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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
We have reported that a Candida albicans mkc1Delta/mkc1Delta mutant, deleted in the Mkc1p mitogen-activated protein kinase, an essential element of the cell integrity signalling pathway, has reduced virulence in a murine model of systemic infection. We analyse here the immunological basis for this feature in view of its failure to vaccinate. Firstly, the influence of the Th response was analysed by infecting different knockout mice, revealing the importance of interferon-gamma in the resolution of mkc1 systemic infection. Secondly, the role of innate immunity was studied. The infection of neutropenic mice revealed that the candidacidal activity of neutrophils is crucial during the first 3 days of infection for the mutant strain. Macrophages played a critical role in the clearance of infection. Although a similar anti-Candida activity was found for both fungal strains with naïve macrophages, activated macrophages discriminated between both strains. In vitro experiments revealed that the mutant strain displayed a greater susceptibility to nitric oxide (NO), a reduced inhibitory effect on macrophage NO production and an increased capacity of macrophage stimulation by cell wall extracts. The importance of NO in systemic infection with the mutant strain was confirmed by the strong increase in the susceptibility of aminoguanidine (an iNOs inhibitor)-treated mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0300-9475
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
224-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Candida albicans, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Candidiasis, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Guanidines, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Molsidomine, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Neutropenia, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Nitric Oxide Donors, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16179009-Virulence
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The importance of the phagocytes' innate response in resolution of the infection induced by a low virulent Candida albicans mutant.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't