Avtor/Urednik     Petković, Ljubica; Arsić-Arsenijević, Valentina; Skvarč, Miha; Kopitar, Andreja; Kotnik, Vladimir; Simčič, Saša; Wraber, Branka; Matos, Tadeja; Ihan, Alojz
Naslov     Anticryptococcal cytotoxicity of murine nonadherent cells is perforin and nonperforin mediated
Tip     članek
Vir     Mycologia
Vol. in št.     Letnik 102, št. 3
Leto izdaje     2010
Obseg     str. 552-9
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The encapsulated fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is a significant agent of life-threatening infections, particularly in people with suppressed cell-mediated immunity. The cellular cytotoxicity against C. neoformans infection is mainly mediated by NK and T cells, but effector mechanisms are not well understood. The objective of this study was (i) to determine whether prior exposure to the cryptococcal antigens enhances anticryptococcal activity of cytotoxic cells in mice and (ii) the contribution of perforin- and nonperforin-mediated cytotoxicity of NK and T cells in growth inhibition of C. neoformans. Our data showed that in vitro exposure of nonadherent (NA) spleen mononuclear cells from nonimmunized mice to heat-killed C. neoformans strain Cap67 unencapsulated mutant of B3501 (Ag1) or its supernatant (Ag2) demonstrated higher anticryptococcal activity. This effector mechanism can be enhanced further after immunization with either Ag1 or Ag2. There is a synergistic effect of immunization and in vitro incubation of the NA cells with the same antigens. Concanamycin A (CMA) and strontium chloride (SrCl2) inhibition assays were performed to clarify the contribution of perforin- and nonperforin-mediated anticryptococcal cytotoxicity of NA cells in these events. Treatment with these inhibitors demonstrated that anticryptococcal cytotoxicity of nonprimed NA cells was primarily perforin mediated. Anticryptococcal activity of the NA cells obtained from immunized mice after in vitro incubation with cryptococcal antigens was both perforin and nonperforin mediated. Taken together these data demonstrate that in mice a nonperforin-mediated pathway of anticryptococcal cytotoxicity can be induced by immunization. Further research is needed to examine their potential role for human vaccines strategies and/or therapies.
Deskriptorji     CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
IMMUNITY, CELLULAR
ANTIGENS, FUNGAL
CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS
CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC
IMMUNIZATION
LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR
MICE
MICE, INBRED BALB C
SPLEEN
T-LYMPHOCYTES
CONCANAVALIN A
STRONTIUM