A Short Oro-Gastric Imipramine Administration in Brucella abortus 2308 Infected Mice Decreases CFU Count at the Spleen; Improves the IFN-γ/IL-6 Ratio; Restores Serotonin Levels in the Hippocampus, Muscular Strength, and Mood
MDPI AG, 2022
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Brucellosis infection induces fever, chills, sweats, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, anorexia, fa-tigue, and mood disorders. In mice, it causes a rise in IL-6, TNF-, and IFN-; and reduces sero-tonin and dopamine levels in hippocampus. There is loss in muscle strength and equilibrium and increased anxiety and hopelessness. Imipramine (ImiP) is a tricyclic antidepressant that increases the capacity of macrophages to destroy intracellular microorganisms in vivo. The effect of ImiP was evaluated in Balb/c mice infected with Brucella abortus 2308. Serum levels were determined in IFN-, IL-6, TNF-, IL-12, MCP-1, and IL-10 by FACS; the bacterial count in the spleen, by CFU; the serotonin concentration in the hippocampus, by HPLC; and strength, equilibrium, and mood by behavioral tests. Our results showed that infected vs. control mice had a significant rise in lev-els of IFN-, IL-6, TNF-, and IL-12 with a low IFN-/IL-6 ratio, elevated bacterial-counts, alter-ations in serotonin concentration at hippocampus, and decreased muscular strength, equilibrium, and mood. Infected mice treated with ImiP vs. infected mice showed: 1) improved mood; 2) in-creased hippocampal serotonin availability, splenic dendritic cells, and macrophage phagocytic activity; and 3) upturn inflammation and reduced CFU ability. Our results support that ImiP fa-vors positive outcomes in subjects handling Brucella infections likely by improving psychoim-mune resilience.
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A Short Oro-Gastric Imipramine Administration in Brucella abortus 2308 Infected Mice Decreases CFU Count at the Spleen; Improves the IFN-γ/IL-6 Ratio; Restores Serotonin Levels in the Hippocampus, Muscular Strength, and Mood
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Jesús Octavio Maldonado-Tapia ; José Luis Maldoando-García ; Pérez-Sánchez, Gilberto ; Becerril-Villanueva, Enrique ; Alvarez-Herrera, Samantha ; Pavón, Lenin ; Gutiérrez-Ospina, Gabriel ; López-Santiago, Rubén ; Martha C Moreno-Lafont |
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Veröffentlichung: | MDPI AG, 2022 |
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DOI: | 10.20944/preprints202203.0123.v1 |
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