da Silva Thiago Aparecido, Roque-Barreira Maria Cristina, Casadevall Arturo, Almeida Fausto
Ribeirao Preto Medical School, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 24;6:35867. doi: 10.1038/srep35867.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by eukaryotes, archaea, and bacteria contain proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, and other molecules. The cargo analysis of EVs shows that they contain virulence factors suggesting a role in the pathogenesis of infection. The proteome, lipidome, RNA content, and carbohydrate composition of EVs from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides lutzii were characterized. However, the effects of P. brasiliensis EVs on the host immune system have not yet been investigated. Herein, we verified that EVs from P. brasiliensis induce the production of proinflammatory mediators by murine macrophages in a dose-dependent manner. Addition of EV to macrophages also promoted transcription of the M1-polarization marker iNOs and diminish that of the M2 markers Arginase-1, Ym-1, and FIZZ-1. Furthermore, the augmented expression of M2-polarization markers, stimulated by IL-4 plus IL-10, was reverted toward an M1 phenotype in response to secondary stimulation with EVs from P. brasiliensis. The ability of EVs from P. brasiliensis to promote M1 polarization macrophages favoring an enhanced fungicidal activity, demonstrated by the decreased CFU recovery of internalized yeasts, with comparable phagocytic efficacy. Our results suggest that EVs from P. brasiliensis can modulate the innate immune response and affect the relationship between P. brasiliensis and host immune cells.
真核生物、古细菌和细菌释放的细胞外囊泡(EVs)含有蛋白质、脂质、多糖和其他分子。对EVs的货物分析表明,它们含有毒力因子,提示其在感染发病机制中发挥作用。对巴西副球孢子菌和卢氏副球孢子菌的EVs的蛋白质组、脂质组、RNA含量和碳水化合物组成进行了表征。然而,巴西副球孢子菌EVs对宿主免疫系统的影响尚未得到研究。在此,我们证实巴西副球孢子菌的EVs以剂量依赖的方式诱导小鼠巨噬细胞产生促炎介质。向巨噬细胞中添加EVs还促进了M1极化标志物诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOs)的转录,并降低了M2标志物精氨酸酶-1、Ym-1和FIZZ-1的转录。此外,白细胞介素-4加白细胞介素-10刺激引起的M2极化标志物的表达增加,在受到来自巴西副球孢子菌的EVs二次刺激后恢复为M1表型。巴西副球孢子菌的EVs促进M1极化巨噬细胞的能力有利于增强杀真菌活性,这通过内化酵母的菌落形成单位(CFU)回收率降低得以证明,且吞噬功效相当。我们的结果表明,巴西副球孢子菌的EVs可以调节先天免疫反应,并影响巴西副球孢子菌与宿主免疫细胞之间的关系。