Issue |
Parasite
Volume 15, Number 1, March 2008
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Page(s) | 53 - 64 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2008151053 | |
Published online | 15 March 2008 |
Mémoire
Hypobaric hypoxia-related impairment of pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D did not favour Pneumocystis carinii Frenkel 1999 growth in non-immunocompromised rats
Des altérations des protéines A et D du surfactant pulmonaire induites par hypoxie hypobare n’ont pas favorisé le développement de Pneumocystis carinii Frenkel 1999 chez le rat non-immunocompromis
1
IFR 30 INSERM U563, Purpan Hospital, BP 3028, 31024 Toulouse cedex 3, France
2
General and Nutritional Biochemistry laboratory, Purpan Hospital, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9 France
3
Parasitology-Mycology Service, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (EA3609, Lille 2 University) & Ecology of Parasitism, EA-3609-IFR- 142, Lille Pasteur Institute, France
4
Larrey Hospital, “Clinique des Voies Respiratoires”, 24, chemin de Pouvourville, TSA 30030, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France
5
Parasitology-Mycology Service, Microbiology Department, EA3609, Faculty of Medicine, Lille 2 University, University Hospital Centre & IFR-142, Lille Pasteur Institute, France
* Correspondence: Eduardo Dei-Cas, Ecology of Parasitism, Lille Pasteur Institute, 1, rue du Prof. Calmette, BP245, 59019 Lille cedex France. Tel: 33 (0)3 20 87 71 55 – Fax: 33 (0)3 20 87 72 24. E-mail: eduardo.dei-cas@pasteur-lille.fr
Received:
23
July
2007
Accepted:
31
October
2007
It has been suggested that patients with pulmonary surfactant impairment are more susceptible to Pneumocystis infection than healthy controls. Owing the fact that most patients with pulmonary surfactant impairment also suffer from hypoxia, we explored the effect of intermittent hypobaric hypoxia conditions on the ability of non-immunocompromised rats infected by endotracheal route with P. carinii to clear the infection from their lungs. Control rats, inoculated or not with P. carinii, were maintained in normobaric normoxic conditions, and were submitted or not to dexamethasone administration. It was found that even if hypobaric hypoxia weakened host immune mechanisms and impaired significantly the surfactant composition, mainly of surfactant proteins A and D, these changes were not enough to favour the Pneumocystis growth or to inhibit the clearing of Pneumocystis organisms from the lungs of non-immunocompromised rats. The potential influence of surfactant protein changes on Pneumocystis infection is discussed.
Résumé
Il a été suggéré que les patients avec un surfactant pulmonaire altéré sont plus susceptibles à Pneumocystis que les individus avec un surfactant normal. Comme la plupart des patients avec des altérations du surfactant présentent une hypoxie associée, nous avons exploré l’effet de conditions d’hypoxie hypobare intermittente sur la capacité de rats non-immunocompromis infectés avec Pneumocystis carinii par voie endo-trachéale, à éliminer leur infection. Les rats témoins, inoculés ou pas avec P. carinii, ont été maintenus dans des conditions de pression atmosphérique et d’oxygénation normales et traités ou pas par la dexaméthasone. Ces expériences ont montré que même si les conditions d’hypoxie hypobare altèrent significativement la composition du surfactant, notamment le niveaux de protéines A et D, et affectent les effecteurs de la réponse immune, elles ne facilitent pas la croissance de P. carinii ni inhibent les mécanismes d’élimination des parasites des poumons des rats non-immunocompromis. L’influence potentielle des changements des protéines du surfactant sur l’infection par Pneumocystis, est discutée.
Key words: Pneumocystis / pneumonia / pulmonary surfactant / rat / altitude / hypobaric hypoxia
Mots clés : Pneumocystis / pneumonie / surfactant / rat / altitude / hypoxie hypobare
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