AspergillusConidia Activate the Complement by the Mannan-Binding Lectin C2 Bypass Mechanism
- 15 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 181 (10), 7100-7105
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.7100
Abstract
Innate immunity is the major host defense against invasive aspergillosis. To determine whether the collectin mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is involved in the initial protective immunity through complement activation against opportunistic fungal infections caused by Aspergillus, we performed in vitro studies on 29 different strains of Aspergillus conidia from five different species. Incubation of Aspergillus conidia in human normal serum leads to activation of the alternative pathway, whereas neither the classical nor the lectin pathways through C4 and C2 cleavage are activated. Complement response to conidia was investigated using a MBL-deficient serum and reconstitution experiments were conducted with MBL/MASPs complexes. We found that MBL can directly support C3 activation by a C2 bypass mechanism. Finally, a stronger activation of the alternative pathway was observed for the clinical strains isolated from patients with invasive aspergillosis, compared with the environmental strains.Keywords
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