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Immunomodulatory effects of pCramoll and rCramoll on peritoneal exudate cells (PECs) infected and non-infected with Staphylococcus aureus

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 72; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.09.045

1879-0003

Luís Cláudio Nascimento da Silva, Neyla Maria Pereira Alves, Maria Carolina Accioly Brelaz de Castro, Valéria Rêgo Alves Pereira, Nathalia Varejão, Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coelho, Regina Célia Bressan Queiroz de Figueiredo, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia,

Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Peritoneal exudate cells (PECs) play important roles in host defense against Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogens. In this study we evaluated the potentials of native (pCramoll or Cramoll 1,4) and recombinant (rCramoll) lectins from seeds of Cratylia mollis as immunomodulatory tools on mice PECs infected and non-infected with S. aureus. Both lectins significantly enhanced nitric oxide, superoxide and cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, IFN-γ and TNF-α). pCramoll and rCramoll downregulated the induction of TNF-α and IL-6 and upregulated the expression of IL-1β, IFN-γ in S. aureus infected PECs. Phagocytic activity of S. aureus was also enhanced in 27.1% and 22.47% by pCramoll and rCramoll, respectively. Our results showed that pCramoll induced stronger effects than rCramoll, which could be explained by the different hemagglutinating activities of C. mollis isolectins and nature fragmentation, although the biologic meaning should be studied in detail using in vivo models. Future works will be focused on the molecular mechanisms involved in these actions, using in vitro and in vivo models, to support the use of these lectins as biotechnological tool in immunological studies.