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dc.creatorCampuzano, Althea
dc.creatorCastro-Lopez, Natalia
dc.creatorMartinez, Amanda J.
dc.creatorOlszewski, Michal A.
dc.creatorGanguly, Anutosh
dc.creatorWager, Chrissy Leopold
dc.creatorHung, Chiung-Yu
dc.creatorWormley, Floyd L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T19:04:50Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T19:04:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-25
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03005-19
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/39795
dc.identifier.urihttps://mbio.asm.org/content/11/1/e03005-19
dc.description.abstractCaspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 (CARD9) is a critical adaptor molecule triggered by the interaction of C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) with carbohydrate motifs found in fungi. Consequently, clinical and animal studies indicate that CARD9 is an important regulator of protective immunity against fungal pathogens. Previous studies suggest that CARD9 is important for the induction of protection against Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening infections of the central nervous system in immunocompromised patients. However, the effect of CARD9 deficiency on the induction of protective immune responses against C. neoformans is unknown. Immunization with a C. neoformans mutant that overexpresses the transcription factor zinc finger 2, denoted LW10, results in protection against an otherwise lethal challenge with wild-type (WT) C. neoformans. Our results showed that CARD9 is essential for the induction of vaccine-mediated immunity against C. neoformans infection. We observed significant decreases in interleukin-17 (IL-17) production and significant increases in Th2-type cytokine (IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13) production in CARD9-deficient mice after inoculation with strain LW10. While leukocyte infiltration to the lungs of CARD9-deficient mice was similar in LW10 and WT C. neoformans-infected mice, macrophages derived from CARD9-deficient mice inherently skewed toward an M2 activation phenotype, were unable to contain the growth of LW10, and failed to produce nitric oxide in response to infection with LW10 or stimulation with lipopolysaccharide. These results suggest that CARD9-mediated signaling is required for M1 macrophage activation and fungicidal activity necessary for the induction of vaccine-mediated immunity against C. neoformans. IMPORTANCE: Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that is found throughout the environment and can cause life-threatening infections of the lung and central nervous system in severely immunocompromised individuals. Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 (CARD9) is a critical molecule that is activated after interactions of C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) found on the surfaces of specific immune cells, with carbohydrate structures associated with fungi. Patients with defects in CARD9 are significantly more susceptible to a multitude of fungal infections. C. neoformans contains several carbohydrate structures that interact with CLRs on immune cells and activate CARD9. Consequently, these studies evaluated the necessity of CARD9 for the induction of protective immunity against C. neoformans infection. These results are important, as they advance our understanding of cryptococcal pathogenesis and host factors necessary for the induction of protective immunity against C. neoformans.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiology
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourcemBio
dc.subjectCARD9
dc.subjectCryptococcus neoformans
dc.subjectcryptococcosis
dc.subjectfungal immunology
dc.subjectfungal pathogenesis
dc.subjecthost-pathogen interactions
dc.subjectinnate immunity
dc.subjectmacrophages
dc.subjectmedical mycology
dc.subjectpattern recognition receptors
dc.titleCARD9 Is Required for Classical Macrophage Activation and the Induction of Protective Immunity against Pulmonary Cryptococcosis
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.holderAlthea Campuzano et al.
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0
local.collegeCollege of Science and Engineering
local.departmentBiology
local.personsWormley (BIOL)


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