MONOCYTE-MEDIATED SERUM-INDEPENDENT DAMAGE TO HYPHAL AND PSEUDOHYPHAL FORMS OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS INVITRO
MONOCYTE-MEDIATED SERUM-INDEPENDENT DAMAGE TO HYPHAL AND PSEUDOHYPHAL FORMS OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS INVITRO
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DOI:
10.1172/jci110010
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
HAUDENSCHILD, CC
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作者:
DIAMOND, RD;HAUDENSCHILD, CC
Human peripheral blood monocytes attached to C. albicans hyphae in the absence of serum and damaged the hyphae without completely ingesting them. Attachment and damage was not augmented by serum addition. Damage to hyphae was quantitated by a previously developed metabolic assay that measured leukocyte-induced reduction in [14C]cytosine uptake by the hyphae. Use of cells from patients with hereditary leukocyte function disorders, chronic granulomatous disease, and myeloperoxidase deficiency indicated that myeloperoxidase-independent and nonoxidative mechanisms could sometimes damage hyphae where oxidative mechanisms were impaired. Hyphae damage by normal monocytes was inhibited by concentrations of NaN3 and NaCN that primarily affect myeloperoxidase activity, as well as by halide-free conditions, catalase and putative antagonists of hypochlorous acid or singlet O. Hyphae iodination, a myeloperoxidase and hydrogen peroxide-dependent process of monocytes, was similarly inhibited by NaN3, NaCN and catalase. Under anaerobic conditions, hyphae damage was reduced by 64.0-68.4%. Potential nonoxidative antifungal mechanism inhibitors, Fe salts to saturate Fe chelators, and polyanionic amino acid polymers to neutralize cationic proteins did not block hyphae damage by monocytes. Preparations rich in lysosomal granules from fractionated normal monocytes also did not damage hyphae. Apparently oxidative mechanisms were most important for damage to hyphae by normal monocytes EM confirmed that Candida hyphae were damaged and probably killed by monocytes, but monocytes appeared to sustain significant damage in the process. In the absence of serum, monocyte cell membranes became closely approximated to Candida cell walls. Apparently some Candida could escape this partial engulfment, as they were seen floating free with vesicular trilaminar membrane remnants covering hyphal surfaces. Monocytes appeared to be damaged by interactions with Candida hyphae more than neutrophils.