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MICROBIOLOGY-SGM
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages 1416-1427Publisher
SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.045989-0
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- National Institutes of Health [AI56168, AI71142]
- National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health [C06 RR015455]
- United States Department of Education
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The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals. Infection of the human host occurs through inhalation of infectious propagules following environmental exposure. In the lung, C. neoformans can reside in the extracellular environment of the alveolar spaces or, upon phagocytosis, it can survive and grow intracellularly within alveolar macrophages (AMs). In previous studies, we found that sphingosine kinase 1 (SK1) influenced the intracellular residency of C. neoformans within AMs. Therefore, with this study we aimed to examine the role of the SK1 lipid product, sphingosine-1-phosphate (SIP), in the AMs C. neoformans interaction. It was found that extracellular Si P enhances the phagocytosis of C. neoformans by AMs. Using both genetic and pharmacological approaches we further show that extracellular Si P exerts its effect on the phagocytosis of C. neoformans by AMs through S1P receptor 2 (S1P2). Interestingly, loss of S1P2 caused a dramatic decrease in the mRNA levels of Fc gamma receptors I (Fc gamma RI), -II and -III. In conclusion, our data suggest that extracellular S1P increases antibody-mediated phagocytosis through S1P2 by regulating the expression of the phagocytic Fc gamma receptors.
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