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Imbalanced Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Activations in Response to Candida albicans in a Murine Model of Diabetes Mellitus

2016; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 45; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/08820139.2016.1162798

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James Venturini, Thais Fernanda de Campos Fraga‐Silva, Camila Martins Marchetti, Luiza Ayumi Nishiyama Mimura, Bruno José Conti, Márjorie de Assis Golim, Rinaldo Pôncio Mendes, Maria Sueli Parreira de Arruda,

Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms

Bloodstream infections caused by Candida species are responsible for high morbidity and mortality, and diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important underlying disease in candidemia episodes. Although DM patients show an enhanced proinflammatory profile, they are highly susceptible to mycobacterial and mycotic infections. Attempting to understand this paradox, we investigated if imbalanced macrophage and dendritic cell (DC) activations could be associated to high incidence and/or severity of Candida albicans infection in the hypoinsulinemia-hyperglycemia (HH) milieu. HH alloxan-induced mice were infected with C. albicans and peritoneal aderent phagocytes were co-cultured with or without lipopolyssaccharide or heat-killed C. albicans, and the production of cytotoxic metabolites, cytokines, and chemokines was evaluated. We also evaluated the surface expression of MHC-II and CD86 in splenic DCs. Our findings showed that both uninfected and C. albicans-infected HH mice showed less production of CCL2 and reduced expression of CD86 by peritoneal phagocytes and splenic DCs, respectively.