CX3CR1-dependent renal macrophage survival promotes Candida control and host survival. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Systemic Candida albicans infection causes high morbidity and mortality and is associated with neutropenia; however, the roles of other innate immune cells in pathogenesis are poorly defined. Here, using a mouse model of systemic candidiasis, we found that resident macrophages accumulated in the kidney, the main target organ of infection, and formed direct contacts with the fungus in vivo mainly within the first few hours after infection. Macrophage accumulation and contact with Candida were both markedly reduced in mice lacking chemokine receptor CX3CR1, which was found almost exclusively on resident macrophages in uninfected kidneys. Infected Cx3cr1-/- mice uniformly succumbed to Candida-induced renal failure, but exhibited clearance of the fungus in all other organs tested. Renal macrophage deficiency in infected Cx3cr1-/- mice was due to reduced macrophage survival, not impaired proliferation, trafficking, or differentiation. In humans, the dysfunctional CX3CR1 allele CX3CR1-M280 was associated with increased risk of systemic candidiasis. Together, these data indicate that CX3CR1-mediated renal resident macrophage survival is a critical innate mechanism of early fungal control that influences host survival in systemic candidiasis.

authors

  • Lionakis, Michail S
  • Swamydas, Muthulekha
  • Fischer, Brett
  • Plantinga, Theo S
  • Johnson, Melissa D
  • Jaeger, Martin
  • Green, Nathaniel M
  • Masedunskas, Andrius
  • Weigert, Roberto
  • Mikelis, Constantinos
  • Wan, Wuzhou
  • Lee, Chyi-Chia Richard
  • Lim, Jean K
  • Rivollier, Aymeric
  • Yang, John C
  • Laird, Greg M
  • Wheeler, Robert T
  • Alexander, Barbara D
  • Perfect, John R
  • Gao, Ji-Liang
  • Kullberg, Bart-Jan
  • Netea, Mihai G
  • Murphy, Philip M

publication date

  • November 1, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Candida albicans
  • Candidiasis, Invasive
  • Kidney
  • Macrophages
  • Receptors, Chemokine

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3859390

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84890020963

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1096/fj.08-117564

PubMed ID

  • 24177428

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 123

issue

  • 12