title: Neutrophil accumulation and cutaneous responses in experimental cutaneous candidiasis of genetically complement-deficient mice.
abstract: Mice deficient in the fifth component of complement were studied for their ability to respond to and clear experimental cutaneous Candida albicans infections. The complement-deficient animals took longer to clear the infections and developed a significantly greater delayed hypersensitivity response to Candida than did normal animals. However, although the serum of the complement-deficient animals was incapable of generating in vitro chemotactic activity for neutrophils after appropriate stimulation, the epidermal neutrophilic infiltrate in the Candida-infected skin of these animals was equivalent to that in the normal animals. The progression of the infection, including the early relocation of the invading Candida pseudohyphae to a more superficial site in the stratum corneum and the thickening of the epidermis itself, was also similar in the complement-deficient and normal animals. Therefore, although mice lacking the fifth complement component cannot generate complement-derived serum chemotactic factors and are somewhat less efficient in clearing experimental cutaneous candidiasis, the accumulation of neutrophils in the Candida-infected skin of these animals and their initial cutaneous responses to the infections are normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Sohnle
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000276:immunology; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D003182:Complement C5 / Q000172:deficiency*; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003182:Complement C5; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D009195:Peroxidase