Phagocytosis and activation of bone marrow‐derived macrophages by Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

Malaria Journal

Mario Falchi¹  Valeria Messina²  Francesco Silvestrini³  Silvia Parapini⁴  Federica Perego⁵  Serena Delbue⁵  Nicoletta Basilico⁶  Sarah D’Alessandro⁷  Paola Misiano⁸  Donatella Taramelli⁹  Yolanda Corbett⁹ 

[1]AIDS-Ricerca e sviluppo, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

[2]Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

[3]Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

[4]Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria-Italian Malaria Network, Milan, Italy

[5]Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

[6]Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria-Italian Malaria Network, Milan, Italy

[7]Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Pascal 36, 20133, Milan, Italy

[8]Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Pascal 36, 20133, Milan, Italy

[9]Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria-Italian Malaria Network, Milan, Italy

[10]Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Pascal 36, 20133, Milan, Italy

[11]Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria-Italian Malaria Network, Milan, Italy

[12]Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Pascal 36, 20133, Milan, Italy

[13]Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Pascal 36, 20133, Milan, Italy

[14]Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Pascal 36, 20133, Milan, Italy

[15]Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria-Italian Malaria Network, Milan, Italy

关键词: Malaria;    Plasmodium falciparum;    Immortalized mouse C57Bl/6 bone marrow-derived macrophages;    Phagocytosis;    Nitric oxide;    Tumour necrosis factor-alpha;    Macrophage inflammatory protein 2;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-021-03589-2

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe innate immune response against various life cycle stages ofthe malaria parasite plays an important role in protection against the disease and regulation of its severity. Phagocytosis of asexual erythrocytic stages is well documented, but little and contrasting results are available about phagocytic clearance of sexual stages, the gametocytes, which are responsible for the transmission of the parasites from humans to mosquitoes. Similarly, activation of host macrophages by gametocytes has not yet been carefully addressed.MethodsPhagocytosis of early or late Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes was evaluated through methanol fixed cytospin preparations of immortalized mouse C57Bl/6 bone marrow-derived macrophages treated for 2 h with P. falciparum and stained with Giemsa, and it was confirmed through a standardized bioluminescent method using the transgenic P. falciparum 3D7elo1-pfs16-CBG99 strain. Activation was evaluated by measuring nitric oxide or cytokine levels in the supernatants of immortalized mouse C57Bl/6 bone marrow-derived macrophages treatedwith early or late gametocytes.ResultsThe results showed that murine bone marrow-derived macrophages can phagocytose both early and late gametocytes, but only the latter were able to induce the production of inflammatory mediators, specifically nitric oxide and the cytokines tumour necrosis factor and macrophage inflammatory protein 2.ConclusionsThese results support the hypothesis that developing gametocytes interact in different ways with innate immune cells of the host. Moreover, the present study proposes that early and late gametocytes act differently as targets for innate immune responses.

【 授权许可】

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