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Jouault T. [Exposome, a vast field to explore]. Med Sci (Paris) 2021; 37:773. [PMID: 34491184 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2021117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Thierry Jouault
- Coordinateur de la Série, Rédacteur en chef adjoint de médecine/sciences
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- Thierry Jouault
- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - Infinite Institut de recherche translationnelle en inflammation F-59000 Lille, France - Rédacteur en chef adjoint de médecine/sciences,
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- Département de la recherche et de l'enseignement musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac 222 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris, France - Laboratoire Anthropologie, Archéologie, Biologie (LAAB) Université Paris-Saclay (UVSQ), UFR des Sciences de la Santé 2 avenue de la source de la Bièvre 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France - Fondation Anthropologie, Archéologie, Biologie (FAAB) Institut de France, 23 quai de Conti, 75007 Paris, France
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- Jacques Haiech
- CNRS UMR7242 BSC, ESBS, 300 Bd Sébastien Brant, CS 10413, 67412 Illkirch cedex, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286 - Infinite - Institut de recherche translationnelle en Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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Abstract
Pour éclairer la série que nous vous proposons, il nous a semblé important de rappeler les règles définissant ce que sont les organismes-modèles ainsi que la réglementation en vigueur quant à leur utilisation en recherche biomédicale. Les études in vitro ou ex vivo, sur cellules ou tissus, ou les analyses in silico ne permettent pas d’aborder des problématiques complexes. Elles sont certes utiles pour des analyses mécanistiques, mais ne permettent pas l’étude de réponses biologiques intégrées qui nécessitent l’analyse d’un organisme entier. Ces organismes sont soumis à une réglementation stricte. Elle les distingue selon qu’ils sont vertébrés ou invertébrés. Si les mammifères modélisent nombre de pathologies humaines, certains organismes simples permettent également de mener ce type d’études et de répondre à des questions liées à la génétique. Leur intérêt est leur rapidité et leur capacité de reproduction qui facilitent les expérimentations. Le poisson zèbre en est un bon exemple avec les nombreuses versions de morphants qui ont été développés et qui ont permis de révéler les conséquences d’altérations génomiques sur un phénotype particulier. Cet organisme-modèle est donc particulièrement utilisé pour l’étude de pathologies monogéniques ou pour déterminer le rôle d’un gène dans l’étiologie de diverses pathologies. La transparence du poisson zèbre rend de plus les investigations plus faciles. Caenorhabditis elegans est également un excellent modèle d’organisme simple et qui, contrairement au poisson zèbre, ne relève pas de la réglementation concernant l’expérimentation animale. Son utilisation est ainsi, comme pour les insectes, plus aisée.
Connaître les différences entre les organismes-modèles, leurs avantages et leurs limites, et les règles dictant leur utilisation est donc primordial pour la réalisation d’expérimentations qui restent nécessaires à l’acquisition de nouvelles connaissances dans le domaine de la biologie et de la santé.
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Znaidi S, van Wijlick L, Hernández‐Cervantes A, Sertour N, Desseyn J, Vincent F, Atanassova R, Gouyer V, Munro CA, Bachellier‐Bassi S, Dalle F, Jouault T, Bougnoux M, d'Enfert C. Systematic gene overexpression in Candida albicans identifies a regulator of early adaptation to the mammalian gut. Cell Microbiol 2018; 20:e12890. [PMID: 29998470 PMCID: PMC6220992 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Candida albicans is part of the human gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota. To better understand how C. albicans efficiently establishes GI colonisation, we competitively challenged growth of 572 signature-tagged strains (~10% genome coverage), each conditionally overexpressing a single gene, in the murine gut. We identified CRZ2, a transcription factor whose overexpression and deletion respectively increased and decreased early GI colonisation. Using clues from genome-wide expression and gene-set enrichment analyses, we found that the optimal activity of Crz2p occurs under hypoxia at 37°C, as evidenced by both phenotypic and transcriptomic analyses following CRZ2 genetic perturbation. Consistent with early colonisation of the GI tract, we show that CRZ2 overexpression confers resistance to acidic pH and bile salts, suggesting an adaptation to the upper sections of the gut. Genome-wide location analyses revealed that Crz2p directly modulates the expression of many mannosyltransferase- and cell-wall protein-encoding genes, suggesting a link with cell-wall function. We show that CRZ2 overexpression alters cell-wall phosphomannan abundance and increases sensitivity to tunicamycin, suggesting a role in protein glycosylation. Our study reflects the powerful use of gene overexpression as a complementary approach to gene deletion to identify relevant biological pathways involved in C. albicans interaction with the host environment.
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- Sadri Znaidi
- Institut Pasteur, INRAUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité FongiquesParisFrance
- Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El ManarLaboratoire de Microbiologie Moléculaire, Vaccinologie et Développement BiotechnologiqueTunisTunisia
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- Institut Pasteur, INRAUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité FongiquesParisFrance
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- Institut Pasteur, INRAUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité FongiquesParisFrance
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- Lille Inflammation Research International Center, UMR 995 InsermUniversité Lille 2, Faculté de MédecineLilleFrance
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- Lille Inflammation Research International Center, UMR 995 InsermUniversité Lille 2, Faculté de MédecineLilleFrance
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical SciencesUniversity of AberdeenAberdeenUK
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- UMR 1347Université de BourgogneDijonFrance
- Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireService de Parasitologie MycologieDijonFrance
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- Lille Inflammation Research International Center, UMR 995 InsermUniversité Lille 2, Faculté de MédecineLilleFrance
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- Institut Pasteur, INRAUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité FongiquesParisFrance
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie‐Mycologie, Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker‐Enfants MaladesUniversité Paris Descartes, Faculté de MédecineParisFrance
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Hueso T, Coiteux V, Joncquel Chevalier Curt M, Labreuche J, Jouault T, Yakoub-Agha I, Seguy D. Citrulline and Monocyte-Derived Macrophage Reactivity before Conditioning Predict Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 23:913-921. [PMID: 28263922 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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During conditioning, intestinal damage induces microbial translocation which primes macrophage reactivity and leads to donor-derived T cell stimulation. Little is known about the role of intestinal health and macrophage reactivity before conditioning in the development of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). We assessed (1) citrulline, a surrogate marker of functional enterocyte mass and (2) circulating monocyte-derived macrophage reactivity, before allo-HCT. Forty-seven consecutive patients were prospectively included. Citrulline levels from blood samples withdrawn 30 days before transplantation were assessed using liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry. Monocyte-derived macrophages were isolated and incubated with 5 pathogen-associated molecular patterns: lipopolysaccharide, PamCSK4, flagellin, muramyl dipeptide, and curdlan. Multiplex fluorescent immunoassay on culture supernatant assessed levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 in each condition. Citrulline and cytokine levels were analyzed relatively to aGVHD onset within 100 days after transplantation. Citrulline levels were lower in the aGVHD group (n = 20) than in the no-aGVHD group (n = 27) (P = .005). Conversely, IL-6 and IL-10 were greater in aGVHD group, especially after curdlan stimulation (P = .005 and P = .012). Citrulline levels ≤20 µmol/L, IL-6 ≥ 332 pg/mL, and IL-10 ≥ 90 pg/mL were associated with aGVHD development (log-rank test, P = .002, P = .041, and P < .0001, respectively). In multivariate analysis, IL-10 ≥ 90 pg/mL, myeloablative conditioning, and citrulline ≤20 µmol/L remained independent factors of aGVHD development (hazard ratio [HR], 8.18, P = .0003; HR, 4.28, P = .006; and HR, 4.43, P = .01, respectively). Preconditioning citrulline and monocyte-derived macrophage reactivity are objective surrogate markers suitable to identify patients at risk of developing aGVHD. This work highlights the influence of preconditioning status in aGVHD development.
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- Thomas Hueso
- LIRIC UMR 995 Inserm, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- LIRIC UMR 995 Inserm, University of Lille, Lille, France; Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, CHU Lille, Lille, France
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- LIRIC UMR 995 Inserm, University of Lille, Lille, France; Department of Nutrition, CHU Lille, Lille, France.
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Choteau L, Vancraeyneste H, Le Roy D, Dubuquoy L, Romani L, Jouault T, Poulain D, Sendid B, Calandra T, Roger T, Jawhara S. Role of TLR1, TLR2 and TLR6 in the modulation of intestinal inflammation and Candida albicans elimination. Gut Pathog 2017; 9:9. [PMID: 28289440 PMCID: PMC5310049 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-017-0158-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the major pattern recognition receptors that mediate sensing of a wide range of microorganisms. TLR2 forms heterodimers with either TLR1 or TLR6, broadening its ligand diversity against pathogens. TLR1, TLR2 and TLR6 have been implicated in the recognition of Candida albicans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen that colonizes the gastrointestinal tract. In this study, we explored whether the deficiency in TLR1, TLR2 or TLR6 impacts C. albicans colonization and inflammation-associated colonic injury in the dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. Results DSS treatment and C. albicans challenge induced greater weight loss, worse clinical signs of inflammation, higher histopathologic scores, and increased mortality rates in TLR1−/− and TLR2−/− mice when compared to TLR6−/− and wild-type mice. The number of C. albicans colonies in the stomach, colon and feces was decreased in TLR6−/− mice as compared to TLR2−/−, TLR1−/− and wild-type mice. Interestingly, the population of E. coli in colonic luminal contents, intestinal permeability to FITC-dextran and cytokine expression were significantly increased in TLR1−/− and TLR2−/− mice, while they were decreased in TLR6−/− mice. Conclusion In contrast to TLR6, both TLR1 and TLR2 deficiencies increased intestinal inflammation, and the overgrowth of C. albicans and E. coli populations in the colitis model, suggesting the involvement of TLR1 and TLR2 in epithelial homeostasis, and a role of TLR6 in increasing intestinal inflammation in response to pathogen-sensing. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13099-017-0158-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Laura Choteau
- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France.,Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France.,Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France
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- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France.,Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France.,Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- INSERM U995/2, Université Lille Nord de France, 1 Place Verdun, 59000 Lille, France.,U995-LIRIC, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, University Lille2, 59000 Lille, France.,Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, CHU Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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Hueso T, Joncquel M, Magro L, Coiteux V, Jouault T, Yakoub-Agha I, Seguy D. OR40: Influence of Gut Health and Macrophages Reactivity before Conditioning Regimen in Acute Graft Versus Host Disease. Clin Nutr 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(16)30279-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Román E, Correia I, Salazin A, Fradin C, Jouault T, Poulain D, Liu FT, Pla J. The Cek1‑mediated MAP kinase pathway regulates exposure of α‑1,2 and β‑1,2‑mannosides in the cell wall of Candida albicans modulating immune recognition. Virulence 2016; 7:558-77. [PMID: 27191378 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1163458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The Cek1 MAP kinase (MAPK) mediates vegetative growth and cell wall biogenesis in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Alterations in the fungal cell wall caused by a defective Cek1‑mediated signaling pathway leads to increased β‑1,3‑glucan exposure influencing dectin‑1 fungal recognition by immune cells. We show here that cek1 cells also display an increased exposure of α‑1,2 and β‑1,2‑mannosides (α‑M and β‑M), a phenotype shared by strains defective in the activating MAPKK Hst7, suggesting a general defect in cell wall assembly. cek1 cells display walls with loosely bound material as revealed by transmission electron microscopy and are sensitive to tunicamycin, an inhibitor of N‑glycosylation. Transcriptomal analysis of tunicamycin treated cells revealed a differential pattern between cek1 and wild type cells which involved mainly cell wall and stress related genes. Mapping α‑M and β‑M epitopes in the mannoproteins of different cell wall fractions (CWMP) revealed an important shift in the molecular weight of the mannan derived from mutants defective in this MAPK pathway. We have also assessed the role of galectin‑3, a member of a β‑galactoside‑binding protein family shown to bind to and kill C. albicans through β‑M recognition, in the infection caused by cek1 mutants. Increased binding of cek1 to murine macrophages was shown to be partially blocked by lactose. Galectin-3(-/-) mice showed increased resistance to fungal infection, although galectin-3 did not account for the reduced virulence of cek1 mutants in a mouse model of systemic infection. All these data support a role for the Cek1‑mediated pathway in fungal cell wall maintenance, virulence and antifungal discovery.
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- E Román
- a Departamento de Microbiología II , Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- a Departamento de Microbiología II , Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- b Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U995 - LIRIC - Lille Inflammation Research International Center , Lille , France
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- b Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U995 - LIRIC - Lille Inflammation Research International Center , Lille , France
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- b Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U995 - LIRIC - Lille Inflammation Research International Center , Lille , France
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- b Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U995 - LIRIC - Lille Inflammation Research International Center , Lille , France
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- c Department of Dermatology , University of California, Davis, School of Medicine , Sacramento , CA , USA.,d Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica , Taipei , Taiwan
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- a Departamento de Microbiología II , Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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Courjol F, Jouault T, Mille C, Hall R, Maes E, Sendid B, Mallet JM, Guerardel Y, Gow NAR, Poulain D, Fradin C. β-1,2-Mannosyltransferases 1 and 3 Participate in Yeast and Hyphae O- and N-Linked Mannosylation and Alter Candida albicans Fitness During Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis 2015; 2:ofv116. [PMID: 26389126 PMCID: PMC4564806 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
β-1,2-mannosylation of Candida albicans glycoconjugates has been investigated through the identification of enzymes involved in the addition of β-1,2-oligomannosides (β-Mans) to phosphopeptidomannan and phospholipomannan. β-1,2-oligomannosides are supposed to have virulence properties that they confer to these glycoconjugates. In a previous study, we showed that cell wall mannoproteins (CWMPs) harbor β-Mans in their O-mannosides; therefore, we analyzed their biosynthesis and impact on virulence. In this study, we demonstrate that O-mannans are heterogeneous and that α-mannosylated O-mannosides, which are biosynthesized by Mnt1 and Mnt2 α-1,2-mannosyltransferases, can be modified with β-Mans but only at the nonreducing end of α-1,2-mannotriose. β-1,2-mannosylation of this O-mannotriose depends on growth conditions, and it involves 2 β-1,2-mannosyltransferases, Bmt1 and Bmt3. These Bmts are essential for β-1,2-mannosylation of CWMPs and expression of β-Mans on germ tubes. A bmt1Δ mutant and a mutant expressing no β-Mans unexpectedly disseminated more in BALB/c mice, whereas they had neither attenuated nor enhanced virulence in C57BL/6 mice. In galectin (Gal)3 knockout mice, the reference strain was more virulent than in C57BL/6 mice, suggesting that the β-Mans innate receptor Gal3 is involved in C. albicans fitness during infection.
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- Flavie Courjol
- Université de Lille ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille Inflammation Research International Center-Unité Mixte de Recherche 995 , France
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- Université de Lille ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille Inflammation Research International Center-Unité Mixte de Recherche 995 , France
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- Université de Lille ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille Inflammation Research International Center-Unité Mixte de Recherche 995 , France
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- Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences , Institute of Medical Sciences , University of Aberdeen , Foresterhill , United Kingdom
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- Université de Lille , Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576 , Villeneuve d'Ascq
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- Université de Lille ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille Inflammation Research International Center-Unité Mixte de Recherche 995 , France ; Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Centre Biologie et Pathologie
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- Laboratoire des Biomolécules Unité Mixte de Recherche 7203 , Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole Normale Supérieure , Paris , France
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- Université de Lille , Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique , Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576 , Villeneuve d'Ascq
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- Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences , Institute of Medical Sciences , University of Aberdeen , Foresterhill , United Kingdom
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- Université de Lille ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille Inflammation Research International Center-Unité Mixte de Recherche 995 , France ; Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Centre Biologie et Pathologie
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- Université de Lille ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lille Inflammation Research International Center-Unité Mixte de Recherche 995 , France
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Znaidi S, Cervantes AH, Desseyn JL, Sertour N, Vincent F, Gouyer V, Dalle F, Jouault T, Bougnoux MÉ, d’Enfert C. A highly parallel conditional overexpression screen, in vivo, identifies a new regulator of Candida albicans commensalism. J Mycol Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2015.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Corouge M, Loridant S, Fradin C, Salleron J, Damiens S, Moragues MD, Souplet V, Jouault T, Robert R, Dubucquoi S, Sendid B, Colombel JF, Poulain D. Humoral immunity links Candida albicans infection and celiac disease. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121776. [PMID: 25793717 PMCID: PMC4368562 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Objective The protein Hwp1, expressed on the pathogenic phase of Candida albicans, presents sequence analogy with the gluten protein gliadin and is also a substrate for transglutaminase. This had led to the suggestion that C. albicans infection (CI) may be a triggering factor for Celiac disease (CeD) onset. We investigated cross-immune reactivity between CeD and CI. Methods Serum IgG levels against recombinant Hwp1 and serological markers of CeD were measured in 87 CeD patients, 41 CI patients, and 98 healthy controls (HC). IgA and IgG were also measured in 20 individuals from each of these groups using microchips sensitized with 38 peptides designed from the N-terminal of Hwp1. Results CI and CeD patients had higher levels of anti-Hwp1 (p=0.0005 and p=0.004) and anti-gliadin (p=0.002 and p=0.0009) antibodies than HC but there was no significant difference between CeD and CI patients. CeD and CI patients had higher levels of anti-transglutaminase IgA than HC (p=0.0001 and p=0.0039). During CI, the increase in anti-Hwp1 paralleled the increase in anti-gliadin antibodies. Microchip analysis showed that CeD patients were more reactive against some Hwp1 peptides than CI patients, and that some deamidated peptides were more reactive than their native analogs. Binding of IgG from CeD patients to Hwp1 peptides was inhibited by γIII gliadin peptides. Conclusions Humoral cross-reactivity between Hwp1 and gliadin was observed during CeD and CI. Increased reactivity to Hwp1 deamidated peptide suggests that transglutaminase is involved in this interplay. These results support the hypothesis that CI may trigger CeD onset in genetically-susceptible individuals.
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- Marion Corouge
- Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- UDSL, Lille, France
- Service des Maladies de l’Appareil Digestif et de la Nutrition, Lille, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- UDSL, Lille, France
- INSERM U995, Lille, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- UDSL, Lille, France
- EA2694, Lille, France
- Pôle de Santé Publique Registre INSERM/InVS EPIMAD, Lille, France
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- Departamento de Enfermeria 1, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermeria, Universidad del Pais Vasco, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Innobiochips, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, 59000 Lille, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- UDSL, Lille, France
- INSERM U995, Lille, France
- CHRU, Lille, France
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- Groupe d’Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène, UPRES-EA 3142, Université d’Angers, Angers, France
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- CHRU, Lille, France
- Institut d’Immunologie, Pôle de Biologie, Lille, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- UDSL, Lille, France
- INSERM U995, Lille, France
- Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Institut de Microbiologie, Lille, France
- CHRU, Lille, France
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- Service des Maladies de l’Appareil Digestif et de la Nutrition, Lille, France
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
- UDSL, Lille, France
- INSERM U995, Lille, France
- Service de Parasitologie Mycologie, Institut de Microbiologie, Lille, France
- CHRU, Lille, France
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Fradin C, Bernardes ES, Jouault T. Candida albicans phospholipomannan: a sweet spot for controlling host response/inflammation. Semin Immunopathol 2014; 37:123-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00281-014-0461-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Choteau L, Dubuquoy L, Takahashi K, Colombel JF, Poulain D, Jouault T, Sendid B, Jawhara S. Mannose binding lectin modulates intestinal inflammation and Candida albicans colonization in mice. J Mycol Med 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2014.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jawhara S, Choteau L, Dubuquoy L, Vanderkerkove P, Fontaine T, Guerardel Y, Sendid B, Jouault T, Poulain D. Analyse expérimentale de la colonisation intestinale par Candida albicans et modulation de la réponse immuno-inflammatoire de l’hôte. J Mycol Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gerard R, Sendid B, Colombel JF, Poulain D, Jouault T. An immunological link betweenCandida albicanscolonization and Crohn’s disease. Crit Rev Microbiol 2013; 41:135-9. [DOI: 10.3109/1040841x.2013.810587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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El-Kirat-Chatel S, Beaussart A, Alsteens D, Sarazin A, Jouault T, Dufrêne YF. Single-molecule analysis of the major glycopolymers of pathogenic and non-pathogenic yeast cells. Nanoscale 2013; 5:4855-4863. [PMID: 23615555 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr00813d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Most microbes are coated with carbohydrates that show remarkable structural variability and play a crucial role in mediating microbial-host interactions. Understanding the functions of cell wall glycoconjugates requires detailed knowledge of their molecular organization, diversity and heterogeneity. Here we use atomic force microscopy (AFM) with tips bearing specific probes (lectins, antibodies) to analyze the major glycopolymers of pathogenic and non-pathogenic yeast cells at molecular resolution. We show that non-ubiquitous β-1,2-mannans are largely exposed on the surface of native cells from pathogenic Candida albicans and C. glabrata, the former species displaying the highest glycopolymer density and extensions. We also find that chitin, a major component of the inner layer of the yeast cell wall, is much more abundant in C. albicans. These differences in molecular properties, further supported by flow cytometry measurements, may play an important role in strengthening cell wall mechanics and immune interactions. This study demonstrates that single-molecule AFM, combined with immunological and fluorescence methods, is a powerful platform in fungal glycobiology for probing the density, distribution and extension of specific cell wall glycoconjugates. In nanomedicine, we anticipate that this new form of AFM-based nanoglycobiology will contribute to the development of sugar-based drugs, immunotherapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics.
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- Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel
- Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Life Sciences, Croix du Sud, 1, bte L7.04.01., B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Vasseur F, Sendid B, Broly F, Gower-Rousseau C, Sarazin A, Standaert-Vitse A, Colombel JF, Poulain D, Jouault T. The CARD8 p.C10X mutation associates with a low anti-glycans antibody response in patients with Crohn's disease. BMC Med Genet 2013; 14:35. [PMID: 23506543 PMCID: PMC3608972 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Crohn's disease (CD) is associated with elevated anti-glycans antibody response in 60% of CD patients, and 25% of healthy first-degree relatives (HFDRs), suggesting a genetic influence for this humoral response. In mice, anti-glucan antibody response depends on the NLRP3 inflammasome. Here, we explored the effect of mutated CARD8, a component of the inflammasome, on anti-glycans antibody response in human. METHODS The association between p.C10X mutation (rs2043211) of the CARD8 gene and the levels of anti-glycans antibody response was examined in 39 CD families. The family-based QTDT association test was used to test for the genetic association between CARD8 p.C10X mutation and anti-glycan antibodies in the pedigrees. The difference in antibody responses determined by ELISA was tested in a subgroup of CD probands (one per family) and in a subgroup of HFDRs using the Wilcoxon Kruskal Wallis non-parametric test. RESULTS The QTDT familial transmission tests showed that the p.C10X mutation of CARD8 was significantly associated with lower levels of antibody to mannans and glucans but not chitin (p=0.024, p=0.0028 and p=0.577, for ASCA, ALCA and ACCA, respectively). These associations were independent of NOD2 and NOD1 genetic backgrounds. The p.C10X mutation significantly associated or displayed a trend toward lower ASCA and ALCA levels (p=0.038 and p=0.08, respectively) only in the subgroup of CD probands. Such associations were not significant for ACCA levels in both subgroups of CD probands and of HFDRs. CONCLUSION Our results show that ASCA and ALCA but not ACCA levels are under the influence of CARD8 genotype. Alteration of CARD8, a component of inflammasome, is associated with lower levels of antibodies directed to mannans and glucans at least in CD patients.
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Damiens S, Danze PM, Drucbert AS, Choteau L, Jouault T, Poulain D, Sendid B. Characterization of the recognition of Candida species by mannose-binding lectin using surface plasmon resonance. Analyst 2013; 138:2477-82. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an36670g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Damiens S, Poissy J, François N, Salleron J, Jawhara S, Jouault T, Poulain D, Sendid B. Mannose-binding lectin levels and variation during invasive candidiasis. J Clin Immunol 2012; 32:1317-23. [PMID: 22833166 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-012-9748-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The high morbi-mortality associated with invasive candidiasis (IC) is a persistent problem in hospitals. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) plays a role in innate immunity through its interaction with mannosylated molecules of Candida albicans. A correlation between MBL deficiency and vulvovaginal candidiasis or peritonitis has been reported. We investigated circulating MBL levels and their evolution during the course of IC. Sixty-eight patients with proven IC, 82 hospitalized patients (HP) without evidence of infection, and 70 healthy subjects (HS) were studied in order to examine the relationship between serum MBL and IC. Serum MBL levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). MBL levels were significantly higher in IC patients than in HP and HS (p < 0.0001, p < 0.0055, respectively). A change in MBL concentrations was observed during the course of IC, with a dramatic decrease during the 2 days before positive blood culture sampling. This decrease was concomitant with the presence of high levels of circulating mannan (Mn). Like MBL levels, anti-mannan antibodies (AMn) increased after the mannanemia/blood culture period. These findings suggest a possible role of MBL during the early stage of IC. The mechanisms that regulate these observations in terms of effect and consequences on innate and adaptive immunity and the prognosis of IC require further investigation.
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Mille C, Fradin C, Delplace F, Trinel PA, Masset A, François N, Coddeville B, Bobrowicz P, Jouault T, Guerardel Y, Wildt S, Janbon G, Poulain D. Members 5 and 6 of the Candida albicans BMT family encode enzymes acting specifically on β-mannosylation of the phospholipomannan cell-wall glycosphingolipid. Glycobiology 2012; 22:1332-42. [PMID: 22745283 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A family of nine genes encoding proteins involved in the synthesis of β-1,2 mannose adhesins of Candida albicans has been identified. Four of these genes, BMT1-4, encode enzymes acting stepwise to add β-mannoses on to cell-wall phosphopeptidomannan (PPM). None of these acts on phospholipomannan (PLM), a glycosphingolipid member of the mannose-inositol-phosphoceramide family, which contributes with PPM to β-mannose surface expression. We show that deletion of BMT5 and BMT6 led to a dramatic reduction of PLM glycosylation and accumulation of PLM with a truncated β-oligomannoside chain, respectively. Disruptions had no effect on sphingolipid biosynthesis and on PPM β-mannosylation. β-Mannose surface expression was not affected, confirming that β-mannosylation is a process based on specificity of acceptor molecules, but liable to global regulation.
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Vasseur F, Sendid B, Jouault T, Standaert-Vitse A, Dubuquoy L, Francois N, Gower-Rousseau C, Desreumaux P, Broly F, Vermeire S, Colombel JF, Poulain D. Variants of NOD1 and NOD2 genes display opposite associations with familial risk of Crohn's disease and anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody levels. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2012; 18:430-8. [PMID: 21739538 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND NOD2 is involved in Crohn's disease (CD), but the role of NOD1 remains unclear. Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) are higher in CD patients and some of their relatives. Using family-based analyses we investigated the relationships between NOD2 mutations, NOD1 +32656 variant, and both the risk of CD and ASCA levels. We compared allelic frequencies between families with multiple CD cases (multiplex), those with one case of CD (simplex), and control families, searching for a gradient of at risk alleles according to the prevalence of the disease among families. METHODS In all, 93 CD patients, 160 healthy relatives from 22 multiplex families, 22 CD patients and 81 healthy relatives from 22 simplex families, and 169 subjects from 27 control families were included in the study. ASCA levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. NOD1 +32656, NOD2 R702W, G908R, and 1007fs were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction / restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS In family-based analyses NOD2 mutations and the NOD1 wildtype allele were associated with CD in multiplex families, with a synergetic effect when risk alleles of both genes were transmitted. Lower ASCA levels were strongly associated with the NOD1 variant allele. Simplex families had a lower frequency of the "at risk" +32656 allele than multiplex families. CONCLUSIONS The +32656 variant was associated with low ASCA level and low risk of CD in multiplex families. NOD2 and NOD1 variants displayed antagonist effects on the risk of CD and ASCA level. A gradient of NOD1, NOD2 at-risk alleles was associated with the variable prevalence of CD in families.
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Martinez-Esparza M, Tapia-Abellan A, Vitse-Standaert A, Garcia-Penarrubia P, Arguelles JC, Poulain D, Jouault T. Glycoconjugate expression on the cell wall of tps1/tps1 trehalose-deficient Candida albicans strain and implications for its interaction with macrophages. Glycobiology 2011; 21:796-805. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Sarazin A, Poulain D, Jouault T. In vitropro- and anti-inflammatory responses to viableCandida albicansyeasts by a murine macrophage cell line. Med Mycol 2010; 48:912-21. [DOI: 10.3109/13693781003767592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Rehaume LM, Jouault T, Chamaillard M. Lessons from the inflammasome: a molecular sentry linking Candida and Crohn's disease. Trends Immunol 2010; 31:171-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2010.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Revised: 01/20/2010] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current research on Crohn's disease (CD) concerns molecular events related to loss of tolerance to microbes that could trigger or maintain inflammation in genetically susceptible individuals. CD is also associated with antimicrobial antibodies, including the antibodies we described against yeast oligomannosides (ASCA). This prompted us to investigate a role for another yeast, Candida albicans, a very common commensal of the human digestive tract and an important opportunistic pathogen. CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA It has been revealed that the major oligomannose epitopes supporting ASCA are expressed by C. albicans in human tissues, suggesting that C. albicans is the immunogen for ASCA. This link has been reinforced by the demonstration that novel serological markers of CD (ALCA and ACCA), consisting of antibodies against chitin and glucan (two components of the C. albicans cell wall), are also generated during C. albicans infection. Mycological investigation of families with multiple cases of CD shows that patients with CD and their healthy relatives are colonized with C. albicans more commonly than control families. In healthy relatives, C. albicans colonization correlates with ASCA levels, whereas the onset of CD is associated with ASCA stability and is independent of the C. albicans intestinal load. Experimental studies show that chemically-induced colitis promotes C. albicans colonization in mice. In turn, C. albicans colonization generates ASCA, increases inflammation, histological scores and pro-inflammatory cytokine expression. PERSPECTIVES Current investigations focus on interactions of TLRs and lectins with yeast epitopes that differently polarize the immune response to C. albicans cell wall glycans, which are the targets of an 'excessive' adaptive response associated with CD.
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- Daniel Poulain
- Université Lille Nord de France, UDSL, CHU Lille, Inserm U799, Inserm U795, Lille, France.
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Standaert-Vitse A, Sendid B, Joossens M, François N, Vandewalle-El Khoury P, Branche J, Van Kruiningen H, Jouault T, Rutgeerts P, Gower-Rousseau C, Libersa C, Neut C, Broly F, Chamaillard M, Vermeire S, Poulain D, Colombel JF. Candida albicans colonization and ASCA in familial Crohn's disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2009; 104:1745-53. [PMID: 19471251 DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCAs) are present in 50-60% of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and in 20-25% of their healthy relatives (HRs). The yeast, Candida albicans, has been shown to generate ASCAs, but the presence of C. albicans in the digestive tract of CD patients and their HRs has never been investigated. Therefore, we studied C. albicans carriage in familial CD and its correlation with ASCAs. METHODS Study groups consisted of 41 CD families composed of 129 patients and 113 HRs, and 14 control families composed of 76 individuals. Mouth swabs and stool specimens were collected for isolation, identification, and quantification of yeasts. Serum samples were collected for detection of ASCAs and anti-C. albicans mannan antibodies (ACMAs). RESULTS C. albicans was isolated significantly more frequently from stool samples from CD patients (44%) and their HRs (38%) than from controls (22%) (P<0.05). The prevalence of ACMAs was similar between CD patients, their HRs, and controls (22, 19, and 21%, respectively, P=0.845), whereas the prevalence of ASCAs was significantly increased in CD families (72 and 34% in CD and HRs, respectively, in contrast to 4% in controls, P<0.0001). AMCA levels correlated with C. albicans colonization in all populations. ASCA levels correlated with C. albicans colonization in HRs but not in CD patients. CONCLUSIONS CD patients and their first-degree HRs are more frequently and more heavily colonized by C. albicans than are controls. ASCAs correlate with C. albicans colonization in HRs but not in CD. In HRs, ASCAs could result from an altered immune response to C. albicans. In CD, a subsequent alteration in sensing C. albicans colonization could occur with disease onset.
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- Annie Standaert-Vitse
- INSERM, U799, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, Université de Lille 2, Lille, France
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Sendid B, Jouault T, Vitse A, Fradin C, Frédéri Colombel J, Poulain D. Glycannes pariétaux de levures et anticorps spécifiques. Med Sci (Paris) 2009; 25:473-81. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2009255473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Jouault T, Sarazin A, Martinez-Esparza M, Fradin C, Sendid B, Poulain D. Host responses to a versatile commensal: PAMPs and PRRs interplay leading to tolerance or infection by Candida albicans. Cell Microbiol 2009; 11:1007-15. [PMID: 19388906 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01318.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The molecular interactions between commensal microorganisms and their host are basically different from those triggered by pathogens since they involve tolerance. When the commensal is genetically equipped to become an opportunistic pathogen, as is the case with Candida albicans, the picture becomes more complex. In this case, the balance between protection and invasion depends on host reactivity to altered microbial expression of ligands interacting with innate immune sensors. Based on experimental evidence obtained with C. albicans, we discuss the different molecular processes involved in the sensing of this important opportunistic human pathogen by a panel of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) according to the numerous pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that can be exposed at its surface. Beneficial or deleterious immune responses that either maintain a commensal state or favour damage by the yeast result from this dynamic interplay.
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Jawhara S, Thuru X, Standaert-Vitse A, Jouault T, Mordon S, Sendid B, Desreumaux P, Poulain D. Colonization of mice by Candida albicans is promoted by chemically induced colitis and augments inflammatory responses through galectin-3. J Infect Dis 2008; 197:972-80. [PMID: 18419533 DOI: 10.1086/528990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the relationship between colonic inflammation and Candida albicans colonization. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is an intestinal lectin that binds to specific C. albicans glycans and is involved in inflammation. METHODS Colitis was experimentally induced in wild-type and Gal3(-/-) mice using dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) before oral administration of C. albicans. Yeast recovered from stools was quantified. The presence of yeast and inflammation were evaluated in sections of colon by histologic examination, quantification of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, and by gene expression for cytokines and innate immune receptors. Serum from mice was collected for determination of anti-yeast mannan antibodies, including anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA), which are biomarkers of an inflammatory bowel disease. RESULTS Inflammation strongly promoted C. albicans colonization. Conversely, C. albicans augmented inflammation induced by DSS, as assessed by histologic scores, MPO activity, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 expression. C. albicans colonization generated ASCA. The absence of Gal-3 reduced DSS inflammation and abolished the response of TLR-2 and TNF-alpha to C. albicans colonization. CONCLUSIONS DSS-induced colitis provides a model for establishing C. albicans colonization in mice. This model reveals that C. albicans augments inflammation and confirms the role of Gal-3 in both inflammation and the control of host responses to C. albicans.
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- Samir Jawhara
- Inserm U 799, Physiopathologie des Candidoses, Faculté de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 114, Université Lille 2, , Lille, France
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Breuilh L, Vanhoutte F, Fontaine J, van Stijn CMW, Tillie-Leblond I, Capron M, Faveeuw C, Jouault T, van Die I, Gosset P, Trottein F. Galectin-3 modulates immune and inflammatory responses during helminthic infection: impact of galectin-3 deficiency on the functions of dendritic cells. Infect Immun 2007; 75:5148-57. [PMID: 17785480 PMCID: PMC2168304 DOI: 10.1128/iai.02006-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a multifunctional beta-galactoside-binding lectin that senses self-derived and microbial glycoconjugates. Although Gal-3 is important in immune reactions and host defense in some experimental models, the function of Gal-3 during helminthic diseases (e.g., schistosomiasis) is still elusive. We show that, compared to wild-type Schistosoma mansoni-infected mice, infected Gal-3-/- mice have a reduced number of T and B lymphocytes in the spleen, develop reduced liver granulomas at 7 weeks (acute phase) and 14 weeks (chronic phase) postinfection, and mount a biased cellular and humoral Th1 response. In an attempt to understand this latter phenomenon, we studied the role of endogenous Gal-3 in dendritic cells (DCs), the most potent antigen-presenting cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Although Gal-3 deficiency in DCs does not impact their differentiation and maturation processes, it greatly influences the strength (but not the nature) of the adaptive immune response that they trigger, suggesting that Gal-3 deficiency in some other cell types may be important during murine schistosomiasis. As a whole, this study implies that Gal-3 is a modulator of the immune/inflammatory responses during helminthic infection and reveals for the first time that Gal-3 expression in DCs is pivotal to control the magnitude of T-lymphocyte priming.
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Martínez-Esparza M, Aguinaga A, González-Párraga P, García-Peñarrubia P, Jouault T, Argüelles JC. Role of trehalose in resistance to macrophage killing: study with a tps1/tps1 trehalose-deficient mutant of Candida albicans. Clin Microbiol Infect 2007; 13:384-94. [PMID: 17359322 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Accumulation of trehalose by yeast is an important protective mechanism against different stress conditions. This study examined the effect of trehalose on several growth features, as well as its association with the intracellular survival of yeasts exposed to macrophages. A tps1/tps1 mutant and its parental counterpart, CAI4, exhibited similar growth rates and preserved their dimorphic conversion and agglutination ability. However, electron-microscopy of cell-wall architecture showed a partial loss of material from the outer cell-wall layer in the tps1/tps1 mutant. Flow-cytometry revealed that the mutant had lower auto-fluorescence levels and a higher fluorescein isothiocynate staining efficiency. When co-cultured with macrophages, a slight reduction in binding to macrophages and slower ingestion kinetics were revealed for the tps1/tps1 mutant, but these did not interfere significantly with the amount of yeast ingested by macrophages after co-incubation for 2 h. Under the same conditions, CAI4 cells were more resistant to macrophage killing than was the tps1 null mutant, provided that the macrophages had been stimulated previously with interferon-gamma. Measurement of trehalose content and the anti-oxidant activities of yeast cells recovered after phagocytosis revealed that the trehalose content and the glutathione reductase activity were increased only in CAI4 cells, whereas levels of catalase activity were increased similarly in both strains. These results suggest that the presence of trehalose in Candida albicans is a contributory factor that protects the cell from injury caused by macrophages.
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- M Martínez-Esparza
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Medical School, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
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Jouault T, El Abed-El Behi M, Martínez-Esparza M, Breuilh L, Trinel PA, Chamaillard M, Trottein F, Poulain D. Specific recognition of Candida albicans by macrophages requires galectin-3 to discriminate Saccharomyces cerevisiae and needs association with TLR2 for signaling. J Immunol 2006; 177:4679-87. [PMID: 16982907 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.7.4679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Stimulation of cells of the macrophage lineage is a crucial step in the sensing of yeasts by the immune system. Glycans present in both Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell walls have been shown to act as ligands for different receptors leading to different stimulating pathways, some of which need receptor co-involvement. However, among these ligand-receptor couples, none has been shown to discriminate the pathogenic yeast C. albicans. We explored the role of galectin-3, which binds C. albicans beta-1,2 mannosides. These glycans are specifically and prominently expressed at the surface of C. albicans but not on S. cerevisiae. Using a mouse cell line and galectin-3-deleted cells from knockout mice, we demonstrated a specific enhancement of the cellular response to C. albicans compared with S. cerevisiae, which depended on galectin-3 expression. However, galectin-3 was not required for recognition and endocytosis of yeasts. In contrast, using PMA-induced differentiated THP-1, we observed that the presence of TLR2 was required for efficient uptake and endocytosis of both C. albicans and S. cerevisiae. TLR2 and galectin-3, which are expressed at the level of phagosomes containing C. albicans, were shown to be associated in differentiated macrophages after incubation with this sole species. These data suggest that macrophages differently sense C. albicans and S. cerevisiae through a mechanism involving TLR2 and galectin-3, which probably associate for binding of ligands expressing beta-1,2 mannosides specific to the C. albicans cell wall surface.
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- Thierry Jouault
- INSERM Unité 799 and Laboratoire Fondamentale et Appliquée, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Pôle Recherche, Place Verdun, 59037 Lille, France.
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Trinel PA, Delplace F, Maes E, Zanetta JP, Mille C, Coddeville B, Jouault T, Strecker G, Poulain D. Candida albicans serotype B strains synthesize a serotype-specific phospholipomannan overexpressing a beta-1,2-linked mannotriose. Mol Microbiol 2006; 58:984-98. [PMID: 16262785 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04890.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Candida albicans strains consist of serotypes A and B depending on the presence of terminal beta-1,2-linked mannose residues in the acid-stable part of serotype A phosphopeptidomannan (PPM). The distribution of C. albicans serotypes varies according to country and human host genetic and infectious backgrounds. However, these epidemiological traits have not yet been related to a phenotypically stable molecule as cell surface expression of the serotype A epitope depends on the growth conditions. We have shown that C. albicans serotype A associates beta-mannose residues with another molecule, phospholipomannan (PLM), which is a member of the mannoseinositolphosphoceramide family. In this study, PLM from serotype B strains was analysed in order to provide structural bases for the differences in molecular mass and antigenicity observed between PLMs from both serotypes. Through these analyses, carbon 10 was shown to be the location of a second hydroxylation of fatty acids previously unknown in fungal sphingolipids. Minor differences observed in the ceramide moiety appeared to be strain-dependent. More constant features of PLM from serotype B strains were the incorporation of greater amounts of phytosphingosine C20, a twofold reduced glycosylation of PLM and overexpression of a beta-1,2 mannotriose, the epitope of protective antibodies. This specific beta-mannosylation was observed even when growth conditions altered serotype A PPM-specific epitopes, confirming the potential of PLM as a phenotypically stable molecule for serotyping. This study also suggests that the regulation of beta-mannosyltransferases, which define specific immunomodulatory adhesins whose activity depends on the mannosyl chain length, are part of the genetic background that differentiates serotypes.
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- Pierre-André Trinel
- Inserm E0360, Physiopathologie des Candidoses, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, 59037, Lille Cedex, France
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Standaert-Vitse A, Jouault T, Vandewalle P, Mille C, Seddik M, Sendid B, Mallet JM, Colombel JF, Poulain D. Candida albicans is an immunogen for anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody markers of Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology 2006; 130:1764-75. [PMID: 16697740 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2005] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Antibodies directed against oligomannose sequences alpha-1,3 Man (alpha-1,2 Man alpha-1,2 Man)(n) (n = 1 or 2), termed anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCAs) are markers of Crohn's disease (CD). S. cerevisiae mannan, which expresses these haptens, is used to detect ASCA, but the exact immunogen for ASCA is unknown. Structural and genetic studies have shown that Candida albicans produces mannosyltransferase enzymes that can synthesize S cerevisiae oligomannose sequences depending on growth conditions. This study investigated whether C. albicans could act as an immunogen for ASCA. METHODS Sequential sera were collected from patients with CD, systemic candidiasis, and rabbits infected with C. albicans. Antibodies were purified by using chemically synthesized (Sigma) ASCA major epitopes. These affinity-purified antibodies and lectins were then used to analyze the expression of ASCA epitopes on molecular extracts and cell walls of C. albicans and S cerevisiae grown in various conditions. RESULTS In humans and rabbits, generation of ASCA was shown to be associated with the generation of anti-C. albicans antibodies resulting specifically from infection. By using affinity-purified antibodies, C. albicans was shown to express ASCA epitopes on mannoproteins similar to those of S. cerevisiae. By changing the growth conditions, C. albicans mannan was also able to mimic S. cerevisiae mannan in its ability to detect ASCA associated with CD. This overexpression of ASCA epitopes was achieved when C. albicans grew in human tissues. CONCLUSIONS C. albicans is one of several immunogens for ASCA and may be at the origin of an aberrant immune response in CD.
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Halfvarson J, Standaert-Vitse A, Järnerot G, Sendid B, Jouault T, Bodin L, Duhamel A, Colombel JF, Tysk C, Poulain D. Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies in twins with inflammatory bowel disease. Gut 2005; 54:1237-43. [PMID: 15863472 PMCID: PMC1774647 DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.066860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS An increased occurrence of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) is reported in unaffected members of families with Crohn's disease. Whether ASCA is a familial trait due to genetic factors or is caused by exposure to environmental factors is unknown. To assess the genetic influence of ASCA we studied its occurrence in a twin population. PATIENTS AND METHODS ASCA were analysed in 98 twin pairs with inflammatory bowel disease and were related to clinical phenotype and CARD15/NOD2 genotype. RESULTS ASCA were more common in Crohn's disease than in ulcerative colitis (40/70 (57%) twins v 5/43 (12%) twins). Associations with ileal Crohn's disease, stricturing/penetrating behaviour, and young age, but not CARD15/NOD2 were confirmed. ASCA were found in 1/20 (5%) healthy siblings in discordant monozygotic pairs with Crohn's disease compared with 7/27 (26%) in discordant dizygotic pairs. Using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), no agreement in ASCA titres was observed in discordant twin pairs with Crohn's disease, in monozygotic (ICC = -0.02) or dizygotic (ICC = -0.26) pairs. In contrast, strong agreement was seen within concordant monozygotic twin pairs with Crohn's disease (ICC = 0.76). CONCLUSIONS These findings question the concept of ASCA as a marker of genetic susceptibility for Crohn's disease. The agreement in ASCA titres within concordant monozygotic twin pairs with Crohn's disease, suggests that the level of increase is genetically determined. We propose that ASCA are a marker of a response to an environmental antigen and that a specific gene(s) other than CARD15/NOD2 determines the level of response and perhaps also specific phenotypic characteristics.
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- J Halfvarson
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro 70185, Sweden.
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Candida albicans has adapted to live on the mucosal surfaces of animals. The human species has accepted it. By contrast to numerous other commensals, C. albicans has a prominent ability to invade virtually all tissues of a host presenting with natural or acquired defects in homeostasis. C. albicans uses considerable energy to synthesize glycans, which are present either as polymers or as glyconjugates. These glycan molecules play a prominent role in the biology of C. albicans by controlling the structure and plasticity of the cell wall, and are also involved in yeast-host interactions. These glycans are recognized as 'non-self' by host innate and adaptative immunity. The signal they induce in the host depends on the 'glycan code', which is determined by the nature of the sugar, the anomer type of linkage and branching, and the length of the oligosaccharide chains. However, this model is not static because the nature of the C. albicans molecule carrying such glycan codes and their expression at the cell wall surface also determines the host response, and, in turn, the regulation of cell wall glycan arrangement dynamics in C. albicans depends on host stimuli. Candida glycans therefore play an important role in the continuous interchange that regulates the balance between saprophytism and parasitism, and resistance and infection. A goal of current research concerning the virulence attributes of C. albicans will be to determine to what extent this species is able to regulate its glycan code as a response to the host.
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- Daniel Poulain
- Equipe Inserm 0360, Physiopathologie des Candidoses, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Place de Verdun, 59045 Lille Cedex, France
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Mille C, Janbon G, Delplace F, Ibata-Ombetta S, Gaillardin C, Strecker G, Jouault T, Trinel PA, Poulain D. Inactivation of CaMIT1 inhibits Candida albicans phospholipomannan beta-mannosylation, reduces virulence, and alters cell wall protein beta-mannosylation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:47952-60. [PMID: 15347680 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405534200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Studies on Candida albicans phospholipomannan have suggested a novel biosynthetic pathway for yeast glycosphingolipids. This pathway is thought to diverge from the usual pathway at the mannose-inositol-phospho-ceramide (MIPC) step. To confirm this hypothesis, a C. albicans gene homologue for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SUR1 gene was identified and named MIT1 as it coded for GDP-mannose:inositol-phospho-ceramide mannose transferase. Two copies of this gene were disrupted. Western blots of cell extracts revealed that strain mit1Delta contained no PLM. Thin layer chromatography and mass spectrometry confirmed that mit1Delta did not synthesize MIPC, demonstrating a role of MIT1 in the mannosylation of C. albicans IPCs. As MIT1 disruption prevented downstream beta-1,2 mannosylation, mit1Delta represents a new C. albicans mutant affected in the expression of these specific virulence attributes, which act as adhesins/immunomodulators. mit1Delta was less virulent during both the acute and chronic phases of systemic infection in mice (75 and 50% reduction in mortality, respectively). In vitro, mit1Delta was not able to escape macrophage lysis through down-regulation of the ERK1/2 phosphorylation pathway previously shown to be triggered by PLM. Phenotypic analysis also revealed pleiotropic effects of MIT1 disruption. The most striking observation was a reduced beta-mannosylation of phosphopeptidomannan. Increased beta-mannosylation of mannoproteins was observed under growth conditions that prevented the association of beta-oligomannosides with phosphopeptidomannan, but not with PLM. This suggests that C. albicans has strong regulatory mechanisms associating beta-oligomannoses with different cell wall carrier molecules. These mechanisms and the impact of the different presentations of beta-oligomannoses on the host response need to be defined.
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- Celine Mille
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Equipe Inserm E0360, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, Place de Verdun, 59045 Lille Cedex, France
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Ibata-Ombetta S, Idziorek T, Trinel PA, Poulain D, Jouault T. Role of phospholipomannan in Candida albicans escape from macrophages and induction of cell apoptosis through regulation of bad phosphorylation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004; 1010:573-6. [PMID: 15033794 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Candida albicans, the most common opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans is a part of the normal microbial flora. To investigate host-parasite interaction related to the commensal-pathogen switch of this yeast we compared the response of macrophages to C. albicans and to the non-pathogenic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In contrast to S. cerevisiae, C. albicans survived within macrophages. This escape from macrophages was associated with qualitative differences in the sequential phosphorylation of MEK, ERK1/2, and p90RSK during phagocytosis. Decreased activation of this pathway was observed with C. albicans and was associated with a species-specific overexpression of the MEK phosphatase, MKP-1. Dysregulation of the ERK1/2/p90RSK signal transduction pathway by C. albicans was associated downstream with reduction in Bad phosphorylation, specifically at Ser-112, and disappearance of free Bcl-2. This ended at apoptosis of cells that have ingested C. albicans, as revealed by staining of phosphatidylserine exposure in the macrophage outer membrane. The role of phospholipomannan (PLM), a phylogenetically unique glycolipid with a phytoceramide moiety expressed at the surface of and shed by C. albicans, was examined. Addition of PLM to macrophages led to dysregulation similar to that observed with live C. albicans and promoted the survival of the sensitive S. cerevisiae within the cells. Evidence of externalization of membranous phosphatidylserine, loss of mitochondrial integrity, and DNA fragmentation after incubation of macrophages with PLM suggest that this molecule supported the activities observed with C. albicans yeast cells.
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- Stella Ibata-Ombetta
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Inserm EMI0360, Université de Lille II, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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Dalle F, Jouault T, Trinel PA, Esnault J, Mallet JM, d'Athis P, Poulain D, Bonnin A. Beta-1,2- and alpha-1,2-linked oligomannosides mediate adherence of Candida albicans blastospores to human enterocytes in vitro. Infect Immun 2004; 71:7061-8. [PMID: 14638796 PMCID: PMC308904 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.12.7061-7068.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Candida albicans is a commensal dimorphic yeast of the digestive tract that causes hematogenously disseminated infections in immunocompromised individuals. Endogenous invasive candidiasis develops from C. albicans adhering to the intestinal epithelium. Adherence is mediated by the cell wall surface, a domain composed essentially of mannopyranosyl residues bound to proteins, the N-linked moiety of which comprises sequences of alpha-1,2- and beta-1,2-linked mannose residues. Beta-1,2-linked mannosides are also associated with a glycolipid, phospholipomannan, at the C. albicans surface. In order to determine the roles of beta-1,2 and alpha-1,2 oligomannosides in the C. albicans-enterocyte interaction, we developed a model of adhesion of C. albicans VW32 blastospores to the apical regions of differentiated Caco-2 cells. Preincubation of yeasts with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for alpha-1,2 and beta-1,2 mannan epitopes resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in adhesion (50% of the control with a 60- micro g/ml MAb concentration). In competitive assays beta-1,2 and alpha-1,2 tetramannosides were the most potent carbohydrate inhibitors, with 50% inhibitory concentrations of 2.58 and 6.99 mM, respectively. Immunolocalization on infected monolayers with MAbs specific for alpha-1,2 and beta-1,2 oligomannosides showed that these epitopes were shed from the yeast to the enterocyte surface. Taken together, our data indicate that alpha-1,2 and beta-1,2 oligomannosides are involved in the C. albicans-enterocyte interaction and participate in the adhesion of the yeasts to the mucosal surface.
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- Fredéric Dalle
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon, France
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Sendid B, Jouault T, Coudriau R, Camus D, Odds F, Tabouret M, Poulain D. Increased sensitivity of mannanemia detection tests by joint detection of alpha- and beta-linked oligomannosides during experimental and human systemic candidiasis. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:164-71. [PMID: 14715748 PMCID: PMC321671 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.1.164-171.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2003] [Revised: 07/16/2003] [Accepted: 10/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An enzyme immunoassay (EIA)-the commercially available Platelia Candida antigen test-developed for the diagnosis of systemic candidiasis is based on the detection of alpha-linked oligomannose residues (alpha-Man) released from Candida cells into the serum. This test has good specificity but has to be repeated frequently because of the rapid clearance of detectable mannanemia. We have developed a second EIA based on detection of beta-linked oligomannoses (beta-Man), since beta-Man are linked to different Candida molecules and interact differently with the host immune system and endogenous lectins and should therefore present different kinetics of serum clearance. In a guinea pig model of Candida albicans systemic infection, the relative amounts of detectable alpha- and beta-Man differed considerably according to the virulence of the strain, the infecting dose, and the time after challenge that serum samples were drawn. Detection of alpha-Man was more sensitive per serum sample than that of beta-Man, and the sensitivity for the combination reached 90%. The same tests were applied to 90 sera from 26 patients selected retrospectively for having been infected with the most-pathogenic Candida species: C. albicans (19), C. tropicalis (4), and C. glabrata (3). A total of 22 patients had positive antigenemia, 4 had alpha-mannanemia, 4 had beta-mannanemia, and 14 showed the presence of both. For the patients showing the presence of both forms of mannanemia, the use of both tests enhanced the duration of the detection of mannanemia. Mannanemia was correlated with early clinical symptoms and isolation of Candida in culture, which occurred in 55% of the patients at an average of 4.7 days after the first positive mannanemia test result. A combination of the two tests had a cumulated specificity of 95%, and positive and negative predictive values were 79 and 97%, respectively. These findings provide evidence for different kinetics of beta- and alpha-Man circulation during experimental and human candidiasis and suggest the joint detection of both types of epitopes as a rational approach contributing to increases in the sensitivity and earliness of diagnosis.
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- Boualem Sendid
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM 0360, France
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Jouault T, Ibata-Ombetta S, Takeuchi O, Trinel PA, Sacchetti P, Lefebvre P, Akira S, Poulain D. Candida albicans phospholipomannan is sensed through toll-like receptors. J Infect Dis 2003; 188:165-72. [PMID: 12825186 DOI: 10.1086/375784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2002] [Accepted: 02/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Candida albicans is a common, harmless yeast in the human digestive tract that also causes severe systemic fungal infection in hospitalized patients. Its cell-wall surface displays a unique glycolipid called phospholipomannan (PLM). The ability of PLM to stimulate tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production by J774 mouse cells correlates with the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB. We examined the involvement of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in PLM-dependent stimulation. Compared with wild-type cells, which produced large amounts of TNF-alpha after incubation with PLM, the deletion of the TLR4 and TLR6 genes led to a limited alteration of the PLM-induced response. Deletion of the TLR2 gene completely abolished the cell response. Surface expression of PLM is a phylogenic trait of C. albicans, and the recognition of PLM by TLRs, together with the unique pathogenic potential of C. albicans, suggests that this molecule may be a member of the pathogen-associated molecular pattern family.
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- Thierry Jouault
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Inserm EMI0360, Université de Lille II, Lille, France.
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Ibata-Ombetta S, Idziorek T, Trinel PA, Poulain D, Jouault T. Candida albicans phospholipomannan promotes survival of phagocytosed yeasts through modulation of bad phosphorylation and macrophage apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:13086-93. [PMID: 12551950 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210680200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The surface of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans is coated with phospholipomannan (PLM), a phylogenetically unique glycolipid composed of beta-1,2-oligomannosides and phytoceramide. This study compared the specific contribution of PLM to the modulation of signaling pathways linked to the survival of C. albicans in macrophages in contrast to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. C. albicans endocytosis by J774 and disregulation of the ERK1/2 signal transduction pathway was associated downstream with a reduction in Bad Ser-112 phosphorylation and disappearance of free Bcl-2. This suggested an apoptotic effect, which was confirmed by staining of phosphatidylserine in the macrophage outer membrane. The addition of PLM to macrophages incubated with S. cerevisiae mimicked each of the disregulation steps observed with C. albicans and promoted the survival of S. cerevisiae. Externalization of membranous phosphatidylserine, loss of mitochondrial integrity, and DNA fragmentation induced by PLM showed that this molecule promoted yeast survival by inducing host cell death. These findings suggest strongly that PLM is a virulence attribute of C. albicans and that elucidation of the relationship between structure and apoptotic activity is an innovative field of research.
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- Stella Ibata-Ombetta
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Inserm EMI0360, Université de Lille II, and Inserm U459, Faculté de Médecine H. Warembourg, Place Verdun, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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Dromer F, Chevalier R, Sendid B, Improvisi L, Jouault T, Robert R, Mallet JM, Poulain D. Synthetic analogues of beta-1,2 oligomannosides prevent intestinal colonization by the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:3869-76. [PMID: 12435690 PMCID: PMC132753 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.12.3869-3876.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2002] [Revised: 05/13/2002] [Accepted: 07/15/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans displays at its cell surface beta-1,2 oligomannosides (beta-1,2-Mans). In contrast to the ubiquitous alpha-Mans, beta-1,2-Mans bind to galectin-3, a major endogenous lectin expressed on epithelial cells. The specific role of beta-1,2-Mans in colonization of the gut by C. albicans was assessed in a mouse model. A selected virulent strain of C. albicans (expressing more beta-1,2-Man epitopes) induced more intense and sustained colonization than an avirulent strain (expressing less beta-1,2-Man epitopes). Synthetic (Sigma) beta-and alpha-linked tetramannosides with antigenicities that mimicked the antigenicities of C. albicans-derived oligomannosides were then constructed. Oral administration of Sigmabeta-1,2-Man (30 mg/kg of body weight) prior to inoculation with the virulent strain resulted in almost complete eradication of yeasts from stool samples, whereas administration of Sigmaalpha-Man at the same dose did not. As most cases of human systemic candidiasis are endogenous in origin, this first demonstration that a synthetic analogue of a yeast adhesin can prevent yeast colonization in the gut opens the possibility of new prophylactic strategies.
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- Françoise Dromer
- Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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Trinel PA, Maes E, Zanetta JP, Delplace F, Coddeville B, Jouault T, Strecker G, Poulain D. Candida albicans phospholipomannan, a new member of the fungal mannose inositol phosphoceramide family. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:37260-71. [PMID: 12138092 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202295200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans has the ability to synthesize unique sequences of beta-1,2-oligomannosides that act as adhesins, induce cytokine production, and generate protective antibodies. Depending on the growth conditions, beta-1,2-oligomannosides are associated with different carrier molecules in the cell wall. Structural evidence has been obtained for the presence of these residues in the polysaccharide moiety of the glycolipid, phospholipomannan (PLM). In this study, the refinement of purification techniques led to large quantities of PLM being extracted from Candida albicans cells. A combination of methanolysis, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses allowed the complete structure of PLM to be deduced. The lipid moiety was shown to consist of a phytoceramide associating a C(18)/C(20) phytosphingosine and C(25), C(26), or mainly C(24) hydroxy fatty acids. The spacer linking the glycan part was identified as a unique structure: -Man-P-Man-Ins-P-. Therefore, in contrast to the major class of membranous glycosphingolipids represented by mannose diinositol phosphoceramide, which is derived from mannose inositol phosphoceramide by the addition of inositol phosphate, PLM seems to be derived from mannose inositol phosphoceramide by the addition of mannose phosphate. In relation to a previous study of the glycan part of the molecule, the assignment of the second phosphorus position leads to the definition of PLM beta-1,2-oligomannosides as unbranched linear structures that may reach up to 19 residues in length. Therefore, PLM appears to be a new type of glycosphingolipid, which is glycosylated extensively through a unique spacer. The conferred hydrophilic properties allow PLM to diffuse into the cell wall in which together with mannan it presents C. albicans beta-1,2-oligomannosides to host cells.
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- Pierre-André Trinel
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Inserm EPI 9915, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, 59037, Lille Cedex, France
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Trinel PA, Jouault T, Cutler JE, Poulain D. Beta-1,2-mannosylation of Candida albicans mannoproteins and glycolipids differs with growth temperature and serotype. Infect Immun 2002; 70:5274-8. [PMID: 12183581 PMCID: PMC128217 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.9.5274-5278.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Increasing the growth temperature from 28 to 37 degrees C reduced the expression of beta-1,2-oligomannoside epitopes on mannoproteins of Candida albicans serotypes A and B. In contrast, beta-1,2-mannosylation of phospholipomannan (PLM) remained constant despite a slight decrease in the relative molecular weight (M(r)) of this compound. At all growth temperatures investigated, serotype A PLM displayed an M(r) and an antigenicity different from those of serotype B PLM when they were tested with a panel of monoclonal antibodies.
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- P A Trinel
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM EPI 9915, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, 59045 Lille Cedex, France
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Poulain D, Slomianny C, Jouault T, Gomez JM, Trinel PA. Contribution of phospholipomannan to the surface expression of beta-1,2-oligomannosides in Candida albicans and its presence in cell wall extracts. Infect Immun 2002; 70:4323-8. [PMID: 12117941 PMCID: PMC128193 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.8.4323-4328.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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beta-1,2-Oligomannosides (beta-1,2-Man) derived from Candida albicans mannan have been shown to act as adhesins and to induce protective antibodies. We used monoclonal antibodies specific for beta-1,2-Man in electron, confocal, and fluorescence microscopy to study the surface expression of beta-1,2-Man epitopes. These monoclonal antibodies were also used for Western blotting of cell surface extracts to study the nature of the molecules expressing the beta-Man epitopes. Evidence was obtained for the contribution of a glycolipid, phospholipomannan (PLM), to the complex expression of beta-1,2-Man epitopes at the cell wall surfaces of yeasts grown on solid media. PLM was present in intercellular matrixes of colonies grown on agar and was detected as a contaminant in mannan batches prepared by conventional methods.
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- D Poulain
- Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, INSERM EPI 9915, Faculté de Médecine, Pôle Recherche, 59045 Lille Cedex, Italy.
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Richard M, Ibata-Ombetta S, Dromer F, Bordon-Pallier F, Jouault T, Gaillardin C. Complete glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors are required in Candida albicans for full morphogenesis, virulence and resistance to macrophages. Mol Microbiol 2002; 44:841-53. [PMID: 11994163 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are involved in cell wall integrity and cell-cell interactions. We disrupted the Candida albicans homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPI7/LAS21 gene, which encodes a GPI anchor-modifying activity. In the mutant and on solid media, the yeast-to-hyphae transition was blocked, whereas chlamydospore formation was enhanced. However, the morphogenetic switch was normal in liquid medium. Abnormal budding patterns, cytokinesis and cell shape were observed in both liquid and solid media. The cell wall structure was also modified in the mutants, as shown by hypersensitivity to Calcofluor white. In vitro and in vivo assays revealed that the mutant interacted with its host in a modified way, resulting in reduced virulence in mice and reduced survival in the gastrointestinal environment of mice. The mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway of macrophages was downregulated by the wild-type cells but not by the DeltaCagpi7 null strains. In agreement with this abnormal behaviour, mutant cells were more sensitive to the lytic action of macrophages. Our results indicate that a functional GPI anchor is required for full hyphal formation in C. albicans, and that perturbation of the GPI biosynthesis results in hypersensitivity to host defences.
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- Mathias Richard
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, UMR-INRA216, URA-CNRS1925, BP01, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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