Journal
ACTA TROPICA
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages 35-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.024
Keywords
Leishmania donovani; J-774.A1 cells; Leptin; Miltefosine; Combination therapy; Immune response
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- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi
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Adverse side effects and drug resistance issues are the two most important drawbacks which influence the widespread use of existing antileishmanial drugs. Use of immune stimulating agent with standard antileishmanial might be helpful to minimize the toxic effect of drug, shorten the dose regimen and delay the emergence of resistance. In the present study, we explored the in vitro immunomodulatory potential of an immunomodulator, leptin with lower concentration of standard drug, miltefosine. The level of Th1/Th2 cytokines, production of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species and phagocytic activity was assessed by ELISA, Griess reaction and flow cytometric analysis, respectively. Leptin at a concentration of 15 mu g/mL showed heightened level of Th1 cytokines and nitric oxide generation from murine macrophages (J-774A.1 cells). Leptin (15 mu g/mL) also reduces the effective concentration of miltefosine by 2-folds from 7.5 mu M to 3.7 mu M. When given in conjunction with lower concentration of miltefosine (4 mu M), leptin (15 mu g/mL) significantly (***p <0.001) elevated the level of IL-12 (7.7 fold), TNF-alpha (8.1 fold) and nitric oxide (6.6 fold) along with markedly (***p <0.001) suppressed level of IL-10 and TGF-beta when compared with untreated infected macrophages. Leptin plus miltefosine also induces the phagocytic ability (**p <0.01) of macrophages in comparison to leptin alone and miltefosine alone treated groups. These finding illustrate that leptin activates host macrophages to generate protective immune response for the successful elimination of Leishmania parasite at lower concentration of miltefosine and has potential for further exploration in experimental animal model of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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