FERNANDA DEGOBBI TENORIO QUIRINO DOS SANTOS LOPES
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LIM/20 - Laboratório de Terapêutica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/05 - Laboratório de Poluição Atmosférica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/05 - Laboratório de Poluição Atmosférica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Reduction In Vacht Levels Induced Pulmonary Inflammation In Experimental Model Of Pulmonary Emphysema(2015) BANZATO, R.; PINHEIRO, N. M.; OLIVO, C.; RANCON, F.; LOPES, F.; CAPERUTO, L.; CAMARA, N.; MARTINS, M.; TIBERIO, I.; PRADO, M.; PRADO, V.; PRADO, C.conferenceObject The Role of Alpha 7 Nicotinic Receptor on Lung Alterations in an Experimental Model of Emphysema Induced by Elastase(2019) BANZATO, R. S.; SANTANA, F. P. R.; OLIVO, C. R.; LOPES, F. D. Q. S.; TIBERIO, I. F. L. C.; PRADO, M. A. M.; PRADO, V. F.; PRADO, C. M.- Long-term endogenous acetylcholine deficiency potentiates pulmonary inflammation in a murine model of elastase-induced emphysema(2021) BANZATO, Rosana; PINHEIRO, Nathalia M.; OLIVO, Clarice R.; SANTANA, Fernanda R.; LOPES, Fernanda D. T. Q. S.; CAPERUTO, Luciana C.; CAMARA, Niels O.; MARTINS, Milton A.; TIBERIO, Iolanda F. L. C.; PRADO, Marco Antonio M.; PRADO, Vania F.; PRADO, Carla M.Acetylcholine (ACh), the neurotransmitter of the cholinergic system, regulates inflammation in several diseases including pulmonary diseases. ACh is also involved in a non-neuronal mechanism that modulates the innate immune response. Because inflammation and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines are involved in pulmonary emphysema, we hypothesized that vesicular acetylcholine transport protein (VAChT) deficiency, which leads to reduction in ACh release, can modulate lung inflammation in an experimental model of emphysema. Mice with genetical reduced expression of VAChT (VAChT KDHOM 70%) and wild-type mice (WT) received nasal instillation of 50 uL of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) or saline on day 0. Twenty-eight days after, animals were evaluated. Elastase instilled VAChT KDHOM mice presented an increase in macrophages, lymphocytes, and neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and MAC2-positive macrophages in lung tissue and peribronchovascular area that was comparable to that observed in WT mice. Conversely, elastase instilled VAChT KDHOM mice showed significantly larger number of NF-kappa B-positive cells and isoprostane staining in the peribronchovascular area when compared to elastase-instilled WT-mice. Moreover, elastase-instilled VAChT-deficient mice showed increased MCP-1 levels in the lungs. Other cytokines, extracellular matrix remodeling, alveolar enlargement, and lung function were not worse in elastase-instilled VAChT deficiency than in elastase-instilled WT-controls. These data suggest that decreased VAChT expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of emphysema, at least in part, through NF-kappa B activation, MCP-1, and oxidative stress pathways. This study highlights novel pathways involved in lung inflammation that may contribute to the development of chronic obstrutive lung disease (COPD) in cholinergic deficient individuals such as Alzheimer's disease patients.
conferenceObject The Role of Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory System on the Effects of Exercise Training in an Experimental Murine Model of Pulmonary Emphysema(2019) SOUZA, N.; SANTANA, F.; BATISTA, E.; LAIA, R. de; ESCROBAT, T.; CASTRO, T.; LOPES, F.; PRADO, M.; TOLEDO, A. C.; TIBERIO, I.; PRADO, V.; PRADO, C.; OLIVO, C. R.conferenceObject Reduction of endogenous acetylcholine contributes to pulmonary inflammation in a model of emphysema in mice(2012) BANZATO, Rosana; PINHEIRO, Nathalia; OLIVO, Clarice; SANTANA, Fernanda; TIBERIO, Iolanda; PRADO, Vania; PRADO, Marco Antonio; MARTINS, Milton; LOPES, Fernanda; PRADO, Carla