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Item Divergent cytokine response following maximum progressive swimming in hot water.(2011) Azevedo, Ana Carolina Campi; Cleto, Lorena Sabino; Silva, Renata Sabino da; Franco, Junia de Sousa; Magalhães, José Carlos de; Penaforte, Claudia Lopes; Pinto, Kelerson Mauro de Castro; Vieira, Etel RochaExercise promotes transitory alterations in cytokine secretion, and these changes are affected by exercise duration and intensity. Consideringthat exercise responses also are affected by environmental factors, the goal of the present study was to investigate the effect of watertemperature on the cytokine response to maximum swimming. Swiss mice performed a maximum progressive swimming exercise at 31 or38C, and plasma cytokine levels were evaluated immediately or 1, 6 or 24 h after exercise. The cytokine profile after swimming at 31Cwas characterized by increased interleukin (IL)-6 and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) levels, which peaked 1 h after exercise, sug-gesting an adequate inflammatory milieu to induce muscle regeneration. Transitory reductions in IL-10 and IL-12 levels also were observedafter swimming at 31C. The cytokine response to swimming was modified when the water temperature was increased to 38C. Althoughexercise at 38C also led to IL-6 secretion, the peak in IL-6 production occurred 6 h after exercise, and IL-6 levels were significantly lowerthan those observed after maximum swimming at 31C(p =0030). Furthermore, MCP-1 levels were lower and tumour necrosis factor-alevels were higher immediately after swimming at 38C, suggesting a dysregulated pro-inflammatory milieu. These alterations in the cyto-kine profile can be attributed in part to reduced exercise total work because exhaustion occurred sooner in mice swimming at 38C than inthose swimming at 31oC.Item Immunogenicity, effectiveness, and safety of inactivated virus (CoronaVac) vaccine in a two-dose primary protocol and BNT162b2 heterologous booster in Brazil (Immunita-001) : a one year period follow up phase 4 study.(2022) Grenfell, Rafaella Fortini Queiroz; Almeida, Nathalie Bonatti Franco; Filgueiras, Priscilla Soares; Corsini, Camila Amormino; Gomes, Sarah Vieira Contin; Miranda, Daniel Alvim Pena de; Lourenço, Adelina Junia; Martins Filho, Olindo Assis; Oliveira, Jaquelline Germano de; Carvalho, Andréa Teixeira de; Campos, Guilherme Rodrigues Fernandes; Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda; Alves, Pedro Augusto; Fernandes, Gabriel da Rocha; Castilho, Leda dos Reis; Lima, Túlio Macedo; Abreu, Daniel Paiva Barros de; Alvim, Renata Guimarães Ferreira; Silva, Thaís Bárbara de Souza; Jeremias, Wander de Jesus; Otta, Dayane Andriotti; Azevedo, Ana Carolina Campi; Immunita-001 TeamBackground: Effective and safe vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are critical to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and will remain the most important tool in limiting the spread of the virus long after the pandemic is over. Methods: We bring pioneering contributions on the maintenance of the immune response over a year on a real-life basis study in 1,587 individuals (18-90 yrs, median 39 yrs; 1,208 female/379 male) who underwent vaccination with two doses of CoronaVac and BNT162b2 booster after 6-months of primary protocol. Findings: Elevated levels of anti-spike IgG antibodies were detected after CoronaVac vaccination, which significantly decreased after 80 days and remained stable until the introduction of the booster dose. Heterologous booster restored antibody titers up to-1·7- fold, changing overall seropositivity to 96%. Titers of neutralising antibodies to the Omicron variant were lower in all timepoints than those against Delta variant. Individuals presenting neutralising antibodies against Omicron also presented the highest titers against Delta and anti-Spike IgG. Cellular immune response measurement pointed out a mixed immune profile with a robust release of chemokines, cytokines, and growth factors on the first month after CoronaVac vaccination followed by a gradual reduction over time and no increase after the booster dose. A stronger interaction between those mediators was noted over time. Prior exposure to the virus leaded to a more robust cellular immune response and a rise in antibody levels 60 days post CoronaVac than in individuals with no previous COVID-19. Both vaccines were safe and well tolerated among individuals. Interpretation: Our data approach the effectiveness of CoronaVac association with BNT162b2 from the clinical and biological perspectives, aspects that have important implications for informing decisions about vaccine boosters. Funding: Fiocruz, Brazil.Item Plasma cytokine response, lipid peroxidation and NF-κB activation in skeletal muscle following maximum progressive swimming.(2011) Cleto, Lorena Sabino; Oleto, A. F.; Sousa, L. P.; Barreto, Tatiane Oliveira; Cruz, Jader dos Santos; Penaforte, Claudia Lopes; Magalhães, José Carlos de; Franco, Junia de Sousa; Pinto, Kelerson Mauro de Castro; Azevedo, Ana Carolina Campi; Vieira, Etel RochaOur objective was to determine lipid peroxidation and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activation in skeletal muscle and the plasma cytokine profile following maximum progressive swimming. Adult male Swiss mice (N = 15) adapted to the aquatic environment were randomly divided into three groups: immediately after exercise (EX1), 3 h after exercise (EX2) and control. Animals from the exercising groups swam until exhaustion, with an initial workload of 2% of body mass attached to the tail. Control mice did not perform any exercise but were kept immersed in water for 20 min. Maximum swimming led to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in skeletal muscle, as indicated by increased thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) levels (4062.67 ± 1487.10 vs 19,072.48 ± 8738.16 nmol malondialdehyde (MDA)/mg protein, control vs EX1). Exercise also promoted NF-κB activation in soleus muscle. Cytokine secretion following exercise was marked by increased plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels 3 h post-exercise (P < 0.05). Interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels were reduced following exercise and remained reduced 3 h post-exercise (P < 0.05). Plasma levels of other cytokines investigated, monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin-12 (IL-12), were not altered by exercise. The present findings showed that maximum swimming, as well as other exercise models, led to lipid peroxidation and NF-κB activation in skeletal muscle and increased plasma IL-6 levels. The plasma cytokine response was also marked by reduced IL-10 levels. These results were attributed to exercise type and intensity.Item Serum biomarkers in patients with unilateral or bilateral active pulmonary tuberculosis : immunological networks and promising diagnostic applications.(2023) Pascoal, Vanessa Peruhype Magalhães; Araújo, Fernanda Fortes de; Papini, Tatiane Figueiredo de Morais; Wendling, Ana Paula Barbosa; Azevedo, Ana Carolina Campi; Reis, Jordana Grazziela Alves Coelho dos; Almeida, Isabela Neves de; Antonnelli, Lis Ribeiro do Valle; Amaral, Laurence Rodrigues do; Gomes, Matheus de Souza; Sousa, Joaquim Pedro Brito de; Santos, Silvana Maria Elói; Augusto, Valéria Maria; Dalcolmo, Margareth Maria Pretti; Carneiro, Cláudia Martins; Carvalho, Andréa Teixeira de; Martins Filho, Olindo AssisThe present observational study was designed to characterize the integrative profile of serum soluble mediators to describe the immunological networks associated with clinical findings and identify putative biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of active tuberculosis. The study population comprises 163 volunteers, including 84 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis/(TB), and 79 controls/(C). Soluble mediators were measured by multiplexed assay. Data analysis demonstrated that the levels of CCL3, CCL5, CXCL10, IL-1β, IL-6, IFN-γ, IL-1Ra, IL-4, IL-10, PDGF, VEGF, G-CSF, IL-7 were increased in TB as compared to C. Patients with bilateral pulmonary involvement/(TB-BI) exhibited higher levels of CXCL8, IL-6 and TNF with distinct biomarker signatures (CCL11, CCL2, TNF and IL-10) as compared to patients with unilateral infiltrates/(TB-UNI). Analysis of biomarker networks based in correlation power graph demonstrated small number of strong connections in TB and TB-BI. The search for biomarkers with relevant implications to understand the pathogenetic mechanisms and useful as complementary diagnosis tool of active TB pointed out the excellent performance of single analysis of IL-6 or CXCL10 and the stepwise combination of IL-6 → CXCL10 (Accuracy = 84 %; 80 % and 88 %, respectively). Together, our finding demonstrated that immunological networks of serum soluble biomarkers in TB patients differ according to the unilateral or bilateral pulmonary involvement and may have relevant implications to understand the pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the clinical outcome of Mtb infection.Item Swim training does not protect mice from skeletal muscle oxidative damage following a maximum exercise test.(2011) Barreto, Tatiane Oliveira; Cleto, Lorena Sabino; Gioda, Carolina Rosa; Silva, Renata Sabino da; Azevedo, Ana Carolina Campi; Franco, Junia de Sousa; Magalhães, José Carlos de; Penaforte, Claudia Lopes; Pinto, Kelerson Mauro de Castro; Cruz, Jader dos Santos; Vieira, Etel RochaWe investigated whether swim training protects skeletal muscle from oxidative damage in response to a maximum progressive exercise. First, we investigated the effect of swim training on the activities of the antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), in the gastrocnemius muscle of C57Bl/6 mice, 48 h after the last training session. Mice swam for 90 min, twice a day, for 5 weeks at 31C (±1C). The activities of SOD and CAT were increased in trained mice (P\0.05) compared to untrained group. However, no effect of training was observed in the activity of GPx. In a second experiment, trained and untrained mice were submitted to a maximum progressive swim test. Compared to control mice (untrained, not acutely exercised), malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were increased in the skeletal muscle of both trained and untrained mice after maximum swim. The activity of GPx was increased in the skeletal muscle of both trained and untrained mice, while SOD activity was increased only in trained mice after maximum swimming. CAT activity was increased only in the untrained compared to the control group. Although the trained mice showed increased activity of citrate synthase in skeletal muscle, swim performance was not different compared to untrained mice. Our results show an imbalance in the activities of SOD, CAT and GPx in response to swim training, which could account for the oxidative damage observed in the skeletal muscle of trained mice in response to maximum swim, resulting in the absence of improved exercise performance.