Coronary Vasculitis Induced in Mice by the Cell Wall Mannoprotein of Candida krusei
Open Access
- 1 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
- Vol. 43 (5), 848-858
- https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.b19-01060
Abstract
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an inflammatory disease that was identified by Professor Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1961. Candida albicans-derived substances, such as the hot water extract of C. albicans (CADS) and Candida water-soluble fraction (CAWS), induced coronary vasculitis similar to KD in mice. An increasing proportion of deep-seated candidiasis cases are caused by non-albicans Candida and are often resistant to antifungal drugs. We herein investigated whether the hot water extract of C. krusei, inherently resistant to fluconazole, induces vasculitis in mice. Three strains of C. krusei, NBRC1395, NBRC1162, and NBRC10737, were cultured in natural (Y) and chemically defined (C) media and cell wall mannoprotein (MN) fractions were prepared by autoclaving cells (CKY1395MN, CKC1395MN, CKY1162MN, CKC1162MN, CKY10737MN, and CKC10737MN). All MN fractions reacted strongly with Con A and dectin-2 and induced anaphylactoid shock in ICR mice. MNs induced severe coronary vasculitis in DBA/2 mice, resulting in cardiac hypertrophy. MNs also induced coronary vasculitis in C57Bl/6 mice. These results suggest that the MNs of non-albicans Candida, such as C. krusei, induce similar toxicity to those of C. albicans.Keywords
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