title: Candida albicans heme oxygenase and its product CO contribute to pathogenesis of candidemia and alter systemic chemokine and cytokine expression.
abstract: Mammalian heme oxygenases play important roles in immune regulation by producing immunosuppressive CO. The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans encodes a heme oxygenase, Hmx1, that is specifically induced by the host protein hemoglobin, suggesting a role in the pathogenesis of disseminated bloodstream infections. We show that exposing mice to therapeutic levels of CO increases C. albicans virulence, whereas an HMX1 null strain has decreased virulence in murine disseminated candidiasis. Levels of several regulatory cytokines and chemokines are decreased in mice infected with the null strain, and initial lesions in the kidney are more rapidly cleared after polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration. Reconstitution of one or both alleles restores virulence to the level of wild type. Growth in vitro and initial organ burdens in infected mice are not decreased and host iron overload does not restore virulence for the null strain, suggesting that early growth in the host is not limited by Hmx1-mediated iron scavenging. In contrast, inhaled CO partially reverses the virulence defect of the null strain and restores several host cytokine responses to wild-type levels. Collectively, these results show that C. albicans Hmx1 expression and CO production limit the host immune response and contribute to the pathogenesis of candidemia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20982-1500, USA.
authors.forename: Dhammika H M L P
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Navarathna
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D058387:Candidemia / Q000209:etiology*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D018925:Chemokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1 / Q000633:toxicity*; D019190:Iron Overload / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014774:Virulence / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018925:Chemokines; D016207:Cytokines; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1
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