Análise histomorfométrica da matriz extracelular do linfonodo poplíteo de cães naturalmente infectados por Leishmania (L.) chagasi

• Autor(a) principal: Kondo, Kris Régia Juliani
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4964
• topic: Morfometria; Matriz extracelular do linfonodo; Cão; Leishmania; Morphometry; Extracellular matrix of lymph nodes; Dogs; Leishmania; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::MEDICINA VETERINARIA

The species of the gender Leishmania are protozoas that alternatively parasites the phlebotomines vectors and the macrophages of the mammals. The parasites deposited in the skin of the mammal by the infected phlebotomine exceed the extracellular matrix (ECM) for after migrate for other organs. The MEC is one structural complex that involves and gives support to the cells found in the tissue, being composed mainly by glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), collagenous proteins and adhesive molecules that allow it to exert important functions related to the adhesion, migration and recognition of surrounding microenvironment. This study had as objective to investigate the alterations of the collagen system of the extracellular matrix and to quantify the constitutive elements of the popliteal lymph nodes from dogs naturally infected by Leishmania chagasi. Twenty two dogs serum positive for canine visceral leishmaniosis (CVL) had been selected, from the Zoonoses Control Center - São Luís/MA, and ten not infected dogs taken as control group, originally from the Veterinary Hospital of University Federal of Viçosa/MG. The study of the collagen system was given through the technique of Picrus Sirius Red. The analysis of the extracellular matrix of the popliteal lymph nodes of infected dogs showed that severe alterations occur in the collagen system, in which collagen type III gradually is substituted by collagen of type I. The histopathologic studies show as main finding a diffuse linphadenopathy in carried animals of CVL. The quantitative morphometrics analysis had shown that occur an increase in the thickness of the capsule and of the subcapsular sinuses in the lymph nodes of infected group. Amongst the other findings, was verified significant alterations in the medullar region of the popliteal lymph nodes from dogs naturally infected by Leishmania (L.) chagasi. These results demonstrate that dogs infected by Leishmania present degradation of the constituents of ECM and consequence desorganization of lymphoid architecture.