Avaliação in vitro do efeito da cafeína na inibição do vírus da Hepatite C
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2014-08-04
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Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”
Resumo
A hepatite C é a inflamação do fígado decorrente da infecção pelo vírus da hepatite C (HCV), frequentemente evolui para quadros crônicos, sendo considerada mundialmente a maior causa de cirrose e carcinoma hepatocelular. O tratamento padrão com PEG-IFN e ribavirina não é efetivo contra alguns genótipos do HCV, possui alto custo e efeitos colaterais severos. Portanto, novos tratamentos vêm sendo buscados. A cafeína vem sendo associada a um efeito benéfico sobre várias doenças hepáticas incluindo a melhora da bioquímica anormal do fígado, cirrose e carcinoma hepatocelular. A cafeína atua diretamente desacelerando a progressão da fibrose, além de melhorar a função de vias celulares hepáticas, dentre elas vias utilizadas durante o ciclo replicativo do HCV. Embora a cafeína tenha demonstrado efetividade no controle de doenças hepáticas e interação direta com vias celulares utilizadas pelo HCV, não há na literatura correlação direta entre o efeito da cafeína e as etapas do ciclo replicativo do HCV. Assim, o presente estudo propôs estabelecer a relação direta entre a cafeína e sua capacidade inibitória sobre as diferentes etapas do ciclo replicativo completo do HCV. Para esse estudo foram utilizados o replicon subgenômico SGR-JFH-FEO, os replicons completos FL-J6/JFH-5′C19Rluc2AUbi e JFH-1 e a linhagem celular Huh-7.5. A expressão viral foi avaliada por ensaios de Luciferase, Western Blotting, Imunofluorescencia indireta e qPCR. A cafeína demonstrou inibição da replicação viral em todos os níveis avaliados, apresentando IC50 de 0.7263 mM e atingindo em concentrações seguras, inibição máxima da replicação de HCVcc em torno de 79 %. A cafeína demonstrou ainda inibição de 30 % sobre a entrada quando aplicada em conjunto ao sobrenadante infeccioso. Entretanto, essa inibição dobra quando há a exposição das partículas à cafeína previamente à introdução em cultura de células, possivelmente havendo interação entre a cafeína e alguma proteína viral. Por outro lado, não houve influência da cafeína sobre o processo de liberação viral.
Hepatitis C is the liver inflammation arising from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, often evolves to chronic conditions and has been considered the major world cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Standard treatment using PEG-IFN and ribavirin is not effective against some HCV genotypes, besides that it has high cost and severe side-effects. Therefore, new treatments have been sought. Caffeine has been found to have beneficial effect in several liver disorders, including the improvement of abnormal liver biochemistry, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Caffeine acts directly by delaying fibrosis, beyond improving the function of liver cellular pathways and interfering with pathways used by the HCV replication cycle. Although, the caffeine showed positive effects for liver disorders and a direct interaction with cell pathways used by HCV, there is no evidence of a direct correlation between caffeine and HCV replication cycle. Thus, the current study proposed to establish the direct relationship between caffeine and different steps of HCV replication cycle. To this study, it was used the subgenomic replicon SGR-JFH- FEO, the full-length replicons FL-J6/JFH-5′C19Rluc2AUbi and JFH-1; and Huh- 7.5 cell line. The viral expression was evaluated by Luciferase, Western blotting, Indirect immunofluorescence and qPCR. The caffeine demonstrated to be able to inhibit viral replication on different stages of viral replication, demonstrating an IC50 value of 0.7263 mM and reaching on safe concentrations, HCVcc maximal replication inhibition around 79 %. Caffeine demonstrated also 30 % of inhibition on viral entry on host cells when tested in combination with infectious supernatant. Moreover, this inhibition increased two fold when particles were exposed to caffeine before introduction on cell culture, possibly, indicating an interaction between caffeine and viral proteins. On the other hand, there is no influence of caffeine on viral secretion process.
Hepatitis C is the liver inflammation arising from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, often evolves to chronic conditions and has been considered the major world cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Standard treatment using PEG-IFN and ribavirin is not effective against some HCV genotypes, besides that it has high cost and severe side-effects. Therefore, new treatments have been sought. Caffeine has been found to have beneficial effect in several liver disorders, including the improvement of abnormal liver biochemistry, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Caffeine acts directly by delaying fibrosis, beyond improving the function of liver cellular pathways and interfering with pathways used by the HCV replication cycle. Although, the caffeine showed positive effects for liver disorders and a direct interaction with cell pathways used by HCV, there is no evidence of a direct correlation between caffeine and HCV replication cycle. Thus, the current study proposed to establish the direct relationship between caffeine and different steps of HCV replication cycle. To this study, it was used the subgenomic replicon SGR-JFH- FEO, the full-length replicons FL-J6/JFH-5′C19Rluc2AUbi and JFH-1; and Huh- 7.5 cell line. The viral expression was evaluated by Luciferase, Western blotting, Indirect immunofluorescence and qPCR. The caffeine demonstrated to be able to inhibit viral replication on different stages of viral replication, demonstrating an IC50 value of 0.7263 mM and reaching on safe concentrations, HCVcc maximal replication inhibition around 79 %. Caffeine demonstrated also 30 % of inhibition on viral entry on host cells when tested in combination with infectious supernatant. Moreover, this inhibition increased two fold when particles were exposed to caffeine before introduction on cell culture, possibly, indicating an interaction between caffeine and viral proteins. On the other hand, there is no influence of caffeine on viral secretion process.
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Dissertação de mestrado defendida na Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas - Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”
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Virologia, Hepacivirus, Hepatite C, Virús - Aspectos genéticos, Linhagem celular, Agentes antivirais, Cafeína
Citação
BATISTA, M. N. Avaliação in vitro do efeito da cafeína na inibição do vírus da Hepatite C. 2014. 92 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Microbiologia) - Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, São José do Rio Preto. 2014.