CCL3, member of the CC-chemokine family, has been linked to heart tissue macrophage recruitment and parasite control in mouse acute infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Here, we approached CCL3 participation in chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC), the main clinical forms of Chagas disease . We CCC Rat Recombinant Proteins induced in C57BL / 6 (ccl3 + / +) and CCL3-deficiency (ccl3 - / -) mice by infection with Colombia Type I strain. In ccl3 + / + mice, high levels CCL3 mRNA and protein were detected in heart tissue during acute and chronic infections. Survival is not affected by the shortage CCL3. Compared with ccl3 + / +, ccl3 chronically infected - / - mice presented decreased cardiac parasitism and inflammation caused by CD8 + cells and macrophages. Leukocytosis decreased in infected ccl3 - / - mice, in line with the accumulation of CD8 + T cells with no CCR5 + activated LFA-1 + cells in the spleen. Furthermore, T. cruzi-infect...
Quantification of Soluble or Insoluble Fractions of Leishmania Parasite Proteins in Microvolume Applications: A Simplification to Standard Lowry Assay.
Protein quantification is often an important step in the field of research involving protein. Although the standard Lowry assay and the most abundant modifications used in quantifying protein, the method that is rigid or often exhibit non-linear between protein concentration and color intensity. A fast and accurate method for qualitative Porcine Recombinant Proteins and / or quantitative determination of the amount of protein that is soluble / insoluble or micro-well plate immobilized protein isolated from the parasite Leishmania in microvolumes described in this study. Improvements in cost-effective techniques necessary to enhance the research output in resource-limited settings. This method is a modification to the Lowry assay was established for quantification of the protein. The concentration of unknown samples is calculated using a standard curve prepared using a standard series of bovine serum albumin (BSA). optimized reagent is 2 N NaOH (sodium hydroxide), 2% N...