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- Title
EFFECTS OF VITAMIN C SUPPLEMENTATION ON ACUTE PHASE CHAGAS DISEASE IN EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED MICE WITH Trypanosoma cruzi QM1 STRAIN.
- Authors
MARIM, Ricardo Guimarães; de GUSMÃO, Alex Silva; Pires CASTANHO, Roberto Esteves; DEMINICE, Rafael; Silva THEREZO, Altino Luiz; JORDÃO JÚNIOR, Alceu Afonso; Alves MARTINS, Luciamare Perinetti
- Abstract
The tissue changes that occur in Chagas disease are related to the degree of oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity of affected tissue. Studies with vitamin C supplementation did not develop oxidative damage caused by Chagas disease in the host, but other studies cite the use of peroxiredoxins ascorbate - dependent on T. cruzi to offer protection against immune reaction. Based on these propositions, thirty "Swiss" mice were infected with T. cruzi QM1 strain and treated with two different vitamin C doses in order to study the parasitemia evolution, histopathological changes and lipid peroxidation biomarkers during the acute phase of Chagas disease. The results showed that the parasite clearance was greater in animals fed with vitamin C overdose. There were no significant differences regarding the biomarkers of lipid peroxidation and inflammatory process or the increase of myocardium in animals treated with the recommended dosage. The largest amount of parasite growth towards the end of the acute phase suggests the benefit of high doses of vitamin C for trypomastigotes. The supplementation doesn't influence the production of free radicals or the number of amastigote nests in the acute phase of Chagas disease.
- Subjects
CHAGAS' disease; TRYPANOSOMA cruzi; LABORATORY mice; VITAMIN C; TISSUE physiology; OXIDATIVE stress; ANTIOXIDANTS
- Publication
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2012, Vol 54, Issue 6, p319
- ISSN
0036-4665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0036-46652012000600006