The Effects of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Infection on GM-CSF- and M-CSF-Induced Mouse Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophage from Resistant and Susceptible Mice Strains

Mediators Inflamm. 2015:2015:605450. doi: 10.1155/2015/605450. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Abstract

Considering the importance of macrophages as the first line of defense against fungal infection and the different roles played by the two M1- and M2-like polarized macrophages, we decided to evaluate the effects of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection on GM-CSF- and M-CSF-induced bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM) from the A/J and B10.A mouse strains, an established model of resistance/susceptibility to PCM, respectively. Upon differentiation, the generated GM- or M-BMMs were characterized by morphological analyses, gene expression profiles, and cytokines production. Our main results demonstrate that GM-BMMs derived from A/J and B.10 produced high levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines that may contribute to generate an unbalanced early immune response. In accordance with the literature, the B10.A susceptible mice lineage has an innate tendency to polarize into M1-like phenotype, whereas the opposite phenotype occurs in A/J resistance mice. In this context, our data support that susceptibility and resistance are strongly correlated with M1 and M2 polarization, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Cells / metabolism*
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chemokines / metabolism
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / metabolism*
  • Inflammation
  • Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / metabolism*
  • Macrophages / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Paracoccidioides*
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / metabolism*
  • Phagocytosis
  • Phenotype
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Chemokines
  • Cytokines
  • Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor