BARBARA MARIA IANNI
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Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Brazilian Society of Cardiology Guideline on Myocarditis-2022(2022) MONTERA, Marcelo Westerlund; MARCONDES-BRAGA, Fabiana G.; SIMOES, Marcus Vinicius; MOURA, Lidia Ana Zytynski; FERNANDES, Fabio; MANGINE, Sandrigo; OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Amarino Carvalho de; SOUZA, Aurea Lucia Alves de Azevedo Grippa de; IANNI, Barbara Maria; ROCHITTE, Carlos Eduardo; MESQUITA, Claudio Tinoco; AZEVEDO FILHO, Clerio F. de; FREITAS, Dhayn Cassi de Almeida; MELO, Dirceu Thiago Pessoa de; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; HOROWITZ, Estela Suzana Kleiman; MESQUITA, Evandro Tinoco; OLIVEIRA, Guilherme H.; VILLACORTA, Humberto; ROSSI NETO, Joao Manoel; BARBOSA, Joao Marcos Bemfica; FIGUEIREDO NETO, Jose Albuquerque de; LUIZ, Louise Freire; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao; BECK-DA-SILVA, Luis; CAMPOS, Luiz Antonio de Almeida; DANZMANN, Luiz Claudio; BITTENCOURT, Marcelo Imbroise; GARCIA, Marcelo Iorio; AVILA, Monica Samuel; CLAUSELL, Nadine Oliveira; JR, Nilson Araujo de Oliveira; SILVESTRE, Odilson Marcos; SOUZA, Olga Ferreira de; MOURILHE-ROCHA, Ricardo; KALIL FILHO, Roberto; AL-KINDI, Sadeer G.; RASSI, Salvador; ALVES, Silvia Marinho Martins; FERREIRA, Silvia Moreira Ayub; RIZK, Stephanie Itala; MATTOS, Tiago Azevedo Costa; BARZILAI, Vitor; MARTINS, Wolney de Andrade; SCHULTHEISS, Heinz-Peter
- Air Pollution's Impact on Cardiac Remodeling in an Experimental Model of Chagas Cardiomyopathy(2022) FONSECA, Keila Cardoso Barbosa; PESSOA, Fernanda Gallinaro; RIBEIRO, Orlando do Nascimento; HOTTA, Viviane Tiemi; IANNI, Barbara Maria; FERNANDES, Fabio; RIVERO, Dolores Helena Rodriguez Ferreira; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; MADY, Charles; RAMIRES, Felix Jose AlvarezBackgroundChagas disease is characterized by intense myocardial fibrosis stimulated by the exacerbated production of inflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. Air pollution is a serious public health problem and also follows this same path. Therefore, air pollution might amplify the inflammatory response of Chagas disease and increase myocardial fibrosis. MethodsWe studied groups of Trypanosoma cruzi infected Sirius hamsters (Chagas=CH and Chagas exposed to pollution=CH+P) and 2 control groups (control healthy animals=CT and control exposed to pollution=CT+P). We evaluated acute phase (60 days post infection) and chronic phase (10 months). Echocardiograms were performed to assess left ventricular systolic and diastolic diameter, in addition to ejection fraction. Interstitial collagen was measured by morphometry in picrosirius red staining tissue. The evaluation of inflammation was performed by gene and protein expression of cytokines IL10, IFN-gamma, and TNF; oxidative stress was quantified by gene expression of NOX1, MnSOD, and iNOS and by analysis of reactive oxygen species; and apoptosis was performed by gene expression of BCL2 and Capsase3, in addition to TUNEL analysis. ResultsChagas groups had increased collagen deposition mainly in the acute phase, but air pollution did not increase this deposition. Also, Chagas groups had lower ejection fraction in the acute phase (p = 0.002) and again air pollution did not worsen ventricular function or dilation. The analysis of the inflammation and oxidative stress pathways were also not amplified by air pollution. Apoptosis analysis showed increased expression of BCL2 and Caspase3 genes in chagasic groups in the acute phase, with a marginal p of 0.054 in BCL2 expression among infected groups, and TUNEL technique showed amplified of apoptotic cells by pollution among infected groups. ConclusionsA possible modulation of the apoptotic pathway was observed, inferring interference from air pollution in this pathway. However, it was not enough to promote a greater collagen deposition, or worsening ventricular function or dilation caused by air pollution in this model of Chagas cardiomyopathy.
- Sex Differences in Heart Failure Mortality with Preserved, Mildly Reduced and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Retrospective, Single-Center, Large-Cohort Study(2022) MANSUR, Antonio de Padua; CARLO, Carlo Henrique Del; GONCALINHO, Gustavo Henrique Ferreira; AVAKIAN, Solange Desiree; RIBEIRO, Lucas Carrara; IANNI, Barbara Maria; FERNANDES, Fabio; CESAR, Luiz Antonio Machado; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; PEREIRA-BARRETTO, Antonio CarlosBackground: Heart failure (HF) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Studies show that women have better survival rates than men despite higher hospitalizations. However, little is known about differences in mortality and predictors of death in women and men with HF with preserved (HFpEF), mildly reduced (HFmrEF), and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods: From February 2017 to September 2020, mortality and predictors of death were analyzed in women and men with HF. Baseline data included clinical characteristics and echocardiographic findings. Results: A total of 11,282 patients, 63.9 +/- 14.4 years, including 6256 (55.4%) males, were studied. Females were older, had a higher baseline mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and lower left ventricular diastolic diameter. During follow-ups, 1375 (22%) men and 925 (18.4%) women died. Cumulative incidence of death was higher in men with HFrEF but similar for HFmrEF and HFpEF. Cox regression for death showed renal dysfunction, stroke, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, age, LVEF, valve disease, MI, and hypertensive CMP as independent death predictors for all HF patients. Conclusions: Women had a better prognosis than men in HFrEF and similar mortality for HFmrEF and HFpEF, but sex was not an independent predictor of death for all HF subtypes.
- Epigenetic regulation of transcription factor binding motifs promotes Th1 response in Chagas disease cardiomyopathy(2022) BROCHET, Pauline; IANNI, Barbara Maria; LAUGIER, Laurie; FRADE, Amanda Farage; NUNES, Joao Paulo Silva; TEIXEIRA, Priscila Camillo; MADY, Charles; FERREIRA, Ludmila Rodrigues Pinto; FERRE, Quentin; SANTOS, Ronaldo Honorato Barros; KURAMOTO, Andreia; CABANTOUS, Sandrine; STEFFEN, Samuel; STOLF, Antonio Noedir; POMERANTZEFF, Pablo; FIORELLI, Alfredo Inacio; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; PISSETTI, Cristina Wide; SABA, Bruno; CANDIDO, Darlan da Silva; DIAS, Fabricio C.; SAMPAIO, Marcelo Ferraz; GAIOTTO, Fabio Antonio; MARIN-NETO, Jose Antonio; FRAGATA, Abilio; ZANIRATTO, Ricardo Costa Fernandes; SIQUEIRA, Sergio; PEIXOTO, Giselle De Lima; RIGAUD, Vagner Oliveira-Carvalho; BACAL, Fernando; BUCK, Paula; ALMEIDA, Rafael Ribeiro; LIN-WANG, Hui Tzu; SCHMIDT, Andre; MARTINELLI, Martino; HIRATA, Mario Hiroyuki; DONADI, Eduardo Antonio; PEREIRA, Alexandre Costa; RODRIGUES JUNIOR, Virmondes; PUTHIER, Denis; KALIL, Jorge; SPINELLI, Lionel; CUNHA-NETO, Edecio; CHEVILLARD, ChristopheChagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an endemic parasitic disease of Latin America, affecting 7 million people. Although most patients are asymptomatic, 30% develop complications, including the often-fatal Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy (CCC). Although previous studies have demonstrated some genetic deregulations associated with CCCs, the causes of their deregulations remain poorly described. Based on bulk RNA-seq and whole genome DNA methylation data, we investigated the genetic and epigenetic deregulations present in the moderate and severe stages of CCC. Analysis of heart tissue gene expression profile allowed us to identify 1407 differentially expressed transcripts (DEGs) specific from CCC patients. A tissue DNA methylation analysis done on the same tissue has permitted the identification of 92 regulatory Differentially Methylated Regions (DMR) localized in the promoter of DEGs. An in-depth study of the transcription factors binding sites (TFBS) in the DMRs corroborated the importance of TFBS's DNA methylation for gene expression in CCC myocardium. TBX21, RUNX3 and EBF1 are the transcription factors whose binding motif appears to be affected by DNA methylation in the largest number of genes. By combining both transcriptomic and methylomic analysis on heart tissue, and methylomic analysis on blood, 4 biological processes affected by severe CCC have been identified, including immune response, ion transport, cardiac muscle processes and nervous system. An additional study on blood methylation of moderate CCC samples put forward the importance of ion transport and nervous system in the development of the disease.
- Isolation and molecular characterization of circulating extracellular vesicles from blood of chronic Chagas disease patients(2022) MADEIRA, Rafael P.; MENEGHETTI, Paula; BARROS, Lucas A. de; BUCK, Paula de Cassia; MADY, Charles; IANNI, Barbara M.; FERNANDEZ-BECERRA, Carmen; TORRECILHAS, Ana C.Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer envelopes that encase several types of molecules. Their contents mostly reflect their cell origin and possible targets at other locations in the organism and can be modified in pathological conditions to interfere with intercellular communication, thus promoting disease establishment and development. These characteristics, in addition to their presence in virtually all body fluids, make such vesicles ideal for biomarker discovery in human diseases. Here, we describe the effect of different anticoagulants and the combination of two purification methods for isolation and characterization of circulating EVs from blood of chronic Chagas disease (CCD) patients. We illustrated this procedure by studying a population of patients with Chagas disease at the indeterminate chronic stage, in which the Trypanosoma cruzi is very scarce in circulation. EVs were harvested from blood collected without or with different anticoagulants. Protein and nanoparticle tracking analysis was used to measure EVs size and concentration. The EVs were purified by ultracentrifugation, followed by size-exclusion chromatography and characterized by chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and dot blot using antibodies that recognized parasite-derived EVs, such as hyperimmune sera, polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against trans-sialidase and mucins. In parallel, antibodies against classical human EV markers CD9, CD63, CD81, and CD82, were also analyzed. The results showed that anticoagulants did not interfere with the analyzed parameters and circulating EVs from CCD patients contain T. cruzi antigens and classical human exosomal markers. Overall, our protocol is adequate for the isolation of the total circulating EVs and can serve as an important basis for further studies on biomarker discovery in Chagas' disease.
- Blood DNA methylation marks discriminate Chagas cardiomyopathy disease clinical forms(2022) BROCHET, Pauline; IANNI, Barbara; NUNES, Joao P. S.; FRADE, Amanda F.; TEIXEIRA, Priscila C.; MADY, Charles; FERREIRA, Ludmila R. P.; KURAMOTO, Andreia; PISSETTI, Cristina W.; SABA, Bruno; CANDIDO, Darlan D. S.; DIAS, Fabricio; SAMPAIO, Marcelo; MARIN-NETO, Jose A.; FRAGATA, Abilio; ZANIRATTO, Ricardo C. F.; SIQUEIRA, Sergio; PEIXOTO, Giselle D. L.; RIGAUD, Vagner O. C.; BUCK, Paula; ALMEIDA, Rafael R.; LIN-WANG, Hui Tzu; SCHMIDT, Andre; MARTINELLI, Martino; HIRATA, Mario H.; DONADI, Eduardo; JUNIOR, Virmondes Rodrigues; PEREIRA, Alexandre C.; KALIL, Jorge; SPINELLI, Lionel; CUNHA-NETO, Edecio; CHEVILLARD, ChristopheChagas disease is a parasitic disease from South America, affecting around 7 million people worldwide. Decades after the infection, 30% of people develop chronic forms, including Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy (CCC), for which no treatment exists. Two stages characterized this form: the moderate form, characterized by a heart ejection fraction (EF) >= 0.4, and the severe form, associated to an EF < 0.4. We propose two sets of DNA methylation biomarkers which can predict in blood CCC occurrence, and CCC stage. This analysis, based on machine learning algorithms, makes predictions with more than 95% accuracy in a test cohort. Beyond their predictive capacity, these CpGs are located near genes involved in the immune response, the nervous system, ion transport or ATP synthesis, pathways known to be deregulated in CCCs. Among these genes, some are also differentially expressed in heart tissues. Interestingly, the CpGs of interest are tagged to genes mainly involved in nervous and ionic processes. Given the close link between methylation and gene expression, these lists of CpGs promise to be not only good biomarkers, but also good indicators of key elements in the development of this pathology.