title: DNAhsp65 vaccination induces protection in mice against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection.
abstract: Heat-shock proteins are molecules with extensive data showing their potential as immunomodulators of different types of diseases. The gene of HSP65 from Mycobacterium leprae has shown prophylactic and immunotherapeutic effects against a broad arrays of experimental models including tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, arthritis and diabetes. With this in mind, we tested the DNAhsp65 vaccine using an experimental model of Paraccocidiodomycosis, an important endemic mycosis in Latin America. The intramuscular immunization with DNAhsp65 induced, in BALB/c mice, an increase of Th1-levels cytokines and a reduction of fungal burdens resulted in a marked reduction of collagen and lung remodeling. DNAhsp65 may be an attractive candidate for prevention, therapy and as an adjuvant for mycosis treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, Brasilia, DF 70910-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alice M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Anamelia L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bocca
authors.forename: André C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.forename: Lucia H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Faccioli
authors.forename: Fabio C S
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Galetti
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Zárate-Bladés
authors.forename: Florencio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Célio L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Maria Sueli S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Felipe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000276:immunology*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D018833:Chaperonins