Abstract
Phagocytosis is a receptor-mediated process critical to innate immune clearance of pathogens. It proceeds in a regulated sequence of stages: (a) migration of phagocytes towards pathogens, (b) recognition of PAMPs and binding through PRRs, (c) engulfment and internalisation into phagosomes, (d) phagosome maturation, and (e) killing of pathogen or host cells. However, little is known about the role that individual receptors play in these discrete stages in the recognition of fungal cells. In a previous study, we found that dectin-2 deficiency impacted some but not all stages of macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of Candida glabrata. Because the C-type lectin receptor dectin-2 critically requires coupling to the FcRγ chain for signalling, we hypothesised that this coupling may be important for regulating phagocytosis of fungal cargo. We therefore examined how deficiency in FcRγ itself or two receptors to which it couples (dectin-2 and mincle) impacts phagocytosis of six fungal organisms representing three different fungal taxa. Our data show that deficiency in these proteins impairs murine bone marrow-derived macrophage migration, engulfment, and phagosome maturation, but not macrophage survival. Therefore, FcRγ engagement with selective C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) critically affects the spatio-temporal dynamics of fungal phagocytosis.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 0220867 |
Journal | PloS ONE |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
This work was supported by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (MR/N006364/1). NARG thanks The Wellcome Trust (080088, 086827, 075470, 099215, 097377, 101873/Z/13/Z, and 200208/A/15/Z) for support. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Keywords
- C-TYPE LECTIN
- HOST-DEFENSE
- PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
- ACTIVATING RECEPTOR
- ALBICANS
- MATURATION
- PHAGOSOMES
- RESPONSES
- INSIGHTS
- FAMILY