在阴道环境中的乳酸调节了Candida-宿主相互作用
Diletta Rosati1, Marisa Valentine2, Mariolina Bruno1
1Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, T he Netherlands.
Virulence
|January 22, 2025
概括
阴道中的乳酸增强了Candida albicans的生长和毒性. 这种适应改变了真菌细胞壁,损害了中性粒细胞的功能,并促进了炎症,这可能解释了复发性阴腺候群病.
科学领域:
- 菌类学 菌类学是指菌类学.
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) 是一种常见的感染,由白虫 (Candida albicans) 引起的.
- 阴道环境富含由微生物群产生的乳酸.
- 乳酸在VVC病原和宿主真菌相互作用中的作用尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 在阴道模拟环境中研究乳酸对Candida albicans适应和与人体免疫系统相互作用的影响.
主要方法:
- 在阴道模拟基质中与乳酸 (VSM+LA) 或没有乳酸 (VSM+LA) 的Candida albicans体外培养.
- 对真菌形态,细胞壁组成和免疫细胞反应 (中性粒细胞) 的分析.
- 对阴道上皮细胞的真菌损伤的评估.
主要成果:
- 乳酸增加了Candida albicans的扩散,细胞生长和上皮细胞损伤.
- 适应乳酸的真菌细胞表现出细胞壁的改变 (强壮的曼南,暴露的β-葡萄糖,低基).
- 尽管氧化反应增强,但中性粒细胞清除受损,并诱导训练免疫力.
结论:
- 菌对阴道乳酸的适应增加了毒性和免疫性,促进了促炎状态.
- 这些变化有助于免疫失调和中性粒细胞招募,这种情况在复发性VVC中可见.
- 乳酸是Candida albicans在阴道中的病原发生的一个关键因素.
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