CCR5-mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney Is a Critical Step for Host Defense to Systemic Candida albicans Infection

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C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) regulates the trafficking of various immune cells to sites of infection. In this study, we showed that expression of CCR5 and its ligands was rapidly increased in the kidney after systemic Candida albicans infection, and infected CCR5-/- mice exhibited increased mortality and morbidity, indicating that CCR5 contributes to an effective defense mechanism against systemic C. albicans infection. The susceptibility of CCR5-/- mice to C. albicans infection was due to impaired fungal clearance, which in turn resulted in exacerbated renal inflammation and damage. CCR5-mediated recruitment of NK cells to the kidney in response to C. albicans infection was necessary for the anti-microbial activity of neutrophils, the main fungicidal effector cells. Mechanistically, C. albicans induced expression of IL-23 by CD11c+ dendritic cells (DCs). IL-23 in turn augmented the fungicidal activity of neutrophils through GM-CSF production by NK cells. As GM-CSF potentiated production of IL-23 in response to C. albicans, a positive feedback loop formed between NK cells and DCs seemed to function as an amplification point for host defense. Taken together, our results suggest that CCR5-mediated recruitment of NK cells to the site of fungal infection is an important step that underlies innate resistance to systemic C. albicans infection.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Immune network - 20(2020), 6 vom: 09. Dez., Seite e49

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nguyen, Nu Z N [VerfasserIn]
Tran, Vuvi G [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Saerom [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Minji [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Sang W [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Juyang [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hye J [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jong S [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Hong R [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, Byungsuk [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CCR5
Candida albicans
Dendritic cells
GM-CSF
IL-23
Journal Article
NK cells

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Date Revised 12.01.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.4110/in.2020.20.e49

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319889440