van Asbeck Eveline C, Hoepelman Andy I M, Scharringa Jelle, Herpers Bjorn L, Verhoef Jan
Eijkman-Winkler Institute for Medical & Clinical Microbiology, Utrecht University Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
BMC Microbiol. 2008 Dec 18;8:229. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-229.
Mannose binding lectin (MBL) is an important host defence protein against opportunistic fungal pathogens. This carbohydrate-binding protein, an opsonin and lectin pathway activator, binds through multiple lectin domains to the repeating sugar arrays displayed on the surface of a wide range of clinically relevant microbial species. We investigated the contribution of MBL to antifungal innate immunity towards C. parapsilosis in vitro.
High avidity binding was observed between MBL and C. albicans and C. parapsilosis. Addition of MBL to MBL deficient serum increased the deposition of C4 and C3b and enhanced the uptake of C. albicans, C. parapsilosis and acapsular C. neoformans by polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs). Compared to other microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Cryptococcus neoformans, C. parapsilosis and Candida albicans were potent activators of the lectin pathway.
Our results suggest that MBL plays a crucial role in the innate immunity against infections caused by yeast by increasing uptake by PMN.
甘露糖结合凝集素(MBL)是一种针对机会性真菌病原体的重要宿主防御蛋白。这种碳水化合物结合蛋白作为一种调理素和凝集素途径激活剂,通过多个凝集素结构域与多种临床相关微生物表面展示的重复糖阵列结合。我们在体外研究了MBL对近平滑念珠菌抗真菌固有免疫的贡献。
观察到MBL与白色念珠菌和近平滑念珠菌之间存在高亲和力结合。向MBL缺陷血清中添加MBL可增加C4和C3b的沉积,并增强多形核细胞(PMN)对白色念珠菌、近平滑念珠菌和无荚膜新生隐球菌的摄取。与其他微生物如大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和新生隐球菌相比,近平滑念珠菌和白色念珠菌是凝集素途径的有效激活剂。
我们的结果表明,MBL通过增加PMN的摄取,在针对酵母引起的感染的固有免疫中发挥关键作用。