The type of adaptive immune response following host-fungi interaction is largely determined at the level of the antigenpresenting cells, and in particular by dendritic cells (DCs). The extent to which transcriptional regulatory events determine the decision making process in DCs is still an open question. By applying the highly structured DC-ATLAS pathways to analyze DC responses, we classified the various stimuli by revealing the modular nature of the different transcriptional programs governing the recognition of either pathogenic or commensal fungi. Through comparison of the network parts affected by DC stimulation with fungal cells and purified single agonists, we could determine the contribution of each receptor during the recognition process. We observed that initial recognition of a fungus creates a temporal window during which the simultaneous recruitment of cell surface receptors can intensify, complement and sustain the DC activation process. The breakdown of the response to whole live cells, through the purified components, showed how the response to invading fungi uses a set of specific modules. We find that at the start of fungal recognition, DCs rapidly initiate the activation process. Ligand recognition is further enhanced by over-expression of the receptor genes, with a significant correspondence between gene expression and protein levels and function. Then a marked decrease in the receptor levels follows, suggesting that at this moment the DC commits to a specific fate. Overall our pathway based studies show that the temporal window of the fungal recognition process depends on the availability of ligands and is different for pathogens and commensals. Modular analysis of receptor and signalling-adaptor expression changes, in the early phase of pathogen recognition, is a valuable tool for rapid and efficient dissection of the pathogen derived components that determine the phenotype of the DC and thereby the type of immune response initiated

Rizzetto, L.; Buschow, S.I.; Beltrame, L.; Figdor, C.G.; Schierer, S.; Schuler, G.; Cavalieri, D. (2012). The modular nature of dendritic cell responses to commensal and pathogenic fungi. PLOS ONE, 7 (8): e42430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042430 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/21402

The modular nature of dendritic cell responses to commensal and pathogenic fungi

Rizzetto, Lisa;Cavalieri, Duccio
2012-01-01

Abstract

The type of adaptive immune response following host-fungi interaction is largely determined at the level of the antigenpresenting cells, and in particular by dendritic cells (DCs). The extent to which transcriptional regulatory events determine the decision making process in DCs is still an open question. By applying the highly structured DC-ATLAS pathways to analyze DC responses, we classified the various stimuli by revealing the modular nature of the different transcriptional programs governing the recognition of either pathogenic or commensal fungi. Through comparison of the network parts affected by DC stimulation with fungal cells and purified single agonists, we could determine the contribution of each receptor during the recognition process. We observed that initial recognition of a fungus creates a temporal window during which the simultaneous recruitment of cell surface receptors can intensify, complement and sustain the DC activation process. The breakdown of the response to whole live cells, through the purified components, showed how the response to invading fungi uses a set of specific modules. We find that at the start of fungal recognition, DCs rapidly initiate the activation process. Ligand recognition is further enhanced by over-expression of the receptor genes, with a significant correspondence between gene expression and protein levels and function. Then a marked decrease in the receptor levels follows, suggesting that at this moment the DC commits to a specific fate. Overall our pathway based studies show that the temporal window of the fungal recognition process depends on the availability of ligands and is different for pathogens and commensals. Modular analysis of receptor and signalling-adaptor expression changes, in the early phase of pathogen recognition, is a valuable tool for rapid and efficient dissection of the pathogen derived components that determine the phenotype of the DC and thereby the type of immune response initiated
Necrosis-factor-alpha
Beta-glucan receptor
C-type lectins
Immune-responses
Dc-sign
Aspergillus fumigatus
Recognition
Dectin-1
Mycobacteria
Innate
Settore BIO/19 - MICROBIOLOGIA GENERALE
2012
Rizzetto, L.; Buschow, S.I.; Beltrame, L.; Figdor, C.G.; Schierer, S.; Schuler, G.; Cavalieri, D. (2012). The modular nature of dendritic cell responses to commensal and pathogenic fungi. PLOS ONE, 7 (8): e42430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042430 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/21402
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