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Nasiri-Jahrodi A, Barati M, Namdar Ahmadabad H, Badali H, Morovati H. A comprehensive review on the role of T cell subsets and CAR-T cell therapy in Aspergillus fumigatus infection. Hum Immunol 2024; 85:110763. [PMID: 38350795 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
Abstract
Understanding the immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus, a common cause of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in immunocompromised individuals, is critical for developing effective treatments. Tcells play a critical role in the immune response to A. fumigatus, with different subsets having distinct functions. Th1 cells are important for controlling fungal growth, while Th2 cells can exacerbate infection. Th17 cells promote the clearance of fungi indirectly by stimulating the production of various antimicrobial peptides from epithelial cells and directly by recruiting and activating neutrophils. Regulatory T cells have varied functions in A.fumigatus infection. They expand after exposure to A. fumigatus conidia and prevent organ injury and fungal sepsis by downregulating inflammation and inhibiting neutrophils or suppressing Th17 cells. Regulatory T cells also block Th2 cells to stop aspergillosis allergies. Immunotherapy with CAR T cells is a promising treatment for fungal infections, including A. fumigatus infections, especially in immunocompromised individuals. However, further research is needed to fully understand the mechanisms underlying the immune response to A. fumigatus and to develop effective immunotherapies with CAR-T cells for this infection. This literature review explores the role of Tcell subsets in A.fumigatus infection, and the effects of CAR-T cell therapy on this fungal infection.
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- Abozar Nasiri-Jahrodi
- Department of Pathobiology and Medical Laboratory Sciences, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology and Medical Laboratory Sciences, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
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- Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Earle K, Valero C, Conn DP, Vere G, Cook PC, Bromley MJ, Bowyer P, Gago S. Pathogenicity and virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus. Virulence 2023; 14:2172264. [PMID: 36752587 PMCID: PMC10732619 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2023.2172264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Pulmonary infections caused by the mould pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus are a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Compromised lung defences arising from immunosuppression, chronic respiratory conditions or more recently, concomitant viral or bacterial pulmonary infections are recognised risks factors for the development of pulmonary aspergillosis. In this review, we will summarise our current knowledge of the mechanistic basis of pulmonary aspergillosis with a focus on emerging at-risk populations.
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- Kayleigh Earle
- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Liu KW, Grau MS, Jones JT, Wang X, Vesely EM, James MR, Gutierrez-Perez C, Cramer RA, Obar JJ. Postinfluenza Environment Reduces Aspergillus fumigatus Conidium Clearance and Facilitates Invasive Aspergillosis In Vivo. mBio 2022; 13:e0285422. [PMID: 36377895 PMCID: PMC9765436 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02854-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus is a human fungal pathogen that is most often avirulent in immunecompetent individuals because the innate immune system is efficient at eliminating fungal conidia. However, recent clinical observations have shown that severe influenza A virus (IAV) infection can lead to secondary A. fumigatus infections with high mortality. Little is currently known about how IAV infection alters the innate antifungal immune response. Here, we established a murine model of IAV-induced A. fumigatus (IAV-Af) superinfection by inoculating mice with IAV followed 6 days later by A. fumigatus conidia challenge. We observed increased mortality in the IAV-Af-superinfected mice compared to mice challenged with either IAV or A. fumigatus alone. A. fumigatus conidia were able to germinate and establish a biofilm in the lungs of the IAV-Af superinfection group, which was not seen following fungal challenge alone. While we did not observe any differences in inflammatory cell recruitment in the IAV-Af superinfection group compared to single-infection controls, we observed defects in Aspergillus conidial uptake and killing by both neutrophils and monocytes after IAV infection. pHrodo Green zymosan bioparticle (pHrodo-zymosan) and CM-H2DCFDA [5-(and-6)-chloromethyl-2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate] staining, indicators of phagolysosome maturation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, respectively, revealed that the fungal killing defect was due in part to reduced phagolysosome maturation. Collectively, our data demonstrate that the ability of neutrophils and monocytes to kill and clear Aspergillus conidia is strongly reduced in the pulmonary environment of an IAV-infected lung, which leads to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and increased overall mortality in our mouse model, recapitulating what is observed clinically in humans. IMPORTANCE Influenza A virus (IAV) is a common respiratory virus that causes seasonal illness in humans, but can cause pandemics and severe infection in certain patients. Since the emergence of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strains, there has been an increase in clinical reports of IAV-infected patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) developing secondary pulmonary aspergillosis. These cases of flu-Aspergillus superinfections are associated with worse clinical outcomes than secondary bacterial infections in the setting of IAV. To date, we have a limited understanding of the cause(s) of secondary fungal infections in immunocompetent hosts. IAV-induced modulation of cytokine production and innate immune cellular function generates a unique immune environment in the lung, which could make the host vulnerable to a secondary fungal infection. Our work shows that defects in phagolysosome maturation in neutrophils and monocytes after IAV infection impair the ability of these cells to kill A. fumigatus, thus leading to increased fungal germination and growth and subsequent invasive aspergillosis. Our work lays a foundation for future mechanistic studies examining the exact immune modulatory events occurring in the respiratory tract after viral infection leading to secondary fungal infections.
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- Ko-Wei Liu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Haist M, Ries F, Gunzer M, Bednarczyk M, Siegel E, Kuske M, Grabbe S, Radsak M, Bros M, Teschner D. Neutrophil-Specific Knockdown of β2 Integrins Impairs Antifungal Effector Functions and Aggravates the Course of Invasive Pulmonal Aspergillosis. Front Immunol 2022; 13:823121. [PMID: 35734179 PMCID: PMC9207500 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.823121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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β2-integrins are heterodimeric surface receptors that are expressed specifically by leukocytes and consist of a variable α (CD11a-d) and a common β-subunit (CD18). Functional impairment of CD18, which causes leukocyte adhesion deficiency type-1 results in an immunocompromised state characterized by severe infections, such as invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). The underlying immune defects have largely been attributed to an impaired migratory and phagocytic activity of polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMN). However, the exact contribution of β2-integrins for PMN functions in-vivo has not been elucidated yet, since the mouse models available so far display a constitutive CD18 knockout (CD18-/- or CD18hypo). To determine the PMN-specific role of β2-integrins for innate effector functions and pathogen control, we generated a mouse line with a Ly6G-specific knockdown of the common β-subunit (CD18Ly6G cKO). We characterized CD18Ly6G cKO mice in-vitro to confirm the PMN-specific knockdown of β2-integrins. Next, we investigated the clinical course of IPA in A. fumigatus infected CD18Ly6G cKO mice with regard to the fungal burden, pulmonary inflammation and PMN response towards A. fumigatus. Our results revealed that the β2-integrin knockdown was restricted to PMN and that CD18Ly6G cKO mice showed an aggravated course of IPA. In accordance, we observed a higher fungal burden and lower levels of proinflammatory innate cytokines, such as TNF-α, in lungs of IPA-infected CD18Ly6G cKO mice. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed higher levels of CXCL1, a stronger PMN-infiltration, but concomitantly elevated apoptosis of PMN in lungs of CD18Ly6G cKO mice. Ex-vivo analysis further unveiled a strong impairment of PMN effector function, as reflected by an attenuated phagocytic activity, and a diminished generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and neutrophil-extracellular traps (NET) in CD18-deficient PMN. Overall, our study demonstrates that β2-integrins are required specifically for PMN effector functions and contribute to the clearance of A. fumigatus by infiltrating PMN, and the establishment of an inflammatory microenvironment in infected lungs.
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- Maximilian Haist
- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- *Correspondence: Maximilian Haist,
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften ISAS -e.V, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Isakhani S, Naeimi S, Naeimi B, Ahmadi B. Genetic variation and up-regulation of IL-12 enhance susceptibility to recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. GENE REPORTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wnt-β-Catenin Signaling in Human Dendritic Cells Mediates Regulatory T-Cell Responses to Fungi via the PD-L1 Pathway. mBio 2021; 12:e0282421. [PMID: 34781737 PMCID: PMC8593687 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02824-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The signaling pathways activated following interaction between dendritic cells (DCs) and a pathogen determine the polarization of effector T-cell and regulatory T-cell (Treg) responses to the infection. Several recent studies, mostly in the context of bacterial infections, have shown that the Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays a major role in imparting tolerogenic features in DCs and in promotion of Treg responses. However, the significance of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway’s involvement in regulating the immune response to the fungal species is not known. Using Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous airborne opportunistic fungal species, we show here that fungi activate the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in human DCs and are critical for mediating the immunosuppressive Treg responses. Pharmacological inhibition of this pathway in DCs led to inhibition of maturation-associated molecules and interleukin 10 (IL-10) secretion without affecting the majority of the inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, blockade of Wnt signaling in DCs suppressed DC-mediated Treg responses in CD4+ T cells and downregulated both tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and IL-10 responses in CD8+ T cells. Mechanistically, induction of β-catenin pathway by A. fumigatus required C-type lectin receptors and promoted Treg polarization via the induction of programmed death-ligand 1 on DCs. Further investigation on the identity of fungal molecular patterns has revealed that the cell wall polysaccharides β-(1, 3)-glucan and α-(1, 3)-glucan, but not chitin, possess the capacity to activate the β-catenin pathway. Our data suggest that the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is a potential therapeutic target to selectively suppress the Treg response and to sustain the protective Th1 response in the context of invasive aspergillosis caused by A. fumigatus.
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Wang Q, Yang M, Wang C, Cui J, Li X, Wang C. Diagnostic efficacy of serum cytokines and chemokines in fungal bloodstream infection in febrile patients. J Clin Lab Anal 2020; 34:e23149. [PMID: 31971308 PMCID: PMC7171303 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.23149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of serum cytokines/chemokines in early diagnosis of fungal infections has not been clearly clarified yet. This study aims to measure the serum levels of cytokines/chemokines in cases of fungemia and to compare them with culture-negative controls. METHODS In total, fourteen types of serum cytokines and chemokines from 41 patients with fungemia were compared with 57 patients with negative blood culture results. The cytokine and chemokine levels were detected with multiplex platform. We then performed statistical analysis as a two-tailed P < .05. ROC analysis was performed, and an area under the curve (AUC), and sensitivity and specificity values were calculated to determine the efficacy of various cytokines and chemokines for fungemia. Binary logistic regression was performed to further explore the combination mode of cytokines and chemokines, which could increase the diagnostic efficiency. RESULTS C-reactive protein and procalcitonin were significantly higher compared with those in negative control group, while white blood cell, percentage of neutrophil, percentage of lymphocyte, and ratio of neutrophil and lymphocyte did not differentiate between two groups. Serum levels of IFN-γ, TNF-α, MIP-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, and IL-17 were significantly higher in patients with fungemia compared with the control group. Combination of MIP-1β and IL-17 could improve the AUC, sensitivity, and specificity for the diagnosis of fungemia. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrates that serum cytokines and chemokines including IFN-γ, TNF-α, MIP-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, and IL-17 could be considered as diagnostic markers for fungemia. Combination of these biomarkers might improve the diagnostic efficiency of fungemia.
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- Qi Wang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.,Department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.,School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital & Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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Teschner D, Cholaszczyńska A, Ries F, Beckert H, Theobald M, Grabbe S, Radsak M, Bros M. CD11b Regulates Fungal Outgrowth but Not Neutrophil Recruitment in a Mouse Model of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis. Front Immunol 2019; 10:123. [PMID: 30778357 PMCID: PMC6369709 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
ß2 integrin receptors consist of an alpha subunit (CD11a-CD11d) and CD18 as the common beta subunit, and are differentially expressed by leukocytes. ß2 integrins are required for cell-cell interaction, transendothelial migration, uptake of opsonized pathogens, and cell signaling processes. Functional loss of CD18—termed leukocyte-adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD1)—results in an immunocompromised state characterized by frequent occurrence of severe infections. In immunosuppressed individuals Aspergillus fumigatus is a frequent cause of invasive pulmonary fungal infection, and often occurs in patients suffering from LAD1. Here, we asked for the importance of CD11b/CD18 also termed MAC-1 which is required for phagocytosis of opsonized A. fumigatus conidia by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) for control of pulmonary A. fumigatus infection. We show that CD11b−/− mice infected with A. fumigatus were unaffected in long term survival, similar to wild type (WT) mice. However, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) performed 1 day after infection revealed a higher lung infiltration of PMN in case of infected CD11b−/− mice than observed for WT mice. BAL derived from infected CD11b−/− mice also contained a higher amount of leukocyte-attracting CCL5 chemokine, but lower amounts of proinflammatory innate cytokines. In accordance, lung tissue of A. fumigatus infected CD11b−/− mice was characterized by lower cellular inflammation, and a higher fungal burden. In agreement, CD11b−/−PMN exerted lower phagocytic activity on serum-opsonized A. fumigatus conidia than WT PMN in vitro. Our study shows that MAC-1 is required for effective clearance of A. fumigatus by infiltrating PMN, and the establishment of an inflammatory microenvironment in infected lung. Enhanced infiltration of CD11b−/− PMN may serve to compensate impaired PMN function.
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- Daniel Teschner
- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Center Essen-Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Thompson A, Orr SJ. Emerging IL-12 family cytokines in the fight against fungal infections. Cytokine 2018; 111:398-407. [PMID: 29793796 PMCID: PMC6299256 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2018.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
IL-12 and IL-23 have established roles during anti-fungal immunity. IL-27 promotes regulatory effector responses during fungal infections. IL-35 drives T cell differentiation to produce anti-inflammatory responses. Increasing evidence for IL-12 family cytokines in maintaining anti-fungal immune homeostasis.
Invasive fungal infections cause approximately 1.5 million deaths per year worldwide and are a growing threat to human health. Current anti-fungal therapies are often insufficient, therefore studies into host-pathogen interactions are critical for the development of novel therapies to improve mortality rates. Myeloid cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells, express pattern recognition receptor (PRRs), which are important for fungal recognition. Engagement of these PRRs by fungal pathogens induces multiple cytokines, which in turn activate T effector responses. Interleukin (IL)-12 family members (IL-12p70, IL-23, IL-27 and IL-35) link innate immunity with the development of adaptive immunity and are also important for regulating T cell responses. IL-12 and IL-23 have established roles during anti-fungal immunity, whereas emerging roles for IL-27 and IL-35 have recently been reported. Here, we discuss the IL-12 family, focusing on IL-27 and IL-35 during anti-fungal immune responses to pathogens such as Candida and Aspergillus.
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- Aiysha Thompson
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Stephen-Victor E, Karnam A, Fontaine T, Beauvais A, Das M, Hegde P, Prakhar P, Holla S, Balaji KN, Kaveri SV, Latgé JP, Aimanianda V, Bayry J. Aspergillus fumigatus Cell Wall α-(1,3)-Glucan Stimulates Regulatory T-Cell Polarization by Inducing PD-L1 Expression on Human Dendritic Cells. J Infect Dis 2017; 216:1281-1294. [PMID: 28968869 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Human dendritic cell (DC) response to α-(1,3)-glucan polysaccharide of Aspergillus fumigatus and ensuing CD4+ T-cell polarization are poorly characterized. Methods α-(1,3)-Glucan was isolated from A. fumigatus conidia and mycelia cell wall. For the analysis of polarization, DCs and autologous naive CD4+ T cells were cocultured. Phenotype of immune cells was analyzed by flow cytometry, and cytokines by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Blocking antibodies were used to dissect the role of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in regulating α-(1,3)-glucan-mediated DC activation and T-cell responses. DCs from TLR2-deficient mice were additionally used to consolidate the findings. Results α-(1,3)-Glucan induced the maturation of DCs and was dependent in part on TLR2. "α-(1,3)-Glucan-educated" DCs stimulated the activation of naive T cells and polarized a subset of these cells into CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). Mechanistically, Treg stimulation by α-(1,3)-glucan was dependent on the PD-L1 pathway that negatively regulated interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) secretion. Short α-(1,3)-oligosaccharides lacked the capacity to induce maturation of DCs but significantly blocked α-(1,3)-glucan-induced Treg polarization. Conclusions PD-L1 dictates the balance between Treg and IFN-γ responses induced by α-(1,3)-glucan. Our data provide a rationale for the exploitation of immunotherapeutic approaches that target PD-1-PD-L1 to enhance protective immune responses to A. fumigatus infections.
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- Emmanuel Stephen-Victor
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.,Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre et Marie Curie.,Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.,Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre et Marie Curie.,Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
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- Unité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.,Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre et Marie Curie.,Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.,Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.,Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre et Marie Curie.,Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers.,Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.,Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre et Marie Curie.,Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers.,Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Dewi IMW, van de Veerdonk FL, Gresnigt MS. The Multifaceted Role of T-Helper Responses in Host Defense against Aspergillus fumigatus. J Fungi (Basel) 2017; 3:E55. [PMID: 29371571 PMCID: PMC5753157 DOI: 10.3390/jof3040055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The ubiquitous opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus rarely causes infections in immunocompetent individuals. A healthy functional innate immune system plays a crucial role in preventing Aspergillus-infection. This pivotal role for the innate immune system makes it a main research focus in studying the pathogenesis of aspergillosis. Although sometimes overshadowed by the innate immune response, the adaptive immune response, and in particular T-helper responses, also represents a key player in host defense against Aspergillus. Virtually all T-helper subsets have been described to play a role during aspergillosis, with the Th1 response being crucial for fungal clearance. However; morbidity and mortality of aspergillosis can also be partly attributed to detrimental immune responses resulting from adaptive immune activation. Th2 responses benefit fungal persistence; and are the foundation of allergic forms of aspergillosis. The Th17 response has two sides; although crucial for granulocyte recruitment, it can be involved in detrimental immunopathology. Regulatory T-cells, the endogenous regulators of inflammatory responses, play a key role in controlling detrimental inflammatory responses during aspergillosis. The current knowledge of the adaptive immune response against A. fumigatus is summarized in this review. A better understanding on how T-helper responses facilitate clearance of Aspergillus-infection and control inflammation can be the fundamental basis for understanding the pathogenesis of aspergillosis and for the development of novel host-directed therapies.
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- Intan M W Dewi
- Department of Experimental Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. Eijkman No. 38, Bandung 40161, Indonesia.
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- Department of Experimental Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Experimental Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Hsieh SH, Kurzai O, Brock M. Persistence within dendritic cells marks an antifungal evasion and dissemination strategy of Aspergillus terreus. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10590. [PMID: 28878289 PMCID: PMC5587622 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10914-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Aspergillus terreus is an airborne human fungal pathogen causing life-threatening invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. In contrast to Aspergillus fumigatus, A. terreus infections are associated with high dissemination rates and poor response to antifungal treatment. Here, we compared the interaction of conidia from both fungal species with MUTZ-3-derived dendritic cells (DCs). After phagocytosis, A. fumigatus conidia rapidly escaped from DCs, whereas A. terreus conidia remained persisting with long-term survival. Escape from DCs was independent from DHN-melanin, as A. terreus conidia expressing wA showed no increased intracellular germination. Within DCs A. terreus conidia were protected from antifungals, whereas A. fumigatus conidia were efficiently cleared. Furthermore, while A. fumigatus conidia triggered expression of DC activation markers such as CD80, CD83, CD54, MHCII and CCR7, persistent A. terreus conidia were significantly less immunogenic. Moreover, DCs confronted with A. terreus conidia neither produced pro-inflammatory nor T-cell stimulating cytokines. However, TNF-α addition resulted in activation of DCs and provoked the expression of migration markers without inactivating intracellular A. terreus conidia. Therefore, persistence within DCs and possibly within other immune cells might contribute to the low response of A. terreus infections to antifungal treatment and could be responsible for its high dissemination rates.
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- Shih-Hung Hsieh
- Fungal Genetics and Biology Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK.,Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 23, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.,Septomics Research Center, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 23, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Fungal Genetics and Biology Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK.
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Roewe J, Higer M, Riehl DR, Gericke A, Radsak MP, Bosmann M. Neuroendocrine Modulation of IL-27 in Macrophages. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 199:2503-2514. [PMID: 28835457 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Heterodimeric IL-27 (p28/EBV-induced gene 3) is an important member of the IL-6/IL-12 cytokine family. IL-27 is predominantly synthesized by mononuclear phagocytes and exerts immunoregulatory functional activities on lymphocytic and nonlymphocytic cells during infection, autoimmunity or neoplasms. There is a great body of evidence on the bidirectional interplay between the autonomic nervous system and immune responses during inflammatory disorders, but so far IL-27 has not been defined as a part of these multifaceted neuroendocrine networks. In this study, we describe the role of catecholamines (as mediators of the sympathetic nervous system) related to IL-27 production in primary mouse macrophages. Noradrenaline and adrenaline dose-dependently suppressed the release of IL-27p28 in LPS/TLR4-activated macrophages, which was independent of α1 adrenoceptors. Instead, β2 adrenoceptor activation was responsible for mediating gene silencing of IL-27p28 and EBV-induced gene 3. The β2 adrenoceptor agonists formoterol and salbutamol mediated suppression of IL-27p28 production, when triggered by zymosan/TLR2, LPS/TLR4, or R848/TLR7/8 activation, but selectively spared the polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid/TLR3 pathway. Mechanistically, β2 adrenergic signaling reinforced an autocrine feedback loop of macrophage-derived IL-10 and this synergized with inhibition of the JNK pathway for limiting IL-27p28. The JNK inhibitors SP600125 and AEG3482 strongly decreased intracellular IL-27p28 in F4/80+CD11b+ macrophages. In endotoxic shock of C57BL/6J mice, pharmacologic activation of β2 adrenoceptors improved the severity of shock, including hypothermia and decreased circulating IL-27p28. Conversely, IL-27p28 was 2.7-fold increased by removal of the catecholamine-producing adrenal glands prior to endotoxic shock. These data suggest a novel role of the sympathetic neuroendocrine system for the modulation of IL-27-dependent acute inflammation.
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- Julian Roewe
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany; and
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- Third Department of Medicine, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
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- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany;
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Friedrich D, Fecher RA, Rupp J, Deepe GS. Impact of HIF-1α and hypoxia on fungal growth characteristics and fungal immunity. Microbes Infect 2016; 19:204-209. [PMID: 27810563 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2016.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Human pathogenic fungi are highly adaptable to a changing environment. The ability to adjust to low oxygen conditions is crucial for colonization and infection of the host. Recently, the impact of mammalian hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) on fungal immunity has emerged. In this review, the role of hypoxia and HIF-1α in fungal infections is discussed regarding the innate immune response.
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- Dirk Friedrich
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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Al-Bader N, Sheppard DC. Aspergillosis and stem cell transplantation: An overview of experimental pathogenesis studies. Virulence 2016; 7:950-966. [PMID: 27687755 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1231278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Invasive aspergillosis is a life-threatening infection caused by the opportunistic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for the treatment of hematological malignancy are at particularly high risk of developing this fatal infection. The susceptibility of HSCT patients to infection with A. fumigatus is a consequence of a complex interplay of both fungal and host factors. Here we review our understanding of the host-pathogen interactions underlying the susceptibility of the immunocompromised host to infection with A. fumigatus with a focus on the experimental validation of fungal and host factors relevant to HSCT patients. These include fungal factors such as secondary metabolites, cell wall constituents, and metabolic adaptations that facilitate immune evasion and survival within the host microenvironment, as well as the innate and adaptive immune responses involved in host defense against A. fumigatus.
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- Nadia Al-Bader
- a Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology , McGill University , Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- a Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology , McGill University , Montréal , Québec , Canada.,b Infectious Diseases in Global Health Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, McGill University , Montréal , Québec , Canada
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Patin EC, Jones AV, Thompson A, Clement M, Liao CT, Griffiths JS, Wallace LE, Bryant CE, Lang R, Rosenstiel P, Humphreys IR, Taylor PR, Jones GW, Orr SJ. IL-27 Induced by Select Candida spp. via TLR7/NOD2 Signaling and IFN-β Production Inhibits Fungal Clearance. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 197:208-21. [PMID: 27259855 PMCID: PMC4911616 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Candida spp. elicit cytokine production downstream of various pathogen recognition receptors, including C-type lectin-like receptors, TLRs, and nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)–like receptors. IL-12 family members IL-12p70 and IL-23 are important for host immunity against Candida spp. In this article, we show that IL-27, another IL-12 family member, is produced by myeloid cells in response to selected Candida spp. We demonstrate a novel mechanism for Candida parapsilosis–mediated induction of IL-27 in a TLR7-, MyD88-, and NOD2-dependent manner. Our data revealed that IFN-β is induced by C. parapsilosis, which in turn signals through the IFN-α/β receptor and STAT1/2 to induce IL-27. Moreover, IL-27R (WSX-1)–deficient mice systemically infected with C. parapsilosis displayed enhanced pathogen clearance compared with wild-type mice. This was associated with increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the serum and increased IFN-γ and IL-17 responses in the spleens of IL-27R–deficient mice. Thus, our data define a novel link between C. parapsilosis, TLR7, NOD2, IFN-β, and IL-27, and we have identified an important role for IL-27 in the immune response against C. parapsilosis. Overall, these findings demonstrate an important mechanism for the suppression of protective immune responses during infection with C. parapsilosis, which has potential relevance for infections with other fungal pathogens.
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- Emmanuel C Patin
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- University Dental Hospital, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; and
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom;
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom;
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Huang Y, Zhou S, Cai Y. [Expression of interleukin-12 and interleukin-27 proteins and immune status in serum of patients with oral lichen planus]. HUA XI KOU QIANG YI XUE ZA ZHI = HUAXI KOUQIANG YIXUE ZAZHI = WEST CHINA JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY 2016; 34:140-4. [PMID: 27337921 PMCID: PMC7029971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to conduct a preliminary study on the possible role and significance of interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-27 in the pathogeneses of oral lichen planus (OLP). METHODS Thirty cases of patients with OLP (fifteen cases of reticular OLP and fifteen cases of erosive OLP) were enrolled in this study, and twenty cases of healthy people served as controls. Lymphocyte subsets CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD19+, and CD16+56 [natural killer cell (NK)] were tested using flow cytometry, and humoral immunity [immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgA, IgM, C3, C4] were examined using nephelometry assays. IL-12 and IL-27 contents in serum of patients with OLP and normal controls were detected through enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The correlations between the levels of IL-12, IL-27, immune status, and clinical characteristics of patients with OLP were analyzed, respectively. RESULTS CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+in patients with OLP were markedly lower than the normal value, whereas CD 19+ of OLP in patients was significantly higher than the normal value (P<0.05). IgM inpatients with OLP was increased, whereas C4 was declined (P<0.05). IL-12 and IL-27 levels showed significant upregulation or ULF patients compared with control groups (P<0.05). Meanwhile, positive correlations existed between IL-12 andIL-27 levels in the serum of patients with OLP (r=0.912, P<0.01). No significant correlations of IL-12 and IL-27 epressions with clinical characteristics of OLP were found (P>0.05). Negative correlations of IL-12 and IL-27 levels with CD16+56(NK) cells were observed (r1 = -0.416, P1 = 0.022; r2 = -0.392, P2=0.032, respectively), whereas a positive correlation existed for IgG (r1=0.445, P1=0.014; n=0.549, P2=0.002, respectively). CONCLUSION A cellular immune dysfunction mainly dominate in patients with OLP, accompanied by some degree of humoral-immunity-function disorder. The abnormally high expressions of IL-12 and IL-27 are possibly synergized and promoted inflammation development in OLP. Its promotion takes place through the negatie feedback regulation of humoral immune responses, which are involved in the regulation of immune mechanisms of OLP.
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Huang Y, Zhou S, Cai Y. [Expression of interleukin-12 and interleukin-27 proteins and immune status in serum of patients with oral lichen planus]. HUA XI KOU QIANG YI XUE ZA ZHI = HUAXI KOUQIANG YIXUE ZAZHI = WEST CHINA JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY 2016; 34:140-144. [PMID: 27337921 PMCID: PMC7029971 DOI: 10.7518/hxkq.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to conduct a preliminary study on the possible role and significance of interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-27 in the pathogeneses of oral lichen planus (OLP). METHODS Thirty cases of patients with OLP (fifteen cases of reticular OLP and fifteen cases of erosive OLP) were enrolled in this study, and twenty cases of healthy people served as controls. Lymphocyte subsets CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD19+, and CD16+56 [natural killer cell (NK)] were tested using flow cytometry, and humoral immunity [immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgA, IgM, C3, C4] were examined using nephelometry assays. IL-12 and IL-27 contents in serum of patients with OLP and normal controls were detected through enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The correlations between the levels of IL-12, IL-27, immune status, and clinical characteristics of patients with OLP were analyzed, respectively. RESULTS CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+in patients with OLP were markedly lower than the normal value, whereas CD 19+ of OLP in patients was significantly higher than the normal value (P<0.05). IgM inpatients with OLP was increased, whereas C4 was declined (P<0.05). IL-12 and IL-27 levels showed significant upregulation or ULF patients compared with control groups (P<0.05). Meanwhile, positive correlations existed between IL-12 andIL-27 levels in the serum of patients with OLP (r=0.912, P<0.01). No significant correlations of IL-12 and IL-27 epressions with clinical characteristics of OLP were found (P>0.05). Negative correlations of IL-12 and IL-27 levels with CD16+56(NK) cells were observed (r1 = -0.416, P1 = 0.022; r2 = -0.392, P2=0.032, respectively), whereas a positive correlation existed for IgG (r1=0.445, P1=0.014; n=0.549, P2=0.002, respectively). CONCLUSION A cellular immune dysfunction mainly dominate in patients with OLP, accompanied by some degree of humoral-immunity-function disorder. The abnormally high expressions of IL-12 and IL-27 are possibly synergized and promoted inflammation development in OLP. Its promotion takes place through the negatie feedback regulation of humoral immune responses, which are involved in the regulation of immune mechanisms of OLP.
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Fliesser M, Wallstein M, Kurzai O, Einsele H, Löffler J. Hypoxia attenuates anti-Aspergillus fumigatusimmune responses initiated by human dendritic cells. Mycoses 2016; 59:503-8. [DOI: 10.1111/myc.12498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Mirjam Fliesser
- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II; University Hospital; Wuerzburg Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II; University Hospital; Wuerzburg Germany
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- Septomics Research Centre; Friedrich Schiller University and Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans Knoell Institute; Jena Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II; University Hospital; Wuerzburg Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II; University Hospital; Wuerzburg Germany
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Fliesser M, Morton CO, Bonin M, Ebel F, Hünniger K, Kurzai O, Einsele H, Löffler J. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α modulates metabolic activity and cytokine release in anti-Aspergillus fumigatus immune responses initiated by human dendritic cells. Int J Med Microbiol 2015; 305:865-73. [PMID: 26387061 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2015.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The mold Aspergillus fumigatus causes life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. Over the past decade, new findings in research have improved our understanding of A. fumigatus-host interactions, including the recent identification of myeloid-expressed hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) as a relevant immune-modulating transcription factor and potential therapeutic target in anti-fungal defense. However, the function of HIF-1α signaling for human anti-A. fumigatus immunity is still poorly understood, including its role in dendritic cells (DCs), which are important regulators of anti-fungal immunity. This study investigated the functional relevance of HIF-1α in the anti-A. fumigatus immune response initiated by human DCs. Hypoxic cell culture conditions were included because hypoxic microenvironments occur during A. fumigatus infections and may influence the host immune response. HIF-1α was stabilized in DCs following stimulation with A. fumigatus under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. This stabilization was partially dependent on dectin-1, the major receptor for A. fumigatus on human DCs. Using siRNA-based HIF-1α silencing combined with genome-wide transcriptional analysis, a modulatory effect of HIF-1α on the anti-fungal immune response of human DCs was identified. Specifically, the difference in the transcriptomes of HIF-1α silenced and non-silenced DCs indicated that HIF-1α contributes to DC metabolism and cytokine release in response to A. fumigatus under normoxic as well as hypoxic conditions. This was confirmed by further down-stream analyses that included metabolite analysis and cytokine profiling of a time-course infection experiment. Thereby, this study revealed a so far undescribed functional relevance of HIF-1α in human DC responses against A. fumigatus.
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- Mirjam Fliesser
- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, University Hospital, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
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- University of Western Sydney, School of Science and Health, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia
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- Microarray Facility, University Hospital, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Ludwigs Maximilians University, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Septomics Research Centre, Friedrich Schiller University and Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knoell Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Septomics Research Centre, Friedrich Schiller University and Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knoell Institute, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, University Hospital, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, University Hospital, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Margalit A, Kavanagh K. The innate immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus at the alveolar surface. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2015; 39:670-87. [PMID: 25934117 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus is an ubiquitous, saprophytic mould that forms and releases airborne conidia which are inhaled by humans on a daily basis. When the immune system is compromised (e.g. immunosuppressive therapy prior to organ transplantation) or there is pre-existing pulmonary malfunction (e.g. asthma, cystic fibrosis, TB lesions), A. fumigatus exploits weaknesses in the host defenses which can result in the development of saphrophytic, allergic or invasive aspergillosis. If not effectively eliminated by the innate immune response, conidia germinate and form invasive hyphae which can penetrate pulmonary tissues. The innate immune response to A. fumigatus is stage-specific and various components of the host's defenses are recruited to challenge the different cellular forms of the pathogen. In immunocompetent hosts, anatomical barriers (e.g. the mucociliary elevator) and professional phagocytes such as alveolar macrophages (AM) and neutrophils prevent the development of aspergillosis by inhibiting the growth of conidia and hyphae. The recognition of inhaled conidia by AM leads to the intracellular degradation of the spores and the secretion of proinflammatory mediators which recruit neutrophils to assist in fungal clearance. During the later stages of infection, dendritic cells activate a protective A. fumigatus-specific adaptive immune response which is driven by Th1 CD4(+) T cells.
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- Anatte Margalit
- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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Swamydas M, Break TJ, Lionakis MS. Mononuclear phagocyte-mediated antifungal immunity: the role of chemotactic receptors and ligands. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:2157-75. [PMID: 25715741 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1858-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Over the past two decades, fungal infections have emerged as significant causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological malignancies, hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Besides neutrophils and CD4(+) T lymphocytes, which have long been known to play an indispensable role in promoting protective antifungal immunity, mononuclear phagocytes are now being increasingly recognized as critical mediators of host defense against fungi. Thus, a recent surge of research studies has focused on understanding the mechanisms by which resident and recruited monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells accumulate and become activated at the sites of fungal infection. Herein, we critically review how a variety of G-protein coupled chemoattractant receptors and their ligands mediate mononuclear phagocyte recruitment and effector function during infection by the most common human fungal pathogens.
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- Muthulekha Swamydas
- Fungal Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10, Room 11C102, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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Li H, Hsu HC, Wu Q, Yang P, Li J, Luo B, Oukka M, Steele CH, Cua DJ, Grizzle WE, Mountz JD. IL-23 promotes TCR-mediated negative selection of thymocytes through the upregulation of IL-23 receptor and RORγt. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4259. [PMID: 25001511 PMCID: PMC4136447 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Transient thymic involution is frequently found during inflammation, yet the mode of action of inflammatory cytokines is not well defined. Here we report that interleukin-23 (IL-23) production by the thymic dendritic cells (DCs) promotes apoptosis of the CD4hiCD8hi double positive (DP) thymocytes. A deficiency in IL-23 signaling interferes with negative selection in the male Db/H-Y T-cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice. IL-23 plus TCR signaling results in significant up-regulation of IL-23 receptor (IL-23R) expressed predominantly on CD4hiCD8hiCD3+αβTCR+ DP thymocytes, and leads to RORγt dependent apoptosis. These results extend the action of IL-23 beyond its peripheral effects to a unique role in TCR mediated negative selection including elimination of natural T regulatory cells in the thymus.
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- Hao Li
- 1] Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA [2] Department Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
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- Clinical Pathology & Anatomic Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- 1] Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA [2] Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
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Morton CO, Fliesser M, Dittrich M, Mueller T, Bauer R, Kneitz S, Hope W, Rogers TR, Einsele H, Loeffler J. Gene expression profiles of human dendritic cells interacting with Aspergillus fumigatus in a bilayer model of the alveolar epithelium/endothelium interface. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98279. [PMID: 24870357 PMCID: PMC4037227 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The initial stages of the interaction between the host and Aspergillus fumigatus at the alveolar surface of the human lung are critical in the establishment of aspergillosis. Using an in vitro bilayer model of the alveolus, including both the epithelium (human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cell line, A549) and endothelium (human pulmonary artery epithelial cells, HPAEC) on transwell membranes, it was possible to closely replicate the in vivo conditions. Two distinct sub-groups of dendritic cells (DC), monocyte-derived DC (moDC) and myeloid DC (mDC), were included in the model to examine immune responses to fungal infection at the alveolar surface. RNA in high quantity and quality was extracted from the cell layers on the transwell membrane to allow gene expression analysis using tailored custom-made microarrays, containing probes for 117 immune-relevant genes. This microarray data indicated minimal induction of immune gene expression in A549 alveolar epithelial cells in response to germ tubes of A. fumigatus. In contrast, the addition of DC to the system greatly increased the number of differentially expressed immune genes. moDC exhibited increased expression of genes including CLEC7A, CD209 and CCL18 in the absence of A. fumigatus compared to mDC. In the presence of A. fumigatus, both DC subgroups exhibited up-regulation of genes identified in previous studies as being associated with the exposure of DC to A. fumigatus and exhibiting chemotactic properties for neutrophils, including CXCL2, CXCL5, CCL20, and IL1B. This model closely approximated the human alveolus allowing for an analysis of the host pathogen interface that complements existing animal models of IA.
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- Universität Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik & Poliklinik II, WÜ4i, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Universität Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik & Poliklinik II, WÜ4i, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sir Patrick Research Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Universität Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik & Poliklinik II, WÜ4i, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Universität Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik & Poliklinik II, WÜ4i, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Semmlinger A, Fliesser M, Waaga-Gasser AM, Dragan M, Morton CO, Einsele H, Loeffler J. Fever-range temperature modulates activation and function of human dendritic cells stimulated with the pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus. Med Mycol 2014; 52:438-44. [PMID: 24713403 DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In immunocompromised patients, invasive aspergillosis (IA) is the most frequent disease caused by the pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus. Fever is one of the most common yet nonspecific clinical symptoms of IA. To evaluate the role of hyperthermia in the innate immune response to A. fumigatus in vitro, human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) were stimulated with germ tubes of A. fumigatus or the fungal cell wall component zymosan at 37°C or 40°C, followed by characterization of specific DC functions. While maturation of DCs was enhanced and DC phagocytic capacity was reduced at 40°C, we observed that DC viability and cytokine release were unaffected. Thus, our results suggest that hyperthermia has substantial impacts on DC function in vitro, which might also influence the course and outcome of IA in immunocompromised patients.
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Bosmann M, Strobl B, Kichler N, Rigler D, Grailer JJ, Pache F, Murray PJ, Müller M, Ward PA. Tyrosine kinase 2 promotes sepsis-associated lethality by facilitating production of interleukin-27. J Leukoc Biol 2014; 96:123-31. [PMID: 24604832 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.3a1013-541r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that gene expression and release of IL-27 may be modulated by Tyk2. Macrophages derived from the peritoneum or bone marrow of C57BL/10SnJ (WT) mice produced abundant amounts of IL-27(p28) following TLR4 activation by LPS. In contrast, production of IL-27(p28), but not EBI3, was reduced by ∼50% in TLR4-activated macrophages derived from mice with genetic deficiency of Tyk2 compared with WT macrophages. Frequencies of IL-27(p28)+F4/80+CD11b+ cells were lower in TLR4-activated macrophages derived from Tyk2-/- mice. Mechanistically, Tyk2-/- resulted in disruption of a type I IFN-dependent mechanism for production of IL-27(p28), which was induced by type I IFNs, and release of IL-27 was defective in macrophages from IFN-β-/- and IFNAR1-/- mice. In contrast, Tyk2 was not required to mediate the effects of IL-27 on target gene expression in CD4(+) T cells. In vivo, we observed that Tyk2-/- mice have improved survival following endotoxic shock or polymicrobial sepsis induced by CLP. Plasma levels of IL-27(p28) during endotoxic shock or polymicrobial sepsis were markedly reduced in Tyk2-/- mice compared with WT mice. Disruption of IL-27 signaling using IL-27RA-/- mice was protective against sepsis-associated mortality. These data suggest that Tyk2 may mediate adverse outcomes of SIRS by promoting the production of IL-27. In conclusion, this report identifies Tyk2 as a prerequisite factor in the molecular networks that are involved in generation of IL-27.
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- Markus Bosmann
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis and Department of Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany;
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; and
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; and
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; and
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A growing body of evidence suggests an essential role of the heterodimeric cytokine, IL-27, for regulating immunity. IL-27 is composed of two subunits (p28 and EBI3) and is classified as a member of the IL-12 family of cytokines. APCs have been recognized as a major cellular source of IL-27 following activation with microbial products or IFNs (types I and II). In this review, we describe the current knowledge of the implications of IL-27 during the pathogenesis of infectious and autoimmune diseases. Experimental studies have used genetically targeted IL-27RA-/- mice, EBI3-/- mice, and p28-/- mice or involved study designs with administration of bioengineered IL-27/IL-27RA homologs. Whereas many reports have described that IL-27 suppresses inflammation, we also review the current literature, suggesting promotion of inflammation by IL-27 in some settings. Recent advances have also been made in understanding the cross-talk of cleavage products of the complement system with IL-27-mediated immune responses. Additional data on IL-27 have been obtained recently by observational studies in human patients with acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Collectively, the findings from the past decade identify IL-27 as a critical immunoregulatory cytokine, especially for T cells, whereas some controversy is fueled by results challenging the view of IL-27 as a classical silencer of inflammation.
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- Markus Bosmann
- 1.University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 Catherine Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5602, USA.
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Gresnigt MS, Becker KL, Smeekens SP, Jacobs CWM, Joosten LAB, van der Meer JWM, Netea MG, van de Veerdonk FL. Aspergillus fumigatus-induced IL-22 is not restricted to a specific Th cell subset and is dependent on complement receptor 3. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2013; 190:5629-39. [PMID: 23645883 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Th cell responses induced by Aspergillus fumigatus have been extensively investigated in mouse models. However, the requirements for differentiation and the characteristics of A. fumigatus-induced human Th cell subsets remain poorly defined. We demonstrate that A. fumigatus induces Th1 and Th17 subsets in human PBMCs. Moreover, we show that the cytokine IL-22 is not restricted to a specific Th subset, in contrast to IL-17A. The pattern recognition and cytokine pathways that skew these Aspergillus-induced Th cell responses are TLR4- and IL-1-, IL-23-, and TNF-α-dependent. These pathways are of specific importance for production of the cytokines IL-17A and IL-22. Additionally, our data reveal that the dectin-1/Syk pathway is redundant and that TLR2 has an inhibitory effect on Aspergillus-induced IL-17A and IL-22 production. Notably, blocking complement receptor (CR)3 significantly reduced Aspergillus-induced Th1 and Th17 responses, and this was independent on the activation of the complement system. CR3 is a known receptor for β-1,3-glucan; however, blocking CR3 had significant effects on Th cell responses induced by heat-killed Aspergillus conidia, which have minimal β-glucan expression on their cell surface. Collectively, these data characterize the human Th cell subsets induced by Aspergillus, demonstrate that the capability to produce IL-22 is not restricted to a specific T cell subset, and provide evidence that CR3 might play a significant role in the adaptive host defense against Aspergillus, although the ligand and its action remain to be elucidated.
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- Mark S Gresnigt
- Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kubo M, Motomura Y. Transcriptional regulation of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in acquired immune cells. Front Immunol 2012; 3:275. [PMID: 22969768 PMCID: PMC3430973 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Although the major role of the immune response is host defense from a wide range of potentially pathogenic microorganisms, excess immune responses can result in severe host damage. The host thus requires anti-inflammatory mechanisms to prevent reactivity to self. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a cytokine with broad anti-inflammatory properties involved in the pathogenesis of various diseases. IL-10 was originally described as a T helper (TH2) derived cytokine, but further studies indicated that IL-10 is expressed not only by many cells of the adaptive immune system, including T and B cells, but also by the innate immune cells, including dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, mast cells, and natural killer (NK) cells. In addition, IL-10 can be induced in TH1 and TH17 cells by chronic inflammation as a system of feedback regulation. In this review, we focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying IL10 gene expression in adaptive immune cells and summarize the recent progresses in epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of the IL10 gene. Understanding the transcriptional regulatory events may help in the development of new strategies to control inflammatory diseases.
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- Masato Kubo
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science Noda, Japan
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Interleukin-17 drives pulmonary eosinophilia following repeated exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus conidia. Infect Immun 2012; 80:1424-36. [PMID: 22252873 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05529-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Previous research in our laboratory has demonstrated that repeated intranasal exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus conidia in C57BL/6 mice results in a chronic pulmonary inflammatory response that reaches its maximal level after four challenges. The inflammatory response is characterized by eosinophilia, goblet cell metaplasia, and T helper T(H)2 cytokine production, which is accompanied by sustained interleukin-17 (IL-17) expression that persists even after the T(H)2 response has begun to resolve. T(H)17 cells could develop in mice deficient in gamma interferon (IFN-γ), IL-4, or IL-10. In the lungs of IL-17 knockout mice repeatedly challenged with A. fumigatus conidia, inflammation was attenuated (with the most significant decrease occurring in eosinophils), conidial clearance was enhanced, and the early transient peak of CD4(+) CD25(+) FoxP3(+) cells blunted. IL-17 appeared to play only a minor role in eosinophil differentiation in the bone marrow but a central role in eosinophil extravasation from the blood into the lungs. These observations point to an expanded role for IL-17 in driving T(H)2-type inflammation to repeated inhalation of fungal conidia.
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Bazemore RA, Feng J, Cseke L, Podila GK. Biomedically important pathogenic fungi detection with volatile biomarkers. J Breath Res 2012; 6:016002. [DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/6/1/016002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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TLR3 essentially promotes protective class I-restricted memory CD8⁺ T-cell responses to Aspergillus fumigatus in hematopoietic transplanted patients. Blood 2011; 119:967-77. [PMID: 22147891 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-06-362582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus is a model fungal pathogen and a common cause of severe infections and diseases. CD8⁺ T cells are present in the human and murine T-cell repertoire to the fungus. However, CD8⁺ T-cell function in infection and the molecular mechanisms that control their priming and differentiation into effector and memory cells in vivo remain elusive. In the present study, we report that both CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells mediate protective memory responses to the fungus contingent on the nature of the fungal vaccine. Mechanistically, class I MHC-restricted, CD8⁺ memory T cells were activated through TLR3 sensing of fungal RNA by cross-presenting dendritic cells. Genetic deficiency of TLR3 was associated with susceptibility to aspergillosis and concomitant failure to activate memory-protective CD8⁺ T cells both in mice and in patients receiving stem-cell transplantations. Therefore, TLR3 essentially promotes antifungal memory CD8⁺ T-cell responses and its deficiency is a novel susceptibility factor for aspergillosis in high-risk patients.
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Simon M, Scherlock J, Duthie MS, Ribeiro de Jesus A. Clinical, immunological, and genetic aspects in leprosy. Drug Dev Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Over the past two decades much has been learned about the immunology of invasive fungal infection, especially invasive candidiasis and invasive aspergillosis. Although quite different in their pathogenesis, the major common protective host response is Th1 mediated. It is through Th1 cytokine production that the effector cells, phagocytes, are activated to kill the fungus. A more thorough understanding of the pathogenesis of disease, the elicited protective Th1 immune response, the T cell antigen(s) which elicit this response, and the mechanism(s) whereby one can enhance, reconstitute, or circumvent the immunosuppressed state will, hopefully, lead to the development of a vaccine(s) capable of protecting even the most immunocompromised of hosts.
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- James Isami Ito
- Division of Infectious Diseases, City of Hope, 1500E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
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Bauer R, Mezger M, Blockhaus C, Schmitt AL, Kurzai O, Einsele H, Loeffler J. 40-O -[2-Hydroxyethyl]rapamycin modulates human dendritic cell function during exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus. J Basic Microbiol 2011; 52:269-76. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Carson WF, Cavassani KA, Dou Y, Kunkel SL. Epigenetic regulation of immune cell functions during post-septic immunosuppression. Epigenetics 2011; 6:273-83. [PMID: 21048427 DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.3.14017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Studies in humans and animal models indicate that profound immunosuppression is one of the chronic consequences of severe sepsis. This immune dysfunction encompasses deficiencies in activation of cells in both the myeloid and lymphoid cell lineages. As a result, survivors of severe sepsis are at risk of succumbing to infections perpetrated by opportunistic pathogens that are normally controlled by a fully functioning immune system. Recent studies have indicated that epigenetic mechanisms may be one driving force behind this immunosuppression, through suppression of proinflammatory gene production and subsequent immune cell activation, proliferation and effector function. A better understanding of epigenetics and post-septic immunosuppression can improve our diagnostic tools and may be an important potential source of novel molecular targets for new therapies. This review will discuss important pathways of immune cell activation affected by severe sepsis, and highlight pathways of epigenetic regulation that may be involved in post-septic immunosuppression.
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- William F Carson
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
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Fukahori S, Matsuse H, Tsuchida T, Kawano T, Tomari S, Fukushima C, Kohno S. Aspergillus fumigatus regulates mite allergen-pulsed dendritic cells in the development of asthma. Clin Exp Allergy 2011; 40:1507-15. [PMID: 20412133 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role in allergic asthma development of the immune response against fungi with concomitant exposure to other common aeroallergens has yet to be determined. In particular, there is little understanding of how inhaled fungi affect the host response to mite allergens. OBJECTIVE To characterize the in vitro and in vivo effects of concurrent exposure of Aspergillus fumigatus (Af) and Dermatophagoides farinae (Derf) on dendritic cells (DCs) in the development of allergic asthma. METHODS Murine bone marrow-derived DCs were pulsed with Derf and/or live or heat-inactivated Af. Cytokine production and the expression of pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) were determined in vitro. Subsequently, these DCs were inoculated into the airway of naïve mice to assess the development of allergic airway inflammation in vivo. The effect of antibodies against PRRs was also evaluated. RESULTS Live Af significantly enhanced IL-10 production and the expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and Dectin-1 in Derf-pulsed DCs. Live Af infection significantly attenuated Derf-pulsed DC-induced allergic airway inflammation in vivo. Antibodies against either TLR2 or Dectin-1 significantly reversed the inhibitory effects of live Af in the development of Derf-pulsed DC-induced allergic airway inflammation. CONCLUSION Concurrent exposure of DCs to fungal antigens has profound influences on the subsequent mite allergen-induced allergic airway inflammation. Live Af could regulate the functions of airway DCs in the development of mite allergen-induced allergic airway inflammation via regulation of their PRRs. Our results suggest that concurrent exposure to pathogens such as fungi and mite allergens has profound influences on the subsequent allergen-induced allergic airway inflammation. Furthermore, modulating PRR signalling could provide a therapeutic regimen for the development of asthma.
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- S Fukahori
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
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Morton CO, Varga JJ, Hornbach A, Mezger M, Sennefelder H, Kneitz S, Kurzai O, Krappmann S, Einsele H, Nierman WC, Rogers TR, Loeffler J. The temporal dynamics of differential gene expression in Aspergillus fumigatus interacting with human immature dendritic cells in vitro. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16016. [PMID: 21264256 PMCID: PMC3021540 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are the most important antigen presenting cells and play a pivotal role in host immunity to infectious agents by acting as a bridge between the innate and adaptive immune systems. Monocyte-derived immature DCs (iDC) were infected with viable resting conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus (Af293) for 12 hours at an MOI of 5; cells were sampled every three hours. RNA was extracted from both organisms at each time point and hybridised to microarrays. iDC cell death increased at 6 h in the presence of A. fumigatus which coincided with fungal germ tube emergence; >80% of conidia were associated with iDC. Over the time course A. fumigatus differentially regulated 210 genes, FunCat analysis indicated significant up-regulation of genes involved in fermentation, drug transport, pathogenesis and response to oxidative stress. Genes related to cytotoxicity were differentially regulated but the gliotoxin biosynthesis genes were down regulated over the time course, while Aspf1 was up-regulated at 9 h and 12 h. There was an up-regulation of genes in the subtelomeric regions of the genome as the interaction progressed. The genes up-regulated by iDC in the presence of A. fumigatus indicated that they were producing a pro-inflammatory response which was consistent with previous transcriptome studies of iDC interacting with A. fumigatus germ tubes. This study shows that A. fumigatus adapts to phagocytosis by iDCs by utilising genes that allow it to survive the interaction rather than just up-regulation of specific virulence genes.
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- Charles O. Morton
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Medizinische Klinik and Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik and Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik and Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Labor für Microarray Anwendungen, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Würzburg, Germany
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- Septomics Research Centre, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik and Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Medizinische Klinik and Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Gafa V, Remoli ME, Giacomini E, Severa M, Grillot R, Coccia EM. Enhancement of anti-Aspergillus T helper type 1 response by interferon-β-conditioned dendritic cells. Immunology 2011; 131:282-8. [PMID: 20518826 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03302.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Although data show the importance of type I interferons (IFNs) in the regulation of the innate and adaptive immunity elicited in response to viral, bacterial and parasitic infections, the functional activities of these cytokines during fungal infections are poorly understood. We examined here the impact of IFN-β on the response of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) infected in vitro with Aspergillus fumigatus. Having found that A. fumigatus-infected DCs do not express IFN-β, we evaluated the effect of the exogenous addition of IFN-β on the maturation of human DCs induced by the infection with A. fumigatus conidia. Although the phagocytosis of the fungus was not affected by IFN-β treatment, the expression of CD86 and CD83 induced upon A. fumigatus challenge was enhanced in IFN-β-conditioned DCs, which also showed an increased expression of IL-27 and IL-12p70, members of IL-12 family. Through these modifications, IFN-β improved the capacity of DCs to promote an anti-Aspergillus T helper type 1 response, as evaluated by mixed leucocyte reaction, which plays a crucial role in the control of invasive aspergillosis. Our results identified a novel effect of IFN-β on anti-Aspergillus immune responses which, in turn, might open new perspectives on the use of IFN-β in immunotherapy for fungal infections aimed at enhancing the immunological functions of DCs.
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- Valérie Gafa
- Department of Infectious, Parasitic, Immuno-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
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Sieve AN, Meeks KD, Lee S, Berg RE. A novel immunoregulatory function for IL-23: Inhibition of IL-12-dependent IFN-γ production. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:2236-47. [PMID: 20458705 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Most studies investigating the function of IL-23 have concluded that it promotes IL-17-secreting T cells. Although some reports have also characterized IL-23 as having redundant pro-inflammatory effects with IL-12, we have instead found that IL-23 antagonizes IL-12-induced secretion of IFN-γ. When splenocytes or purified populations of T cells were cultured with IL-23, IFN-γ secretion in response to IL-12 was dramatically reduced. The impact of IL-23 was most prominent in CD8(+) T cells, but was also observed in NK and CD4(+) T cells. Mechanistically, the IL-23 receptor was not required for this phenomenon, and IL-23 inhibited signaling through the IL-12 receptor by reducing IL-12-induced signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) phosphorylation. IL-23 was also able to reduce IFN-γ secretion by antagonizing endogenously produced IL-12 from Listeria monocytogenes (LM)-infected macrophages. In vivo, LM infection induced higher serum IFN-γ levels and a greater percentage of IFN-γ(+)CD8(+) T cells in IL-23p19-deficient mice as compared with WT mice. This increase in IFN-γ production coincided with increased LM clearance at days 2 and 3 post-infection. Our data suggest that IL-23 may be a key factor in determining the responsiveness of lymphocytes to IL-12 and their subsequent secretion of IFN-γ.
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- Amy N Sieve
- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, The University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Coevolution of TH1, TH2, and TH17 responses during repeated pulmonary exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus conidia. Infect Immun 2010; 79:125-35. [PMID: 21041495 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00508-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous airborne fungus, can cause invasive infection in immunocompromised individuals but also triggers allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a subset of otherwise healthy individuals repeatedly exposed to the organism. This study addresses a critical gap in our understanding of the immunoregulation in response to repeated exposure to A. fumigatus conidia. C57BL/6 mice were challenged intranasally with A. fumigatus conidia weekly, and leukocyte composition, activation, and cytokine production were examined after two, four, and eight challenges. Approximately 99% of A. fumigatus conidia were cleared within 24 h after inoculation, and repeated exposure to A. fumigatus conidia did not result in hyphal growth or accumulation of conidia with time. After 2 challenges, there was an early influx of neutrophils and regulatory T (T(reg)) cells into the lungs but minimal inflammation. Repeated exposure promoted sustained expansion of the draining lymph nodes, while the influx of eosinophils and other myeloid cells into the lungs peaked after four exposures and then decreased despite continued A. fumigatus challenges. Goblet cell metaplasia and low-level fibrosis were evident during the response. Repeated exposure to A. fumigatus conidia induced T cell activation in the lungs and the codevelopment by four exposures of T(H)1, T(H)2, and T(H)17 responses in the lungs, which were maintained through eight exposures. Changes in CD4 T cell polarization or T(reg) numbers did not account for the reduction in myeloid cell numbers later in the response, suggesting a non-T-cell regulatory pathway involved in dampening inflammation during repeated exposure to A. fumigatus conidia.
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Nogueira LJ, de Resende MA, Oliveira SR, de Araújo MH, Magalhães TFF, de Oliveira MB, Martins CVB, Lopes MTP, Araújo e Silva AC, Donnici CL. In vitro susceptibility of Aspergillus spp. to dithiocarbamate organoruthenium compounds. Mycoses 2010; 54:e323-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01914.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gomez P, Hackett TL, Moore MM, Knight DA, Tebbutt SJ. Functional genomics of human bronchial epithelial cells directly interacting with conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:358. [PMID: 20525375 PMCID: PMC2897809 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) is a ubiquitous fungus which reproduces asexually by releasing abundant airborne conidia (spores), which are easily respirable. In allergic and immunocompromised individuals A. fumigatus can cause a wide spectrum of diseases, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma and invasive aspergillosis. Previous studies have demonstrated that A. fumigatus conidia are internalized by macrophages and lung epithelial cells; however the exact transcriptional responses of airway epithelial cells to conidia are currently unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the transcriptomic response of the human bronchial epithelial cell line (16HBE14o-) following interaction with A. fumigatus conidia. We used fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to separate 16HBE14o- cells having bound and/or internalized A. fumigatus conidia expressing green fluorescent protein from cells without spores. Total RNA was then isolated and the transcriptome of 16HBE14o- cells was evaluated using Agilent Whole Human Genome microarrays. Results Immunofluorescent staining and nystatin protection assays demonstrated that 16HBE14o- cells internalized 30-50% of bound conidia within six hrs of co-incubation. After FAC-sorting of the same cell culture to separate cells associated with conidia from those without conidia, genome-wide analysis revealed a set of 889 genes showing differential expression in cells with conidia. Specifically, these 16HBE14o- cells had increased levels of transcripts from genes associated with repair and inflammatory processes (e.g., matrix metalloproteinases, chemokines, and glutathione S-transferase). In addition, the differentially expressed genes were significantly enriched for Gene Ontology terms including: chromatin assembly, G-protein-coupled receptor binding, chemokine activity, and glutathione metabolic process (up-regulated); cell cycle phase, mitosis, and intracellular organelle (down-regulated). Conclusions We demonstrate a methodology using FACs for analyzing the transcriptome of infected and uninfected cells from the same cell population that will provide a framework for future characterization of the specific interactions between pathogens such as A. fumigatus with human cells derived from individuals with or without underlying disease susceptibility.
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- Pol Gomez
- UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart + Lung Institute, St, Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Zhang R, Xing M, Ji X, Gu L, Yang X, Wang H, Jiang P. Interferon-α and Interleukin-6 in SLE serum induce the differentiation and maturation of dendritic cells derived from CD34+ hematopoietic precursor cells. Cytokine 2010; 50:195-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2010.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2009] [Revised: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Black M, Trent A, Tirrell M, Olive C. Advances in the design and delivery of peptide subunit vaccines with a focus on toll-like receptor agonists. Expert Rev Vaccines 2010; 9:157-73. [PMID: 20109027 DOI: 10.1586/erv.09.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Considerable success has been made with many peptide antigen formulations, and peptide-based vaccines are emerging as the next generation of prophylactic and remedial immunotherapy. However, finding an optimal platform balancing all of the requirements for an effective, specific and safe immune response remains a major challenge for many infectious and chronic diseases. This review outlines how peptide immunogenicity is influenced by the way in which peptides are presented to the immune system, underscoring the need for multifunctional delivery systems that couple antigen and adjuvant into a single construct. Particular attention is given to the ability of Toll-like receptor agonists to act as adjuvants. A survey of recent approaches to developing peptide antigen delivery systems is given, many of which incorporate Toll-like receptor agonists into the design.
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- Matthew Black
- University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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Intranasally delivered siRNA targeting PI3K/Akt/mTOR inflammatory pathways protects from aspergillosis. Mucosal Immunol 2010; 3:193-205. [PMID: 19924119 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2009.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Innate responses combine with adaptive immunity to generate the most effective form of anti-Aspergillus immune resistance. Although some degree of inflammation is required for protection, progressive inflammation may worsen disease and ultimately prevents pathogen eradication. To define molecular pathways leading to or diverting from pathogenic inflammation in infection, we resorted to dendritic cells (DCs), known to activate distinct signaling pathways in response to pathogens. We found that distinct intracellular pathways mediated the sensing of conidia and hyphae by lung DCs in vitro, which translate in vivo in the activation of protective Th1/Treg responses by conidia or inflammatory Th2/Th17 responses by hyphae. In vivo targeting inflammatory (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) or anti-inflammatory (STAT3/IDO) DC pathways by intranasally delivered small interfering RNA (siRNA) accordingly modified inflammation and immunity to infection. Thus, the screening of signaling pathways in DCs through a systems biology approach may be exploited for the development of siRNA therapeutics to attenuate inflammation in respiratory fungal infections and diseases.
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Immunomodulation Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis: Discussion on Myeloid Growth Factors, Recombinant Cytokines, and Antifungal Drug Immune Modulation. CURRENT FUNGAL INFECTION REPORTS 2010; 4:1-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s12281-010-0006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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All humans are continuously exposed to inhaled Aspergillus conidia, yet healthy hosts clear the organism without developing disease and without the development of antibody- or cell-mediated acquired immunity to this organism. This suggests that for most healthy humans, innate immunity is sufficient to clear the organism. A failure of these defenses results in a uniquely diverse set of illnesses caused by Aspergillus species, which includes diseases caused by the colonization of the respiratory tract, invasive infection, and hypersensitivity. A key concept in immune responses to Aspergillus species is that the susceptibilities of the host determine the morphological form, antigenic structure, and physical location of the fungus. In this review, we summarize the current literature on the multiple layers of innate defenses against Aspergillus species that dictate the outcome of this host-microbe interaction.
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Hartigan AJ, Westwick J, Jarai G, Hogaboam CM. CCR7 Deficiency on Dendritic Cells Enhances Fungal Clearance in a Murine Model of Pulmonary Invasive Aspergillosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:5171-9. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Immune responses of human immature dendritic cells can be modulated by the recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus antigen Aspf1. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2009; 16:1485-92. [PMID: 19675222 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00175-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Invasive aspergillosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients after stem cell transplantation, in solid organ transplant recipients, and in patients with hematological malignancies. The interactions between human immature dendritic cells (iDCs) and Aspergillus fumigatus antigens are widely uncharacterized. We analyzed the immune response of iDCs to different recombinant A. fumigatus antigens (Aspf1 and Crf1). One of these antigens, the 18-kDa RNase Aspf1, triggered the increased level of expression of genes encoding proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, and augmented the activation of NFkappaB and the apoptosis of iDCs. Furthermore, by fluorescence microscopy, we could demonstrate that in the first 3 h a major portion of Aspf1 accumulates on the cell surface. Finally, we could show an increased segregation of cytokines and chemokines after the stimulation of iDCs by an Aspf1 deletion mutant strain of A. fumigatus.
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