Anti-infective and immunomodulatory action of Cratylia argentea lectin (CFL) in Swiss mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes
ConBr, Listeria monocytogenes, therapeutic adjuvants, immunomodulatory action.
In the present study, the influence of the CFL lectin from Cratylia argentea was evaluated on: A) clearance of L. monocytogenes in the blood, peritoneal fluid, spleen, liver, brain and lung of infected mice; B) migration of leukocytes in the blood of infected animals; C) intracellular bacterial clearance in primary cultures of infected macrophages; D) in the prevention of histological damage from spleen, liver, brain and lung infection; E) in the gene expression of the cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10 and other inflammatory mediators; F) activation of T lymphocytes using flow cytometry; G) combined treatment with antibiotics of the infection in vivo.