Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice
ABSTRACT Vaginal inflammation (vaginitis) is the most common disease caused by the human-pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Secretory aspartyl proteinases (Sap) are major virulence traits of C. albicans that have been suggested to play a role in vaginitis. To dissect the mechanisms by which Sap pla...
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oai:doaj.org-article:f8967d0747eb4630a307d2c282b8a9472021-11-15T15:49:02ZSecretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice10.1128/mBio.00724-152150-7511https://doaj.org/article/f8967d0747eb4630a307d2c282b8a9472015-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00724-15https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Vaginal inflammation (vaginitis) is the most common disease caused by the human-pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Secretory aspartyl proteinases (Sap) are major virulence traits of C. albicans that have been suggested to play a role in vaginitis. To dissect the mechanisms by which Sap play this role, Sap2, a dominantly expressed member of the Sap family and a putative constituent of an anti-Candida vaccine, was used. Injection of full-length Sap2 into the mouse vagina caused local neutrophil influx and accumulation of the inflammasome-dependent interleukin-1β (IL-1β) but not of inflammasome-independent tumor necrosis factor alpha. Sap2 could be replaced by other Sap, while no inflammation was induced by the vaccine antigen, the N-terminal-truncated, enzymatically inactive tSap2. Anti-Sap2 antibodies, in particular Fab from a human combinatorial antibody library, inhibited or abolished the inflammatory response, provided the antibodies were able, like the Sap inhibitor Pepstatin A, to inhibit Sap enzyme activity. The same antibodies and Pepstatin A also inhibited neutrophil influx and cytokine production stimulated by C. albicans intravaginal injection, and a mutant strain lacking SAP1, SAP2, and SAP3 was unable to cause vaginal inflammation. Sap2 induced expression of activated caspase-1 in murine and human vaginal epithelial cells. Caspase-1 inhibition downregulated IL-1β and IL-18 production by vaginal epithelial cells, and blockade of the IL-1β receptor strongly reduced neutrophil influx. Overall, the data suggest that some Sap, particularly Sap2, are proinflammatory proteins in vivo and can mediate the inflammasome-dependent, acute inflammatory response of vaginal epithelial cells to C. albicans. These findings support the notion that vaccine-induced or passively administered anti-Sap antibodies could contribute to control vaginitis. IMPORTANCE Candidal vaginitis is an acute inflammatory disease that affects many women of fertile age, with no definitive cure and, in its recurrent forms, causing true devastation of quality of life. Unraveling the fungal factors causing inflammation is important to be able to devise novel tools to fight the disease. In an experimental murine model, we have discovered that aspartyl proteinases, particularly Sap2, may cause the same inflammatory signs of vaginitis caused by the fungus and that anti-Sap antibodies and the protease inhibitor Pepstatin A almost equally inhibit Sap- and C. albicans-induced inflammation. Sap-induced vaginitis is an early event during vaginal infection, is uncoupled from fungal growth, and requires Sap and caspase-1 enzymatic activities to occur, suggesting that Sap or products of Sap activity activate an inflammasome sensor of epithelial cells. Our data support the notion that anti-Sap antibodies could help control the essence of candidal vaginitis, i.e., the inflammatory response.Eva PericoliniElena GabrielliMario AmackerLydia KasperElena RosellettiEugenio LucianoSamuele SabbatiniMatthias KaeserChristian MoserBernhard HubeAnna VecchiarelliAntonio CassoneAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 6, Iss 3 (2015) |
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ABSTRACT Vaginal inflammation (vaginitis) is the most common disease caused by the human-pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Secretory aspartyl proteinases (Sap) are major virulence traits of C. albicans that have been suggested to play a role in vaginitis. To dissect the mechanisms by which Sap play this role, Sap2, a dominantly expressed member of the Sap family and a putative constituent of an anti-Candida vaccine, was used. Injection of full-length Sap2 into the mouse vagina caused local neutrophil influx and accumulation of the inflammasome-dependent interleukin-1β (IL-1β) but not of inflammasome-independent tumor necrosis factor alpha. Sap2 could be replaced by other Sap, while no inflammation was induced by the vaccine antigen, the N-terminal-truncated, enzymatically inactive tSap2. Anti-Sap2 antibodies, in particular Fab from a human combinatorial antibody library, inhibited or abolished the inflammatory response, provided the antibodies were able, like the Sap inhibitor Pepstatin A, to inhibit Sap enzyme activity. The same antibodies and Pepstatin A also inhibited neutrophil influx and cytokine production stimulated by C. albicans intravaginal injection, and a mutant strain lacking SAP1, SAP2, and SAP3 was unable to cause vaginal inflammation. Sap2 induced expression of activated caspase-1 in murine and human vaginal epithelial cells. Caspase-1 inhibition downregulated IL-1β and IL-18 production by vaginal epithelial cells, and blockade of the IL-1β receptor strongly reduced neutrophil influx. Overall, the data suggest that some Sap, particularly Sap2, are proinflammatory proteins in vivo and can mediate the inflammasome-dependent, acute inflammatory response of vaginal epithelial cells to C. albicans. These findings support the notion that vaccine-induced or passively administered anti-Sap antibodies could contribute to control vaginitis. IMPORTANCE Candidal vaginitis is an acute inflammatory disease that affects many women of fertile age, with no definitive cure and, in its recurrent forms, causing true devastation of quality of life. Unraveling the fungal factors causing inflammation is important to be able to devise novel tools to fight the disease. In an experimental murine model, we have discovered that aspartyl proteinases, particularly Sap2, may cause the same inflammatory signs of vaginitis caused by the fungus and that anti-Sap antibodies and the protease inhibitor Pepstatin A almost equally inhibit Sap- and C. albicans-induced inflammation. Sap-induced vaginitis is an early event during vaginal infection, is uncoupled from fungal growth, and requires Sap and caspase-1 enzymatic activities to occur, suggesting that Sap or products of Sap activity activate an inflammasome sensor of epithelial cells. Our data support the notion that anti-Sap antibodies could help control the essence of candidal vaginitis, i.e., the inflammatory response. |
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Eva Pericolini Elena Gabrielli Mario Amacker Lydia Kasper Elena Roselletti Eugenio Luciano Samuele Sabbatini Matthias Kaeser Christian Moser Bernhard Hube Anna Vecchiarelli Antonio Cassone |
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Eva Pericolini Elena Gabrielli Mario Amacker Lydia Kasper Elena Roselletti Eugenio Luciano Samuele Sabbatini Matthias Kaeser Christian Moser Bernhard Hube Anna Vecchiarelli Antonio Cassone |
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Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice |
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Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice |
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Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice |
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Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice |
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Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Candida albicans</named-content> in Mice |
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secretory aspartyl proteinases cause vaginitis and can mediate vaginitis caused by <named-content content-type="genus-species">candida albicans</named-content> in mice |
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