Aspirin Modulates Innate Inflammatory Response and Inhibits the Entry of Trypanosoma cruzi in Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages

• Published in: Mediators of Inflammation 2014-01, Vol.2014 (5), p.508-516
• Main Authors: Martins-Pinge, Marli Cardoso, Yamada-Ogatta, Sueli Fumie, Pinge-Filho, Phileno, Rizzo, Luiz Vicente, Tatakihara, Vera Lúcia Hideko, Zanluqui, Nagela Ghabdan, Lovo-Martins, Maria Isabel, Yamauchi, Lucy Megumi, Panis, Carolina, da Silva, Rosiane V., Malvezi, Aparecida Donizette, Verri, Waldiceu A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Aspirin; Aspirin - pharmacology; Cells, Cultured; Dosage and administration; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Host-bacteria relationships; Immunohistochemistry; Interleukin-1beta - metabolism; Macrophages; Macrophages, Peritoneal - metabolism; Macrophages, Peritoneal - parasitology; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma cruzi - drug effects; Trypanosoma cruzi - pathogenicity
• ISSN: 0962-9351; 1466-1861
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/580919

The intracellular protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease, a serious disorder that affects millions of people in Latin America. Cell invasion by T. cruzi and its intracellular replication are essential to the parasite’s life cycle and for the development of Chagas disease. Here, we present evidence suggesting the involvement of the host’s cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme during T. cruzi invasion. Pharmacological antagonist for COX-1, aspirin (ASA), caused marked inhibition of T. cruzi infection when peritoneal macrophages were pretreated with ASA for 30 min at 37°C before inoculation. This inhibition was associated with increased production of IL-1β and nitric oxide ( N O ∙ ) by macrophages. The treatment of macrophages with either NOS inhibitors or prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) restored the invasive action of T. cruzi in macrophages previously treated with ASA. Lipoxin ALX-receptor antagonist Boc2 reversed the inhibitory effect of ASA on trypomastigote invasion. Our results indicate that PGE2, N O ∙ , and lipoxins are involved in the regulation of anti-T. cruzi activity by macrophages, providing a better understanding of the role of prostaglandins in innate inflammatory response to T. cruzi infection as well as adding a new perspective to specific immune interventions.