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Division Infectious Diseases and AIDS, Department of Medicine, and
Eijkman-Winkler Laboratory, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and
Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303
Cryptococcal capsular Ags induce the production of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Despite this, their cerebrospinal fluid typically contains few neutrophils. Capsular glucuronoxylomannan is generally considered to mediate the inhibition of neutrophil extravasation. In the current study, culture supernatant harvested from the nonglucuronoxylomannan-producing strain CAP67 was found to be as potent as supernatant from wild-type strains in preventing migration. We identified capsular mannoprotein (MP)-4 as the causative agent. Purified MP-4 inhibited migration of neutrophils toward platelet-activating factor, IL-8, and fMLP, probably via a mechanism involving chemoattractant receptor cross-desensitization, as suggested by its direct chemotactic activity. Supporting this hypothesis, MP-4 elicited Ca2+ transients that were inhibited by preincubation with either fMLP, IL-8, or C5a, but not platelet-activating factor, and vice versa. Moreover, MP-4 strongly decreased the neutrophil surface expression of L-selectin and induced shedding of TNF receptors p55/p75, whereas CD11b/18 increased. Finally, MP-4 was clearly detectable in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients suffering from cryptococcal meningitis. These findings identify MP-4 as a novel capsular Ag prematurely activating neutrophils and desensitizing them toward a chemoattractant challenge.
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