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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 191, 期 5, 页码 2581-2588出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300748
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- National Institutes of Health [RO1 EY018612, P30 EY011373]
- Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation
- Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation
Aspergillus and Fusarium species are important causes of fungal infections worldwide. Airborne spores (conidia) of these filamentous fungi express a surface protein that confers hydrophobicity (hydrophobin) and covers cell wall components that would otherwise induce a host immune cell response. Using a mutant Aspergillus fumigatus strain (Delta rodA) that does not express the RodA hydrophobin, and Aspergillus and Fusarium conidia from clinical isolates that were treated with hydrofluoric acid (which removes the A. fumigatus RodA protein), we observed increased surface exposure of beta 1,3-glucan and alpha-mannose on Aspergillus and Fusarium conidia. We also found that Delta rodA and hydrofluoric acid-treated conidia stimulate significantly higher NF-kappa B p65 nuclear translocation and cytokine production by macrophages from C57BL/6, but not from Dectin-1(-/-) or Dectin-2(-/-) mice. Using a murine model of A. fumigatus corneal infection, we showed that Delta rodA conidia induced significantly higher cytokine production, neutrophil infiltration, and more rapid fungal clearance from C57BL/6 corneas compared with the parent G10 strain, which was dependent on Dectin-1 and Dectin-2. Together, these findings identify the hydrophobin RodA as a virulence factor that masks Dectin-1 and Dectin-2 recognition of conidia, resulting in impaired neutrophil recruitment to the cornea and increased fungal survival and clinical disease.
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