INTERACTION OF CANDIDA ALBICANS WITH HUMAN LEUKOCYTES AND SERUM
INTERACTION OF CANDIDA ALBICANS WITH HUMAN LEUKOCYTES AND SERUM
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.98.3.996-1004.1969
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
CLINE, MJ
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作者:
LEHRER, RI;CLINE, MJ
A quantitative assay of candidacidal activity based on differential staining of non-viableCandida albicansby methylene blue was developed and applied to studies of leukocytes from normal individuals and patients with fungal and other infections. Serum factors were necessary for optimal phagocytosis ofC. albicansbut lacked direct candidacidal activity. Normal human neutrophils (38 studies) killed 29.0 ± 7.4% of ingestedC. albicansin 1 hr. Eosinophils and monocytes killed a smaller percentage. Neutrophil candidacidal activity did not require protein or ribonucleic acid synthesis by the leukocyte but was inhibited by anaerobic conditions, potassium cyanide, and colchicine. Leukocytes of a patient with hereditary myeloperoxidase deficiency and of three children with chronic granulomatous disease phagocytizedC. albicansnormally, yet failed to kill them. Our data suggest that the neutrophil can play an important role in resistance toCandidainfection and that the lysosomal enzyme myeloperoxidase and its oxidant substrate hydrogen peroxide are the major participants in neutrophil candidacidal activity.