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ROLE OF ADENOSINE AND PROSTAGLANDIN E2 ON TICK INFESTATION<br />

MICHELLE CHRISTIANE RODRIGUES BARBOSA 1 ; CARLO JOSÉ FREIRE DE<br />

OLIVEIRA 2 ; ELEN ANATRIELLO 1 ; LAUREN CRISTINA DA SILVA RIBEIRO 1 ;<br />

ISABEL KINNEY FERREIRA DE MIRANDA SANTOS 1 ; BEATRIZ ROSSETTI<br />

FERREIRA 3 .<br />

1 School <strong>of</strong> Medicine <strong>of</strong> Ribeirão Preto, USP-SP<br />

2 Federal University <strong>of</strong> Triângulo Mineiro, UFTM, Uberaba-MG<br />

3 School <strong>of</strong> Nursing <strong>of</strong> Ribeirão Preto, USP-SP<br />

Introduction: Saliva <strong>of</strong> ticks contains several components with anti-haemostatic,<br />

anti-inflammatory <strong>and</strong> immunomodullatory properties. Our group recently<br />

demonstrated that Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick saliva contains adenosine (ADO)<br />

<strong>and</strong> prostagl<strong>and</strong>in E2 (PGE2), two non-protein molecules that have important<br />

immunomodullatory properties, including cytokine production. PGE2 acts on the<br />

immune response cells via receptor EP1, EP2, EP3, <strong>and</strong> EP4, as ADO via receptors<br />

A1, A3, A2a <strong>and</strong> A2b.<br />

Objectives: Evaluate the importance <strong>of</strong> ADO <strong>and</strong> PGE2 on tick-infested mice in vivo.<br />

Methods <strong>and</strong> Results: C57/Bl6 mice were submitted to a R. sanguineus tick<br />

infestation with adult ticks (3 couples/mice) <strong>and</strong> in the 1 st , 4 th <strong>and</strong> 7 th day we collected<br />

the skin at the tick-infested site. Subsequently, we evaluated the expression <strong>of</strong> genes<br />

for the receptors <strong>of</strong> ADO <strong>and</strong> PGE2, as well as IL-4 <strong>and</strong> IL-13 using the real time<br />

PCR assay. Tick infestation increased in 5 times (p

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