2018
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195879
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A novel nanoluciferase-based system to monitor Trypanosoma cruzi infection in mice by bioluminescence imaging

Abstract: Chagas disease, caused by the intracellular protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, affects 8–10 million people worldwide and represents a major public health challenge. There is no effective treatment or vaccine to control the disease that is characterized by a mild acute phase followed by a chronic life-long infection. Approximately 30% of chronically infected individuals develop cardiac and/or digestive pathologies. T. cruzi can invade a wide variety of nucleated cells, but only persists at specific tissues in the hos… Show more

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“…In addition to accounting for the results of this study, the model is also consistent with recent observations of the dynamic nature of T. cruzi populations in chronically infected mice as they are tracked in vivo by bioluminescence (45,46). During the chronic phase, the density of T. cruzi can flare in one organ and within a day disappear from that organ, only to flare elsewhere.…”
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confidence: 87%
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“…In addition to accounting for the results of this study, the model is also consistent with recent observations of the dynamic nature of T. cruzi populations in chronically infected mice as they are tracked in vivo by bioluminescence (45,46). During the chronic phase, the density of T. cruzi can flare in one organ and within a day disappear from that organ, only to flare elsewhere.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 87%
“…Other studies employing bioluminescent T. cruzi consistently have demonstrated that the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a prominent reservoir for luciferase-expressing T. cruzi during the chronic phase, including T. cruzi Colombiana in Swiss Webster mice (46,48,49). Whatever the degree of trafficking of T. cruzi trypomastigotes between the GI tract and skeletal muscle within C57BL/6 mice, our data indicate a strong correlation between the T. cruzi parasite burden within one organ (quadriceps muscle) and the inflammation of that organ.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Por outro lado, estudos mais atuais mostraram, primeiramente em modelos animais de miocardite chagásica (BEN YOUNES-CHENNOUFI et al, 1988;FRANCO, 1990) e mais tarde em humanos, utilizando imunohistoquímica e técnicas de biologia molecular, que antígenos e material genômico do T. cruzi estavam presentes e claramente associados topograficamente aos focos de inflamação e dano tissular JONES et al, 1993;BELLOTTI et al, 1996;ANEZ et al, 1999). Trabalhos recentes utilizando técnicas elegantes de imagem molecular com bioluminescência demonstraram que foi possível detectar a presença de parasitas clonados emitindo luciferase em diversos órgãos durante a infecção crônica, mesmo não sendo possível a detecção de parasitas no sangue por microscopia na maioria dos animais (LEWIS et al, 2014;SILBERSTEIN et al, 2018). Foi observada a presença de parasitas no músculo esquelético, intestino, gordura mesentérica, pulmão, fígado e coração 126 dias após a infecção (SILBERSTEIN et al, 2018).…”
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“…Trabalhos recentes utilizando técnicas elegantes de imagem molecular com bioluminescência demonstraram que foi possível detectar a presença de parasitas clonados emitindo luciferase em diversos órgãos durante a infecção crônica, mesmo não sendo possível a detecção de parasitas no sangue por microscopia na maioria dos animais (LEWIS et al, 2014;SILBERSTEIN et al, 2018). Foi observada a presença de parasitas no músculo esquelético, intestino, gordura mesentérica, pulmão, fígado e coração 126 dias após a infecção (SILBERSTEIN et al, 2018).…”
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