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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
卷 145, 期 9, 页码 1992-1998出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.214940
关键词
Candida albicans; fungal invasion; fungal pathogenesis; human milk oligosaccharides; hyphal morphogenesis; intestinal epithelial cells; premature infants
资金
- Minnesota Vikings Children's Fund Fellow Award
Background: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are a highly abundant, diverse group of unique glycans that are postulated to promote the development of a protective bacterialmicrobiota in the intestine and prevent adhesive and invasive interactions of pathogenic bacteria with mucosal epithelia. Candida albicans, a prevalent fungal colonizer of the neonatal gut, causes the majority of fungal disease in premature infants and is highly associated with life-threatening intestinal disorders. Objective: The objective of the current study was to test the hypothesis that HMOs protect human premature intestinal epithelial cells (pIECs) from invasion by C. albicans. Methods: To study fungal invasion, a quantitative immunocytochemical assay was used to distinguish invading from noninvading C. albicans cells in the presence and absence of HMOs. To understand how HMOs affect C. albicans invasion of pIECs, the expression of C. albicans virulence traits that are important for invasiveness (hyphal morphogenesis and ability to associate with host cells) were quantified. Results: Treatment with HMOs reduced invasion of pIECs by C. albicans in a dose-dependent manner by 14-67%, with a physiologic concentration (15mg/mL) of HMOs causing a 52% reduction in invasion (P < 0.05). The decreased invasive ability of C. albicans was associated with hyphal lengths that were; similar to 30% shorter (P < 0.05), likely because of a delay in the induction of hyphal morphogenesis after inoculation of yeast onto pIECs, which correlated with a 23% reduction in the combined expression level of hyphal-specific genes (P < 0.05). In addition, HMOs caused a 40% decrease in the number of C. albicans cells able to associate with pIECs at the time of hyphal induction (P < 0.05). Conclusions: These results, obtained with the use of a primary pIEC model, indicate that HMOs reduce virulence characteristics of C. albicans and suggest a role for HMOs in protecting the premature infant intestine from invasion and damage by C. albicans hyphae.
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