Effects of Conidia of Various Aspergillus Species on Apoptosis of Human Pneumocytes and Bronchial Epithelial Cells |
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Authors: | F Féménia D Huet S Lair-Fulleringer M C Wagner J Sarfati L Shingarova J Guillot P Boireau R Chermette and N Berkova |
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Institution: | (1) INRA, AFSSA, ENVA, UMR 956; 22 rue Curie, 94700 Maisons Alfort Cedex, France;(2) Cytometry Plateforme, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France;(3) Aspergillus Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France;(4) Laboratory of Gene Chemistry, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russian Federation;(5) Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Ecole Nationale V?t?rinaire d’Alfort, 94704 Maisons Alfort Cedex, France;(6) INRA, AFSSA, ENVA, UMR 956; Ecole Nationale V?t?rinaire d’Alfort, 94704 Maisons Alfort Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Aspergillus species can cause mycoses in human and animals. Previously, we demonstrated that A. fumigatus conidia from a human isolate inhibited apoptosis in human pneumocytes and bronchial epithelial cells. In the current study,
we studied the effects of A. fumigatus conidia non-human origin and A. flavus,
A. nidulans, A. niger and A. oryzae conidia on human cells apoptosis. Human pneumocytes or bronchial epithelial cells were simultaneously exposed to apoptotic
inductors and aspergilli conidia. The cell cultures were analyzed by flow cytometry, immunoblotting, and examination of nuclear
morphology. Similar to A. fumigatus conidia, A. flavus conidia inhibited cellular apoptosis while A. nidulans, A. niger and A. oryzae conidia did not affect apoptosis. We further studied the species specificity of conidia: there were no differences in the
inhibition of apoptosis by A. fumigatus conidia from either human or bird isolates. In order to determine whether the inhibition of apoptosis by conidia is limited
to certain strains, the effect on human cell apoptosis of different A. fumigatus human clinical isolates and A. fumigatus of environmental origin was evaluated. All A. fumigatus isolates inhibited apoptosis; an anti-apoptotic factor was released by conidia. For TNF-induced apoptosis, the anti-apoptotic
effect of conidia of all isolates was found to be associated with a reduction of caspase-3 in human cells. The results suggest
that suppression of apoptosis may play a role in reducing the efficacy of host defense mechanisms during infection with Aspergillus species.
F. Féménia and D. Huet made an equal contribution to this work. |
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Keywords: | Aspergillus spp Apoptosis Caspase-3 Conidial factor |
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