2023
Cerebral Malaria Model Applying Human Brain Organoids
SILVA-PEDROSA, Rita, Jonas CAMPOS, Aline Marie FERNANDES, Miguel Joao FERREIRA DA SILVA, Carla CALCADA et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Cerebral Malaria Model Applying Human Brain Organoids
Autoři
SILVA-PEDROSA, Rita (garant), Jonas CAMPOS, Aline Marie FERNANDES, Miguel Joao FERREIRA DA SILVA (620 Portugalsko, domácí), Carla CALCADA, Ana MAROTE, Olga MARTINHO, Maria Isabel VEIGA, Ligia R. RODRIGUES, Antonio Jose SALGADO a Pedro Eduardo FERREIRA
Vydání
Cells, MDPI, 2023, 2073-4409
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10606 Microbiology
Stát vydavatele
Švýcarsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 6.000 v roce 2022
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131405
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
000969330600001
Klíčová slova anglicky
cerebral malaria; brain organoids; transcriptome; human iPSCs; secretome; HBMEC activation
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 11. 8. 2023 13:50, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Anotace
V originále
Neural injuries in cerebral malaria patients are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, a comprehensive research approach to study this issue is lacking, so herein we propose an in vitro system to study human cerebral malaria using cellular approaches. Our first goal was to establish a cellular system to identify the molecular alterations in human brain vasculature cells that resemble the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in cerebral malaria (CM). Through transcriptomic analysis, we characterized specific gene expression profiles in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) activated by the Plasmodium falciparum parasites. We also suggest potential new genes related to parasitic activation. Then, we studied its impact at brain level after Plasmodium falciparum endothelial activation to gain a deeper understanding of the physiological mechanisms underlying CM. For that, the impact of HBMEC-P. falciparum-activated secretomes was evaluated in human brain organoids. Our results support the reliability of in vitro cellular models developed to mimic CM in several aspects. These systems can be of extreme importance to investigate the factors (parasitological and host) influencing CM, contributing to a molecular understanding of pathogenesis, brain injury, and dysfunction.