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD) 79 Candida isolates from blood were analyzed to show potential relationships between clustering of the fingerprints and extracellular proteolytic activity of these strains. C. albicans, C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis possess always proteolytic activity while non-Candida species did not display any proteolysis. A tight relationship between fingerprints and extracellular proteolysis in the Candida isolates was not shown. A remarkable consistency between fingerprint clusters and proteolysis occurred in a subset of C. parapsilosis samples. Suboptimal pH of the growth medium was shown to facilitate the investigation of potential co-incidence of genotypic and phenotypic traits.
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- P Hamal
- Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
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Korabecná M, Liska V, Fajfrlík K. Primers ITS1, ITS2 and ITS4 detect the intraspecies variability in the internal transcribed spacers and 5.8S rRNA gene region in clinical isolates of fungi. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2003; 48:233-8. [PMID: 12800508 DOI: 10.1007/bf02930961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 5.8S rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) was used for examination of 66 isolates belonging to 19 species. Intraspecies variability was found in the examined region of 11 species (Candida albicans, C. catenulata, C. colliculosa, C. glabrata, C. kefyr, C. melinii, C. parapsilosis, C. guillermondii, C. solanii, C. tropicalis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Region of ITS-5.8S rDNA was amplified using the primers ITS1 and ITS4. The amplicons were digested by HaeIII, HinfI and CfoI. The recognized intraspecies variability was confirmed in the second step, in which the shorter fragments of this region were amplified using primers ITS1 and ITS2 and analyzed by capillary electrophoresis. Considerable intraspecific variability renders this method unsuitable for species identification, whereas it can be useful for epidemiological tracing of isolates.
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- M Korabecná
- Institute for Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 301 66 Pilsen, Czechia.
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Abdel-Salam HA. Characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans serotype A and A/D in samples from Egypt. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2003; 48:261-8. [PMID: 12800514 DOI: 10.1007/bf02930967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The cryptococcal polysaccharide antigen was detected in 10 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and 23 serum samples from cryptococcal meningitis and intestinal cryptococcosis by the cryptococcal antigen latex agglutination system (CALAS). CALAS titers in CSF and serum samples of cryptococcal meningitis ranged over 8-2048 and 32-2048, respectively, while in cases of intestinal cryptococcosis, serum titers ranged over 8-2048. The isolates of yeast Cryptococcus neoformans were determined to be of serotype A or of the A/D pair. The total leukocyte count and biochemical parameters in CSF were significantly increased as indicators of microbial infection. Furthermore, the in vitro change of the teleomorph (sexual state) to the anamorph (asexual state) was also detected and the teleomorph state changed in vivo to the encapsulated anamoph state which is more virulent during infection in vivo than the yeast-like noncapsulated form. Two primers for internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA were used for molecular detection of C. neoformans. After PCR amplification, a DNA band of 415 bp, visualized on agarose gel, indicated the presence of C. neoformans cells in the tested CSF and serum samples. The primer sensitivity was also characterized using purified yeast chromosomal DNA as template; it was about 20 pg or more chromosomal DNA which represents about 10 cells of C. neoformans. The primers were also specific for ITS regions of C. neoformans and gave negative results with Candida albicans and E. coli chromosomal DNA templates.
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- H A Abdel-Salam
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt.
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