Dynamics and kinetics of natural killer cell cytotoxicity in human malaria as evaluated by a novel stepwise cytotoxicity assay
Malaria causes important functional alterations of the immune system, but several of them are poorly defined. To evaluate thoroughly the natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with malaria, we developed a technique capable to assess both the dynamics and the kinetics of the process. For the ki...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8fc090566f044fa1a75c1a9e9ed0b8c9 2023-05-15T15:15:23+02:00 Dynamics and kinetics of natural killer cell cytotoxicity in human malaria as evaluated by a novel stepwise cytotoxicity assay Fátima Ribeiro-Dias Carlos Eduardo Tosta 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822006000400008 https://doaj.org/article/8fc090566f044fa1a75c1a9e9ed0b8c9 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822006000400008 https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8682 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 doi:10.1590/S0037-86822006000400008 0037-8682 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/8fc090566f044fa1a75c1a9e9ed0b8c9 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 39, Iss 4, Pp 357-364 (2006) Malária Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium falciparum Células natural killer Citotoxicidade Malaria Natural killer cells Cytotoxicity Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2006 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822006000400008 2022-12-31T02:55:18Z Malaria causes important functional alterations of the immune system, but several of them are poorly defined. To evaluate thoroughly the natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with malaria, we developed a technique capable to assess both the dynamics and the kinetics of the process. For the kinetics assay, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were previously incubated with K562 cells and kept in agarose medium, while for the dynamics assay both cells were maintained in suspension. NK activity from patients with vivax malaria presented a kinetics profile faster than those with falciparum malaria. NK cytotoxicity positively correlated with parasitemia in falciparum malaria. The dynamics of NK cytotoxicity of healthy individuals was elevated at the beginning of the process and then significantly decreased. In contrast, malaria patients presented successive peaks of NK activity. Our results confirmed the occurrence of alteration in NK cell function during malaria, and added new data about the NK cytotoxicity process. A malária causa importantes alterações do sistema imunitário, muitas ainda mal definidas. Para permitir uma avaliação abrangente da atividade citotóxica das células natural killer em pacientes com malária, desenvolvemos um teste capaz de avaliar concomitantemente a dinâmica e a cinética do processo. Para a avaliação da cinética, células mononucleares do sangue periférico interagiram com células K562 e foram mantidas em agarose, enquanto para avaliar a dinâmica as células eram mantidas em suspensão. A cinética da atividade citotóxica das células NK foi mais rápida em pacientes com Plasmodium vivax, do que naqueles infectados com P. falciparum. Nestes, houve correlação positiva entre a atividade citotóxica das células NK e a parasitemia. O padrão da dinâmica da atividade citotóxica nos pacientes com malária foi bem diferente daquele apresentado pelos indivíduos sadios. Enquanto nestes, a atividade estava muito aumentada no início da incubação das células, sofrendo posteriormente uma redução, nos ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 39 4 357 364 |
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Malaria causes important functional alterations of the immune system, but several of them are poorly defined. To evaluate thoroughly the natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with malaria, we developed a technique capable to assess both the dynamics and the kinetics of the process. For the kinetics assay, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were previously incubated with K562 cells and kept in agarose medium, while for the dynamics assay both cells were maintained in suspension. NK activity from patients with vivax malaria presented a kinetics profile faster than those with falciparum malaria. NK cytotoxicity positively correlated with parasitemia in falciparum malaria. The dynamics of NK cytotoxicity of healthy individuals was elevated at the beginning of the process and then significantly decreased. In contrast, malaria patients presented successive peaks of NK activity. Our results confirmed the occurrence of alteration in NK cell function during malaria, and added new data about the NK cytotoxicity process. A malária causa importantes alterações do sistema imunitário, muitas ainda mal definidas. Para permitir uma avaliação abrangente da atividade citotóxica das células natural killer em pacientes com malária, desenvolvemos um teste capaz de avaliar concomitantemente a dinâmica e a cinética do processo. Para a avaliação da cinética, células mononucleares do sangue periférico interagiram com células K562 e foram mantidas em agarose, enquanto para avaliar a dinâmica as células eram mantidas em suspensão. A cinética da atividade citotóxica das células NK foi mais rápida em pacientes com Plasmodium vivax, do que naqueles infectados com P. falciparum. Nestes, houve correlação positiva entre a atividade citotóxica das células NK e a parasitemia. O padrão da dinâmica da atividade citotóxica nos pacientes com malária foi bem diferente daquele apresentado pelos indivíduos sadios. Enquanto nestes, a atividade estava muito aumentada no início da incubação das células, sofrendo posteriormente uma redução, nos ... |
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Dynamics and kinetics of natural killer cell cytotoxicity in human malaria as evaluated by a novel stepwise cytotoxicity assay |
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