PMID- 33359357 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210617 LR - 20220531 IS - 1096-1208 (Electronic) IS - 0882-4010 (Linking) VI - 150 DP - 2021 Jan TI - Lung CD103(+) Dendritic cells of mice infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis contribute to Treg differentiation. PG - 104696 LID - S0882-4010(20)31062-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104696 [doi] AB - The DC subsets that express alphaE integrin (CD103) have been described to exert antagonistic functions, driving T cells towards either an inflammatory (Th1/Th17) or immunosuppressive phenotype (regulatory T cells - Treg). These functions depend on the tissue they reside and microenvironment factors or stimuli that this Antigen-presenting cell (APC) subpopulation receive. In this regard, immunoregulatory phenotype has been described in small subsets of CD103(+) DCs from lung and intestinal mucosa. The function of this APC subpopulation in pulmonary Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection is poorly described. Here, we showed that lung CD103(+) DCs contribute to Treg differentiation in a pulmonary P. brasiliensis infection model, which was attributed to downregulation of costimulatory molecules analyzed in these APC subtypes 21 days post-infection. Overall, this data suggests that P. brasiliensis infection caused an immunosuppression that has also been observed in patients with the most severe form of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) - a sickness caused by this fungus genus. Furthermore, these results open new perspectives for knowledge of the mechanisms that underlie the higher percentage of Treg cells found in peripheral blood of PCM patients. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Peron, Gabriela AU - Peron G AD - Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: g163945@dac.unicamp.br. FAU - Oliveira, Janine AU - Oliveira J AD - Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. FAU - Fernandes, Fabricio Freitas AU - Fernandes FF AD - Institute of Health Sciences, Paulista University, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. FAU - Verinaud, Liana AU - Verinaud L AD - Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201228 PL - England TA - Microb Pathog JT - Microbial pathogenesis JID - 8606191 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha Chains) RN - 0 (alpha E integrins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Dendritic Cells MH - Humans MH - Integrin alpha Chains MH - Lung MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - *Paracoccidioides MH - *Paracoccidioidomycosis MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD103 OT - Dendritic cells OT - Lung antigen-presenting cells OT - Paracoccidioides brasiliensis OT - Regulatory T cell EDAT- 2020/12/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/28 10:46 PHST- 2020/06/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/12/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/28 10:46 [entrez] AID - S0882-4010(20)31062-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104696 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Microb Pathog. 2021 Jan;150:104696. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104696. Epub 2020 Dec 28.