Apoptosis in parasites and parasite-induced apoptosis in the host immune system: a new approach to parasitic diseases

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

M.a. Barcinski²  G.a. Dosreis¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo

关键词: apoptosis;    parasites;    host cells;    host immune system;    programmed cell death;    trypanosomatids;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X1999000400003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death (PCD), has been described as essential for normal organogenesis and tissue development, as well as for the proper function of cell-renewal systems in adult organisms. Apoptosis is also pivotal in the pathogenesis of several different diseases. In this paper we discuss, from two different points of view, the role of apoptosis in parasitic diseases. The description of apoptotic death in three different species of heteroxenic trypanosomatids is reviewed, and considerations on the phylogenesis of apoptosis and on the eventual role of PCD on their mechanism of pathogenesis are made. From a different perspective, an increasing body of evidence is making clear that regulation of host cell apoptosis is an important factor on the definition of a host-pathogen interaction. As an example, the molecular mechanisms by which Trypanosoma cruzi is able to induce apoptosis in immunocompetent cells, in a murine model of Chagas' disease, and the consequences of this phenomenon on the outcome of the experimental disease are discussed.

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