2015-06-182015-06-182015-02-19LEÃO, Luana Ketlen Reis. Caracterização da resposta inflamatória e alterações neuroquímicas e eletrofisiológicas do tecido retiniano em modelo murino de malária cerebral induzido pela infecção por Plasmodium Berghei ANKA. 2015. 116 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, 2015. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências e Biologia Celular.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/6775Cerebral malaria (CM) is one of the most serious complications resulting from infection by P. falciparum and the leading cause of death in children. The CM frame has a complex pathogenesis associated with neurological complications arising in an enhanced immune response as well as hemorrhagic events. Studies describing retinopathy associated with the frame, together with an intense process of astrogliosis in the vicinity of retinal vessels that nourish the tissue. This paper sought to characterize the inflammatory process and the possible neurochemical and electrophysiological changes in the retinal tissue of Swiss albino mice, when inoculated with Plasmodium berghei ANKA strain (PbA). Swiss albino mice were infected with PbA strain. To characterize the above experimental cerebral malaria (ECM) was evaluated several parameters, such as onset of clinical signs, survival curves parasitemia (%) and body mass gain, vascular permeability and quantification of cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-10) in the cortical tissue. To evaluate changes in retinal tissue functionality, use full-field electroretinography. For the evaluation of neurotransmitter systems release assay was performed and uptake of glutamate and GABA which was then quantified by High Performance Liquid Chromatography. The inflammatory response analysis was performed to quantify the cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-10) in retinal tissue. After characterizing the MCE framework we observe a reduction in the amplitude of b-wave of rods and cones, as well as increase the implicit time of rods, mixed responses at different intensities and oscillatory potential. We observed an increase in the release and glutamate uptake and also the activation of an anti-inflammatory pathway in retinal tissue. This study allowed us to validate the murine model of MCE and characterize for the first time, changes in the retinal function accompanied by changes in the glutamatergic system as well as activation of the inflammatory pathway in retinal tissue.porAcesso AbertoMalária cerebralRetinopatiaPlasmodium bergheiEletroretinografiaNeuroquímicaDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::IMUNOLOGIACNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::PARASITOLOGIA