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AUTHOR
Antonin Schmitz
Candida albicansis able to use M cells as a portal of entry across the intestinal barrierin vitro
Candida albicans is the most frequent yeast responsible for systemic infections in humans. These infections mainly originate from the gastrointestinal tract where C. albicans can invade the gut epithelial barrier to gain access to the bloodstream. Along the gut, pathogens can use Microfold (M) cells as a portal of entry to cross the epithelial barrier. M cells are specialized cells mainly located in the follicule-associated epithelium of Peyer patches. In this study, we used scanning electron and fluorescence microscopy, adhesion and invasion assays and fungal mutants to investigate the interactions of C. albicans with M cells obtained in an established in vitro model whereby enterocyte-lik…
Enterocyte Purge and Rapid Recovery Is a Resilience Reaction of the Gut Epithelium to Pore-Forming Toxin Attack.
International audience; Besides digesting nutrients, the gut protects the host against invasion by pathogens. Enterocytes may be subjected to damage by both microbial and host defensive responses, causing their death. Here, we report a rapid epithelial response that alleviates infection stress and protects the enterocytes from the action of microbial virulence factors. Intestinal epithelia exposed to hemolysin, a pore-forming toxin secreted by Serratia marcescens, undergo an evolutionarily conserved process of thinning followed by the recovery of their initial thickness within a few hours. In response to hemolysin attack, Drosophila melanogaster enterocytes extrude most of their apical cyto…
Les cellules M : une porte d’entrée pour le franchissement de la barrière intestinale par Candida albicans
Candida albicans est un pathogene opportuniste pouvant provoquer des infections systemiques chez des patients immunodeprimes. L’origine de ces infections est principalement d’origine endogene, notamment a partir du tractus gastro-intestinal, ou le champignon peut penetrer a travers la barriere epitheliale intestinale pour gagner ensuite la circulation sanguine. Au niveau de la muqueuse intestinale, les enterocytes forment une monocouche de cellules assurant l’integrite et l’impermeabilite du tissu digestif. Au niveau des plaques de Peyer notamment, les cellules Microfold (ou cellules M) sont associees aux enterocytes et jouent un role important dans l’homeostasie digestive. En effet, ces ce…