Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Sera from normal adult humans may contain high levels of antibody reactive with
Candida albicans
mannan. This study examined selected biological activities of such antibodies, focusing on sera that were collected from 34 donors and analyzed individually. The results showed that antimannan titers were normally distributed. Reactivity as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with serotype A mannan generally paralleled reactivity with serotype B. Analysis of the kinetics for activation of the complement system and deposition of complement component 3 (C3) onto serotype A and serotype B cells showed a decrease in the lag time that occurred before the onset of rapid accumulation of C3 that correlated with increasing antimannan titers. In contrast, there was a decrease in the overall rate of accumulation of C3 on serotype A cells that was strongly correlated with increasing antibody titers; serotype B cells showed no such decrease. An evaluation of the contribution of mannan antibody to opsonophagocytic killing showed that mannan antibody in individual sera and antimannan immunoglobulin G (IgG) affinity purified from human plasma contributed to killing by neutrophils in a dose-dependent fashion in the absence of a functional complement system. However, affinity-purified antibody in very high concentrations was inhibitory to both complement-dependent and complement-independent opsonophagocytosis, and this finding suggests a prozone-like effect. In contrast, if the complement system was functional, antimannan IgG was not needed for opsonophagocytic killing. These results suggest that naturally occurring mannan antibodies and the complement system are functionally redundant for opsonophagocytic killing by neutrophils.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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