JULIANA DIAS LOURENCO
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LIM/20 - Laboratório de Terapêutica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Metalloproteases gene expression and remodeling of lung parenchyma fibers during the progression of elastase induced emphysema(2014) ROBERTONI, Fabiola Santos Zambon; OLIVO, Clarice Rosa; LOURENCO, Juliana Dias; GONCALVES, Natalia Comes; VELOSA, Ana Paula Pereira; TEODORO, Walcy Rosolia; LIN, Chin Jia; MARTINS, Milton De Arruda; LOPES, Fernanda D. T. Q. dos Santos- A Treatment with a Protease Inhibitor Recombinant from the Cattle Tick (Rhipicephalus Boophilus microplus) Ameliorates Emphysema in Mice(2014) LOURENCO, Juliana D.; NEVES, Luana P.; OLIVO, Clarice R.; DURAN, Adriana; ALMEIDA, Francine M.; ARANTES, Petra M. M.; PRADO, Carla M.; LEICK, Edna Aparecida; TANAKA, Aparecida S.; MARTINS, Milton A.; SASAKI, Sergio D.; LOPES, Fernanda D. T. Q. S.Aims: To determine whether a serine protease inhibitor treatment can prevent or minimize emphysema in mice. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were subjected to porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) nasal instillation to induce emphysema and were treated with a serine protease inhibitor (rBmTI-A) before (Protocol 1) and after (Protocol 2) emphysema development. In both protocols, we evaluated lung function to evaluate the airway resistance (Raw), tissue damping (Gtis) and tissue elastance (Htis). The inflammatory profile was analyzed in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BALF) and through the use of morphometry; we measured the mean linear intercept (Lm) (to verify alveolar enlargement), the volume proportion of collagen and elastic fibers, and the numbers of macrophages and metalloprotease 12 (MMP-12) positive cells in the parenchyma. We showed that at both time points, even after the emphysema was established, the rBmTI-A treatment was sufficient to reverse the loss of elastic recoil measured by Htis, the alveolar enlargement and the increase in the total number of cells in the BALF, with a primary decrease in the number of macrophages. Although, the treatment did not control the increase in macrophages in the lung parenchyma, it was sufficient to decrease the number of positive cells for MMP-12 and reduce the volume of collagen fibers, which was increased in PPE groups. These findings attest to the importance of MMP-12 in PPE-induced emphysema and suggest that this metalloprotease could be an effective therapeutic target.
- Aerobic exercise attenuates pulmonary inflammation induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae(2014) OLIVO, Clarice R.; MIYAJI, Eliane N.; OLIVEIRA, Maria Leonor S.; ALMEIDA, Francine M.; LOURENCO, Juliana D.; ABREU, Rodrigo M.; ARANTES, Petra M. M.; LOPES, Fernanda D. T. Q. S.; MARTINS, Milton A.Aerobic exercise has been recognized as a stimulator of the immune system, but its effect on bacterial infection has not been extensively evaluated. We studied whether moderate aerobic exercise training prior to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection influences pulmonary inflammatory responses. BALB/c mice were divided into four groups: Sedentary Untreated (sedentary without infection); Sedentary Infected (sedentary with infection); Trained Untreated (aerobic training without infection); and Trained Infected (aerobic training with infection). Animals underwent aerobic training for 4 wk, and 72 h after last exercise training, animals received a challenge with S. pneumoniae and were evaluated either 12 h or 10 days after instillation. In acute phase, Sedentary Infected group had an increase in respiratory system resistance and elastance; number of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL); polymorphonuclear cells in lung parenchyma; and levels of keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interleukin (IL) - 1 beta (IL-1 beta) in lung homogenates. Exercise training significantly attenuated the increase in all of these parameters and induced an increase in expression of antioxidant enzymes (CuZnSOD and MnSOD) in lungs. Trained Infected mice had a significant decrease in the number of colony-forming units of pneumococci in the lungs compared with Sedentary Infected animals. Ten days after infection, Trained Infected group exhibited lower numbers of macrophages in BAL, polymorphonuclear cells in lung parenchyma and IL-6 in lung homogenates compared with Sedentary Infected group. Our results suggest a protective effect of moderate exercise training against respiratory infection with S. pneumoniae. This effect is most likely secondary to an effect of exercise on oxidant-antioxidant balance.