Bibliographic citations
Orrego, M., (2022). Caracterización celular, molecular y metabólica de la pared quística del cisticerco racemoso de Taenia solium [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12864
Orrego, M., Caracterización celular, molecular y metabólica de la pared quística del cisticerco racemoso de Taenia solium []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12864
@phdthesis{renati/910513,
title = "Caracterización celular, molecular y metabólica de la pared quística del cisticerco racemoso de Taenia solium",
author = "Orrego Solano, Miguel Angel",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2022"
}
Racemose neurocysticercosis is an aggressive disease caused by the aberrant expansion of the cyst form of Taenia solium within the subarachnoid space of the human brain and spinal cord resulting in a mass effect and chronic inflammation. Although expansion is likely caused by the proliferation and growth of the parasite bladder wall, there is little direct evidence of the mechanisms that underlie these processes. Studies in highly proliferative cestodes demonstrate the participation of undifferentiated totipotent cells called germinative cells in the growth and development of cysts. Germinative cells would be responsible for the abnormal growth and development of the racemose cyst. In this work, we partially characterize the bladder wall of the racemose cyst of T. solium and demonstrate the presence of proliferative cells. These cells are absent in the bladder wall of the vesicular cyst. Proliferative cells present morphology similar to germinative cells described in other cestodes and express high levels of polo like kinase 1 (plk1). We established an in vitro culture system of proliferative cells and demonstrated that cells isolated from racemose cysts are sensitive to the action of the hormone insulin. In addition, we evaluated the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway and demonstrated that the racemose cysts have active (phosphorylated) this pathway. We proceeded to evaluated in vitro and in vivo the anti-proliferative action of the drug metformin using the cell culture system and the murine model of cysticercosis with Taenia crassiceps. We observed that metformin decreases cell proliferation by reducing the phosphorylation levels of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2). Finally, we evaluated the iron metabolism of the parasite and observed iron deposits in the bladder wall of the racemose cyst. Additionally, the expression levels of two iron-binding proteins (ferritin and melanotransferrin) are overexpressed in the racemose form. These results confirm that the racemose presents unique cellular, molecular and metabolic characteristics, closely linked to the presence of germinative cells in the bladder wall. Germinative cells constitute a novel therapeutic target that may allow the evaluation of new drugs for the treatment of racemose neurocysticercosis.
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