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EphA2-Dependent Internalization of A. fumigatus Conidia in A549 Lung Cells Is Modulated by DHN-Melanin.


ABSTRACT: Dectin-1 and ephrin type-A receptor 2 (EphA2) receptors recognize ?-glucan present in the fungal cell wall. Inhibition of Dectin-1 with the monoclonal 2a11 antibody was shown to reduce internalization of conidia of the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus into epithelial cells. In this study, we investigated the role of the EphA2 receptor present on A549 epithelial type II lung cells in the interaction with A. fumigatus conidia. We assessed whether EphA2 is involved in association and internalization of conidia by receptor inhibition by an antibody or by using the kinase inhibitor dasatinib. A 50% reduction of internalization of conidia was observed when this receptor was blocked with either the EphA2-specific monoclonal antibody or dasatinib, which was similar when Dectin-1 was inhibited with the 2a11 monoclonal antibody. Inhibition of both receptors reduced the internalization to 40%. EphA2 inhibition was also assessed in a hydrophobin deletion strain (?rodA) that exposes more ?-glucan and a dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN)-melanin deletion strain (?pksP) that exposes more glucosamine and glycoproteins. The ?rodA strain behaved similar to the wild-type strain with or without EphA2 inhibition. In contrast, the ?pksP mutant showed an increase in association to the A549 cells and a decrease in internalization. Internalization was not further decreased by EphA2 inhibition. Taken together, the presence of DHN-melanin in the spore cell wall results in an EphA2-dependent internalization of conidia of A. fumigatus into A549 cells.

SUBMITTER: Keizer EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7573251 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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EphA2-Dependent Internalization of <i>A. fumigatus</i> Conidia in A549 Lung Cells Is Modulated by DHN-Melanin.

Keizer Esther M EM   Wösten Han A B HAB   de Cock Hans H  

Frontiers in microbiology 20201006


Dectin-1 and ephrin type-A receptor 2 (EphA2) receptors recognize β-glucan present in the fungal cell wall. Inhibition of Dectin-1 with the monoclonal 2a11 antibody was shown to reduce internalization of conidia of the human pathogen <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> into epithelial cells. In this study, we investigated the role of the EphA2 receptor present on A549 epithelial type II lung cells in the interaction with <i>A. fumigatus</i> conidia. We assessed whether EphA2 is involved in association  ...[more]

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