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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 363-368Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500536885
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P. brasiliensis; monocytes; fungicidal activity; H2O2
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Human monocytes activated by recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) exhibited significant fungicidal activity on the yeast cells of a highly virulent strain of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. This process was significantly inhibited in the presence of catalase (CAT - a scavenger of H2O2), but not in the presence of superoxide-dismutase (SOD - a scavenger of superoxide anion) or N-G-monomethyl-L- arginine (N-G-MMLA - a nitric oxide inhibitor). Furthermore, there was a direct association between the intracellular killing of the fungus and the production of H2O2 by activated cells. These results strongly suggest a role for H2O2 in the killing of highly virulent strains of P. brasiliensis by TNF-alpha-activated human monocytes.
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