Vitamin E deficiency enhances pathology in acute Trypanosoma cruzi-infected rats

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Luciana S C CarvalhoDébora d'Avila Reis

Abstract

Micronutrient malnutrition is usually highly prevalent in areas endemic for Chagas disease. Nevertheless, the contribution of micronutrient deficiency to the immunopathology of this infection is often overlooked. In the present work, we assessed the effects of vitamin E deficiency on acute Trypanosoma cruzi (Y strain) infection of Holtzman rats. At 20 days post infection, vitamin E deficiency induced changes in leukocyte levels and exacerbated the myocarditis and sympathetic denervation of ventricular hearts. Vitamin E-deficient infected rats displayed significant leukopenia, evidenced by the decline in the numbers of CD45RA(+)CD3(-) B-cells and CD3(+)CD4(+) T-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood compared with infected control rats. In contrast, vitamin E deficiency induced monocytosis as well as an increased differentiation rate of monocytes to macrophages, as revealed by immunohistochemical analysis.

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