Abstract:
:Previous studies found that normal human serum (NHS) contains an immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody that mediates initiation of the classical complement pathway by nonencapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans. The present study used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with whole nonencapsulated yeast cells as solid-phase antigens to demonstrate the presence of high levels of IgG antibody in each of 11 sera from normal adult donors. The IgG antibodies were of the IgG2 subclass. The antibody activity was blocked completely by treatment of serum with isolated yeast glucan. Treatment of serum with mannan or chitin had no effect on antibody levels. Antibody activity was adsorbed completely by treatment of serum with zymosan particles. Adsorption with intact cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Candida albicans had no effect, suggesting that the glucan on S. cerevisiae or C. albicans is not surface exposed. Assessment of the opsonic requirements for phagocytosis of nonencapsulated cryptococci by monocyte-derived human macrophages (MO-M phi) showed that high levels of phagocytosis occurred when yeast cells were opsonized with NHS. Removal of anti-glucan antibody by adsorption with whole nonencapsulated cryptococci did not diminish opsonic activity. Heat-inactivated serum or anti-glucan antibody affinity purified from NHS lacked opsonic activity. Taken together, these results indicate that phagocytosis of nonencapsulated cryptococci by monocyte-derived human macrophages has an obligatory requirement for opsonic ligands of the complement system, with no contribution by the anti-glucan IgG that is found in NHS.
journal_name
Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
Keller RG,Pfrommer GS,Kozel TRdoi
10.1128/IAI.62.1.215-220.1994subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-01-01 00:00:00pages
215-20issue
1eissn
0019-9567issn
1098-5522journal_volume
62pub_type
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.43.1.139-142.1984
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.42.2.716-720.1983
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.73.11.7657-7668.2005
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.59.10.3708-3714.1991
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.58.10.3380-3387.1990
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.60.3.845-852.1992
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.72.7.3876-3882.2004
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00111-09
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00275-10
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.73.1.504-513.2005
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.69.5.3021-3030.2001
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.65.5.1916-1925.1997
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.65.10.4146-4151.1997
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.47.3.719-722.1985
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00069-17
更新日期:2017-09-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.65.12.5157-5164.1997
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.37.1.222-226.1982
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.59.2.580-586.1991
更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1980-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.62.5.1940-1945.1994
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.68.2.658-663.2000
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00587-08
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00021-11
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.61.10.4225-4231.1993
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.69.10.6271-6275.2001
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00921-10
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.55.11.2774-2776.1987
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ability of human clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica to interact with HEp-2 cells was found to vary considerably between the serotypes O:3, O:8, and O:9. Although all three serotypes adhered initially to the cell surface, regardless of incubation temperature of the bacterial inoculum or presence of the 40...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.52.1.85-89.1986
更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00