title: Development of in vitro macrophage system to evaluate phagocytosis and intracellular fate of Penicillium marneffei conidia.
abstract: Penicillium marneffei is a pathogenic fungus that can cause a life-threatening systemic mycosis in the immunocompromised hosts. We established the model for the phagocytosis of P. marneffei conidia by RAW264.7 murine macrophages and designated the fate of P. marneffei in RAW264.7 cells with respect to persistence, phagosome-lysosome-fusion. And we impaired the immune status of mouse and compared the fate and phagosome-lysosome-fusion of P. marneffei in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed mouse peritoneal macrophages cells. We found that conidia could germinate and survive in macrophages. Within 30 min and up to 2 h of heat-killed conidia internalization, the majority of all phagosome types were labeled for the EEA1 (endosomal markers) and LAMP-1 (lysosomal markers), respectively. But both the percentages of LAMP-1 and EEA1 that associated with live conidia were significantly lower than that with heat-killed conidia. Administration of cyclophosphamide resulted in a significant suppression of macrophages function (phagocytic and fungicidal) against P. marneffei that were not apparently seen. Our data provide the evidence that (i) intracellular conversion of P. marneffei conidia into yeast cells still could be observed in macrophages. (ii) Phagosomes containing live Penicillium marneffei conidia might inhibit the phagosome-lysosome-fusion and result to no acidification surrounding the organisms. (iii) Immunity impaired by cyclophosphamide could not influence the function, including phagocytosis, fungicidal activity and phagosome-lysosome-fusion, of macrophages against P. marneffei.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 West Yanjiang Rd., Guangzhou, 510120, China.
authors: Sha
authors: S
authors: Lu
authors: Yongxuan
authors: Y
authors: Hu
authors: Changming
authors: C
authors: Lu
authors: Junmin
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Xiqing
authors: X
authors: Li
authors: Liyan
authors: L
authors: Xi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000382:microbiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D050296:Microbial Viability; D010407:Penicillium / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000382:microbiology; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000276:immunology*
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