ELIA TAMASO ESPIN GARCIA CALZOLARI
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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/59 - Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/59 - Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Exercise Reduces Lung Fibrosis Involving Serotonin/Akt Signaling(2016) PEREIRA, Paulo Rogerio; OLIVEIRA-JUNIOR, Manoel Carneiro; MACKENZIE, Breanne; CHIOVATTO, Jaime Eduardo Davino; MATOS, Yves; GREIFFO, Flavia Regina; RIGONATO-OLIVEIRA, Nicole Cristine; BRUGEMMAN, Thayse Regina; DELLE, Humberto; IDZKO, Marco; ALBERTINI, Regiane; OLIVEIRA, Ana Paula Ligeiro; DAMACENO-RODRIGUES, Nilsa Regina; CALDINI, Elia Garcia; FERNANDEZ, Isis Ensil; CASTRO-FARIA-NETO, Hugo Caire; DOLHNIKOFF, Marisa; EICKELBERG, Oliver; VIEIRA, Rodolfo PaulaPurpose: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia, which involves aberrant serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) and Akt signaling. As protective effects of chronic aerobic training (AT) have been demonstrated in the context of lung injury, this study investigated whether AT attenuates bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis partly via a reduction of 5-HT and AKT signaling. Methods: Seventy-two C57BL/6 male mice were distributed in Control (Co), Exercise (Ex), Fibrosis (Fi), and Fibrosis + Exercise (Fi + Ex) groups. Bleomycin (1.5 UI.kg(-1)) was administered on day 1 and treadmill AT began on day 15 and continued for 60 min.d(-1), 5 d.wk(-1) for 4 wk. We evaluated total and differential cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), interleukin (IL)-1A, IL-6, CXCL1/KC, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and transforming growth factor A levels in BAL, collagen content in lung parenchyma, 5-HT levels in BAL fluid and in serum, the expression of 5-HT2B receptor, and Akt phosphorylation in lung tissue. Results: AT reduced bleomycin-increased number of total cells (P < 0.001), neutrophils (P < 0.01), macrophages (P < 0.01), and lymphocytes (P < 0.05) in BAL. It also reduced the levels of IL-1A (P < 0.01), IL-6 (P < 0.05), CXCL1/KC (P < 0.001), tumor necrosis factor > (P < 0.001), and transforming growth factor A (P < 0.001). It increased expression of ant-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 (P < 0.001). It reduced bleomycin-increased 5-HT levels in BAL (P < 0.001) and in serum (P < 0.05). Reductions in collagen fiber deposition (P < 0.01), 5-HT2B receptor expression (P < 0.01), and Akt phosphorylation in lung tissue were observed. Conclusions: AT accelerates the resolution of lung inflammation and fibrosis in a model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis partly via attenuation of 5-HT/Akt signaling.
- SMALL INTERFERING RNA TARGETING FOCAL ADHESION KINASE PREVENTS CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION IN ENDOTOXEMIA(2012) GUIDO, Maria C.; CLEMENTE, Carolina F.; MORETTI, Ana I.; BARBEIRO, Hermes V.; DEBBAS, Victor; CALDINI, Elia G.; FRANCHINI, Kleber G.; SORIANO, Francisco G.Sepsis and septic shock are associated with cardiac depression. Cardiovascular instability is a major cause of death in patients with sepsis. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a potential mediator of cardiomyocyte responses to oxidative and mechanical stress. Myocardial collagen deposition can affect cardiac compliance and contractility. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the silencing of FAK is protective against endotoxemia-induced alterations of cardiac structure and function. In male Wistar rats, endotoxemia was induced by intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (10 mg/kg). Cardiac morphometry and function were studied in vivo by left ventricular catheterization and histology. Intravenous injection of small interfering RNA targeting FAK was used to silence myocardial expression of the kinase. The hearts of lipopolysaccharide-injected rats showed collagen deposition, increased matrix metalloproteinase 2 activity, and myocyte hypertrophy, as well as reduced 24-h +dP/dt and -dP/dt, together with hypotension, increased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and elevated levels of FAK (phosphorylated and unphosphorylated). Focal adhesion kinase silencing reduced the expression and activation of the kinase in cardiac tissue, as well as protecting against the increased collagen deposition, greater matrix metalloproteinase 2 activity, and reduced cardiac contractility that occur during endotoxemia. In conclusion, FAK is activated in endotoxemia, playing a role in cardiac remodeling and in the impairment of cardiac function. This kinase represents a potential therapeutic target for the protection of cardiac function in patients with sepsis.
- Aerobic exercise inhibits obesity-induced respiratory phenotype(2018) AQUINO-JUNIOR, Jefferson Comin Jonco; MACKENZIE, BreAnne; ALMEIDA-OLIVEIRA, Ana Roberta; MARTINS, Ana Carolina; OLIVEIRA-JUNIOR, Manoel Carneiro; BRITTO, Aurilea Aparecida; ARANTES-COSTA, Fernanda Magalhaes; DAMACENO-RODRIGUES, Nilsa Regina; CALDINI, Elia Garcia; OLIVEIRA, Ana Paula Ligeiro de; GUADAGNINI, Dioze; LEIRIA, Luiz Osorio; RICARDO, Djalma Rabelo; SAAD, Mario Jose Abdalla; VIEIRA, Rodolfo PaulaPurpose: Obesity results in decreased lung function and increased inflammation. Moderate aerobic exercise (AE) reduced lung inflammation and remodeling in a variety of respiratory disease models. Therefore, this study investigated whether AE can attenuate a diet-induced obesity respiratory phenotype; including airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), remodeling and inflammation.& para;& para;Methods: Sixty C57B1/6 male mice were distributed into four groups: control lean (CL), exercise lean (EL), obese (O) and obese exercise (OE) groups (2 sets of 7 and 8 mice per group; n = 15). A classical model of diet-induced obesity (DIO) over 12 weeks was used. AE was performed 60 min/day, 5 days/week for 5 weeks. Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), lung inflammation and remodeling, adipokines and cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was determined.& para;& para;Results: A high fat diet over 18 weeks significantly increased body weight (p < .0001). Five weeks of AE significantly reduced both AHR and pulmonary inflammation. AHR in obese mice that exercised was reduced at the basal level (p < .05), vehicle (PBS) (p < .05), 6.25 MCh mg/mL (p < .05), 12.5 MCh mg/mL (p < .01), 25 MCh mg/mL (p < .01) and 50 MCh mg/mL (p < .05). Collagen (p < .001) and elastic (p < .001) fiber deposition in airway wall and also smooth muscle thickness (p < .001) were reduced. The number of neutrophils (p < .001), macrophages (p < .001) and lymphocytes (p < .01) were reduced in the peribronchial space as well as in the BAL: lymphocytes (p < .01), macrophages (p < .01), neutrophils (p < .001). AE reduced obesity markers leptin (p < .001), IGF-1 (p < .01) and VEGF (p < .001), while increased adiponectin (p < .01) in BAL. AE also reduced pro-inflammatory cytokines in the SAL: IL-1 beta (p < .001), IL-12p40 (p < .001), IL-13 (p < .01), IL-17 (p < .001, IL-23 (p < .05) and TNF-alpha (p < .05), and increased antiinflammatory cytokine IL-10 (p < .05).& para;& para;Conclusions: Aerobic exercise reduces high fat diet-induced obese lung phenotype (AHR, pulmonary remodeling and inflammation), involving anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and adiponectin.
- Aerobic Exercise Protects from Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Pneumonia in Elderly Mice(2018) DURIGON, Thomas Stravinskas; MACKENZIE, BreAnne; OLIVEIRA-JUNIOR, Manoel Carneiro; SANTOS-DIAS, Alana; ANGELIS, Katia De; MALFITANO, Christiano; PALMA, Renata Kelly da; GUERRA, Juliana Moreno; DAMACENO-RODRIGUES, Nilsa Regina; CALDINI, Elia Garcia; ALMEIDA, Francine Maria de; AQUINO-SANTOS, Helida Cristina; RIGONATO-OLIVEIRA, Nicole Cristine; OLIVEIRA, Danielle Bruna Leal de; AIMBIRE, Flavio; OLIVEIRA, Ana Paula Ligeiro de; OLIVEIRA, Luiz Vicente Franco de; DURIGON, Edison Luiz; HIEMSTRA, Pieter S.; VIEIRA, Rodolfo P.Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PS) infection results in severe morbidity and mortality, especially in immune-deficient populations. Aerobic exercise (AE) modulates the immune system, but its effects on the outcomes of pulmonary PS infection in elderly mice are unknown. Methods: BALB/c mice (24 weeks old) were randomized to sedentary, exercise (EX), PS, and PS + EX groups for the acute experimental setting, and PS and PS + EX groups for the chronic setting. Low-intensity AE was performed for 5 weeks, 60 min/day; 24 h after the final AE session, mice were inoculated with 5 x 10(4) colony-forming units (CFU) of PS, and 24 h and 14 days after PS inoculation, mice were studied. Results: AE inhibited PS colonization (p < 0.001) and lung inflammation (total cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes [p < 0.01] in bronchoalveolar lavage [BAL]), with significant differences in BAL levels of IL-1 beta (p < 0.001), IL-6 (p < 0.01), CXCL1 (p < 0.001), and TNF-alpha (p < 0.001), as well as parenchymal neutrophils (p < 0.001). AE increased BAL levels of IL-10 and parenchymal (p < 0.001) and epithelial (p < 0.001) IL-10 expression, while epithelial (p < 0.001) and parenchymal (p < 0.001) NF-kappa B expression was decreased. AE diminished pulmonary lipid peroxidation (p < 0.001) and increased glutathione peroxidase (p < 0.01). Preincubation of BEAS-2B with IL-10 inhibited PS-induced epithelial cell expression of TNF-alpha (p < 0.05), CD40 (p < 0.01), and dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (p < 0.05). Conclusions: AE inhibits PS-induced lung inflammation and bacterial colonization in elderly mice, involving IL-10/ NF-.B, and redox signaling. (C) 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Ultrastructure of the lung in a murine model of malaria-associated acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome(2014) AITKEN, Elizabeth H.; NEGRI, Elnara M.; BARBOZA, Renato; LIMA, Maria Ri; ALVAREZ, Jose M.; MARINHO, Claudio R. F.; CALDINI, Elia G.; EPIPHANIO, SabrinaBackground: The mechanisms through which infection with Plasmodium spp. result in lung disease are largely unknown. Recently a number of mouse models have been developed to research malaria-associated lung injury but no detailed ultrastructure studies of the disease in its terminal stages in a murine model have yet been published. The goal was to perform an ultrastructural analysis of the lungs of mice that died with malaria-associated acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome to better determine the relevancy of the murine models and investigate the mechanism of disease. Methods: DBA/2 mice were infected with Plasmodium berghei strain ANKA. Mice had their lungs removed immediately after death, processed using standard methods and viewed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Results: Infected red blood cell: endothelium contact, swollen endothelium with distended cytoplasmic extensions and thickening of endothelium basement membrane were observed. Septa were thick and filled with congested capillaries and leukocytes and the alveolar spaces contained blood cells, oedema and cell debris. Conclusion: Results show that the lung ultrastructure of P. berghei ANKA-infected mice has similar features to what has been described in post-mortem TEM studies of lungs from individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum. These data support the use of murine models to study malaria-associated acute lung injury.
- Th17/Treg imbalance in COPD progression: A temporal analysis using a CS-induced model(2019) ITO, Juliana Tiyaki; CERVILHA, Daniela Aparecida de Brito; LOURENCO, Juliana Dias; GONCALVES, Natalia Gomes; VOLPINI, Rildo Aparecido; CALDINI, Elia Garcia; LANDMAN, Gilles; LIN, Chin Jia; VELOSA, Ana Paula Pereira; TEODORO, Walcy Paganelli Rosolia; TIBERIO, Iolanda de Fatima Lopes Calvo; MAUAD, Thais; MARTINS, Milton de Arruda; MACCHIONE, Mariangela; LOPES, Fernanda Degobbi Tenorio Quirino dos SantosBackground The imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory immune responses plays a pivotal role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development and progression. To clarify the pathophysiological mechanisms of this disease, we performed a temporal analysis of immune response-mediated inflammatory progression in a cigarette smoke (CS)-induced mouse model with a focus on the balance between Th17 and Treg responses. Methods C57BL/6 mice were exposed to CS for 1, 3 or 6 months to induce COPD, and the control groups were maintained under filtered air conditions for the same time intervals. We then performed functional (respiratory mechanics) and structural (alveolar enlargement) analyses. We also quantified the NF-kappa B, TNF-alpha, CD4, CD8, CD20, IL-17, IL-6, FOXP3, IL-10, or TGF-beta positive cells in peribronchovascular areas and assessed FOXP3 and IL-10 expression through double-label immunofluorescence. Additionally, we evaluated the gene expression of NF-kappa B and TNF in bronchiolar epithelial cells. Results Our CS-induced COPD model exhibited an increased proinflammatory immune response (increased expression of the NF-kappa B, TNF-alpha, CD4, CD8, CD20, IL-17, and IL-6 markers) with a concomitantly decreased anti-inflammatory immune response (FOXP3, IL-10, and TGF-beta markers) compared with the control mice. These changes in the immune responses were associated with increased alveolar enlargement and impaired lung function starting on the first month and third month of CS exposure, respectively, compared with the control mice. Conclusion Our results showed that the microenvironmental stimuli produced by the release of cyto-kines during COPD progression lead to a Th17/Treg imbalance.
- Myofibroblasts are increased in the lung parenchyma in asthma(2017) BOSER, Stacey R.; MAUAD, Thais; ARAUJO-PAULINO, Bianca Bergamo de; MITCHELL, Ian; SHRESTHA, Grishma; CHIU, Andrea; BUTT, John; KELLY, Margaret M.; CALDINI, Elia; JAMES, Alan; GREEN, Francis H. Y.Background Increased airway smooth muscle is observed in large and small airways in asthma. Semi-quantitative estimates suggest that cells containing alpha smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) are also increased in the lung parenchyma. This study quantified and characterized alpha-SMA positive cells (alpha-SMA+) in the lung parenchyma of non-asthmatic and asthmatic individuals. Methods Post-mortem sections of peripheral lung from cases of fatal asthma (FA), persons with asthma dying of non-respiratory causes (NFA) and non-asthma control subjects (NAC) were stained for alpha-SMA, quantified using point-counting and normalised to alveolar basement membrane length and interstitial area. Results alpha-SMA+ fractional area was increased in alveolar parenchyma in both FA (14.7 +/- 2.8% of tissue area) and NFA (13.0 +/- 1.2%), compared with NAC (7.4 +/- 2.4%), p < 0.05 The difference was greater in upper lobes compared with lower lobes (p < 0.01) in both asthma groups. Similar changes were observed in alveolar ducts and alveolar walls. The electron microscopic features of the alpha-SMA+ cells were characteristic of myofibroblasts. Conclusions We conclude that in asthma there is a marked increase in alpha-SMA+ myofibroblasts in the lung parenchyma. The physiologic consequences of this increase are unknown.