期刊
JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
卷 94, 期 2, 页码 223-236出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0213063
关键词
killing; immune evasion; myeloperoxidase; defensins
资金
- Swedish Research Council VR-M [K2012-99X-21961-01-3]
- Laboratory for Molecular Medicine Sweden
- Medical Faculty Umea [316-886-10]
- Kempe Foundation
- J. C. Kempes Memorial Fund
Internalized C. albicans can escape from mouse, but not human neutrophils, by yeast-to-hyphal transition, resulting in hyphal outgrowth and neutrophil cell death. Candida albicans, the most commonly isolated human fungal pathogen, is able to grow as budding yeasts or filamentous forms, such as hyphae. The ability to switch morphology has been attributed a crucial role for the pathogenesis of C. albicans. To mimic disseminated candidiasis in humans, the mouse is the most widely used model organism. Neutrophils are essential immune cells to prevent opportunistic mycoses. To explore potential differences between the rodent infection model and the human host, we compared the interactions of C. albicans with neutrophil granulocytes from mice and humans. We revealed that murine neutrophils exhibited a significantly lower ability to kill C. albicans than their human counterparts. Strikingly, C. albicans yeast cells formed germ tubes upon internalization by murine neutrophils, eventually rupturing the neutrophil membrane and thereby, killing the phagocyte. On the contrary, growth and subsequent escape of C. albicans are blocked inside human neutrophils. According to our findings, this blockage in human neutrophils might be a result of higher levels of MPO activity and the presence of -defensins. We therefore outline differences in antifungal immune defense between humans and mouse strains, which facilitates a more accurate interpretation of in vivo results.
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