Article ; Online: Dietary glycemic and energy load differentially modulates Schistosoma mansoni-induced granulomatous inflammation and response to antiparasitic chemotherapy.
2024 Volume 252, Page(s) 107141
Abstract: The impact of diet composition and energy content on schistosomiasis evolution and treatment efficacy is still controversial. This study compared the impact of sucrose-rich diet and intermittent fasting on Schistosoma mansoni infection and praziquantel ( ... ...
| Abstract | The impact of diet composition and energy content on schistosomiasis evolution and treatment efficacy is still controversial. This study compared the impact of sucrose-rich diet and intermittent fasting on Schistosoma mansoni infection and praziquantel (PZQ)-based chemotherapy response in mice. BALB/c mice were infected with S. mansoni and followed for 15 weeks. The animals were randomized into nine groups receiving high glycemic load (high-sucrose diet - HSD), low caloric load (standard chow alternate-day fasting - ADF), and standard chow ad libitum (AL). Eight weeks after S. mansoni infection, these groups remained untreated or were treated with PZQ (300 mg/kg/day) for 3 days. Our results indicated that parasite load (S. mansoni eggs and parasite DNA levels), granulomatous inflammation (granulomas number and size), and liver microstructural damage (reduction in hepatocytes number, increase in nucleus-cytoplasm ratio, connective stroma expansion and fibrosis) were increased in ADF-treated animals. These animals also showed decreased eggs retention, granulomatous inflammation and collagen accumulation in the small intestine. Conversely, HSD diet and PZQ treatment attenuated all these parameters and stimulated hepatic regenerative response. PZQ also stimulated fibrosis resolution in HSD-treated mice, effect that was limited ADF-exposed mice. Our findings indicate that dietary glycemic and energy load can modulate schistosomiasis progression and the severity of hepatic and intestinal granulomatous inflammation in untreated and PZQ-treated mice. Thus, lower intestinal eggs retention may potentially be linked to worsening liver disease in ADF, while attenuation of hepatic and intestinal granulomatous inflammation is consistent with reduced parasite load in HSD- and PZQ-treated animals. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Mice ; Schistosoma mansoni ; Antiparasitic Agents/therapeutic use ; Praziquantel/pharmacology ; Schistosomiasis mansoni/drug therapy ; Schistosomiasis mansoni/parasitology ; Liver/parasitology ; Liver Diseases ; Schistosomiasis/drug therapy ; Inflammation/drug therapy ; Fibrosis ; Diet ; Sucrose/pharmacology ; Sucrose/therapeutic use ; Anthelmintics/therapeutic use | |||||
| Chemical Substances | Antiparasitic Agents ; Praziquantel (6490C9U457) ; Sucrose (57-50-1) ; Anthelmintics | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2024-02-10 | |||||
| Publishing country | Netherlands | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 210415-5 | |||||
| ISSN | 1873-6254 ; 0001-706X | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1873-6254 | |||||
| ISSN | 0001-706X | |||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107141 | |||||
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