TY - JOUR
T1 - Dectin-2 is a C-type lectin receptor that recognizes pneumocystis and participates in innate immune responses
AU - Kottom, Theodore J.
AU - Hebrink, Deanne M.
AU - Jenson, Paige E.
AU - Marsolek, Paige L.
AU - Wüthrich, Marcel
AU - Wang, Huafeng
AU - Klein, Bruce
AU - Yamasaki, Sho
AU - Limper, Andrew H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Mayo Foundation, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Foundation, and National Institutes of Health grant R01-HL62150 (A.H.L.).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 by the American Thoracic Society
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Pneumocystis is an important fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening pneumonia in patients with AIDS and malignancy. Lung fungal pathogens are recognized by C-type lectin receptors (CLRs), which bind specific ligands and stimulate innate immune responses. The CLR Dectin-1 was previously shown to mediate immune responses to Pneumocystis spp. For this reason, we investigated a potential role for Dectin-2. Rats with Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) exhibited elevated Dectin-2 mRNA levels. Soluble Dectin-2 carbohydrate-recognition domain fusion protein showed binding to intact Pneumocystis carinii (Pc) and to native Pneumocystis major surface glycoprotein/glycoprotein A (Msg/gpA). RAW macrophage cells expressing V5-tagged Dectin-2 displayed enhanced binding to Pc and increased protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Furthermore, the binding of Pc to Dectin-2 resulted in Fc receptor-g-mediated intracellular signaling. Alveolar macrophages from Dectin-2-deficient mice (Dectin-22/2) showed significant decreases in phospho-Syk activation after challenge with Pc cell wall components. Stimulation of Dectin-22/2 alveolar macrophages with Pc components showed significant decreases in the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-a. Finally, during infection with Pneumocystis murina, Dectin-22/2 mice displayed downregulated mRNA expression profiles of other CLRs implicated in fungal immunity. Although Dectin-22/2 alveolar macrophages had reduced proinflammatory cytokine release in vitro, Dectin-22/2 deficiency did not reduce the overall resistance of these mice in the PCP model, and organism burdens were statistically similar in the long-term immunocompromised and short-term immunocompetent PCP models. These results suggest that Dectin-2 participates in the initial innate immune signaling response to Pneumocystis, but its deficiency does not impair resistance to the organism.
AB - Pneumocystis is an important fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening pneumonia in patients with AIDS and malignancy. Lung fungal pathogens are recognized by C-type lectin receptors (CLRs), which bind specific ligands and stimulate innate immune responses. The CLR Dectin-1 was previously shown to mediate immune responses to Pneumocystis spp. For this reason, we investigated a potential role for Dectin-2. Rats with Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) exhibited elevated Dectin-2 mRNA levels. Soluble Dectin-2 carbohydrate-recognition domain fusion protein showed binding to intact Pneumocystis carinii (Pc) and to native Pneumocystis major surface glycoprotein/glycoprotein A (Msg/gpA). RAW macrophage cells expressing V5-tagged Dectin-2 displayed enhanced binding to Pc and increased protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Furthermore, the binding of Pc to Dectin-2 resulted in Fc receptor-g-mediated intracellular signaling. Alveolar macrophages from Dectin-2-deficient mice (Dectin-22/2) showed significant decreases in phospho-Syk activation after challenge with Pc cell wall components. Stimulation of Dectin-22/2 alveolar macrophages with Pc components showed significant decreases in the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-a. Finally, during infection with Pneumocystis murina, Dectin-22/2 mice displayed downregulated mRNA expression profiles of other CLRs implicated in fungal immunity. Although Dectin-22/2 alveolar macrophages had reduced proinflammatory cytokine release in vitro, Dectin-22/2 deficiency did not reduce the overall resistance of these mice in the PCP model, and organism burdens were statistically similar in the long-term immunocompromised and short-term immunocompetent PCP models. These results suggest that Dectin-2 participates in the initial innate immune signaling response to Pneumocystis, but its deficiency does not impair resistance to the organism.
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U2 - 10.1165/rcmb.2016-0186OC
DO - 10.1165/rcmb.2016-0186OC
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 28886250
AN - SCOPUS:85042692967
SN - 1044-1549
VL - 58
SP - 232
EP - 240
JO - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
JF - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
IS - 2
ER -
