Taxonomic group: fungi / Ascomycota
(Phylum: Ascomycota)
Organ / tissue: cell wall,
zymosan particles
NCBI PubMed ID: 7902855Journal NLM ID: 2985117RPublisher: Bethesda, MD: American Association of Immunologists
Institutions: Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Department of Medicine, the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Pulmonary Division, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
We determined the mechanism by which opsonized zymosan particles, which are derived from yeast and composed of carbohydrate polymers, stimulate platelet-activating factor (PAF) synthesis by monocytes. A role for CD11b/CD18 was demonstrated because antibodies to this integrin decreased PAF synthesis, zymosan bearing only a ligand for CD11b/CD18 (iC3b) induced the synthesis of PAF, and monocytes that did not express CD11b/CD18 produced much less PAF than control monocytes. Ligation of CD11b/CD18 was not sufficient for PAF synthesis suggesting that an additional receptor was involved. Monocytes are known to bind β-glucan which is a major component of zymosan. Opsonized β-glucan particles stimulated the synthesis of PAF, and a soluble form of β-glucan partially inhibited PAF synthesis in response to opsonized zymosan. Two lines of evidence suggested that the β-glucan receptor mediating this response was distinct from CD11b/CD18. First, CD11b/CD18-deficient monocytes produced PAF when stimulated by zymosan opsonized with isolated C3b, a molecule that binds to complement receptor type 1 (CD35). Second, inducing contact of monocytes with zymosan by centrifugation resulted in PAF synthesis that was not inhibited by antibodies to CD11b/CD18. The combination of soluble β-glucan and antibodies to CD11b/CD18 completely blocked PAF synthesis in response to opsonized zymosan. Together, these results demonstrate that induction of maximal PAF synthesis by serum-opsonized zymosan requires the concerted interactions of monocyte receptors for iC3b and β-glucan. Additionally, they suggest that CD11b/CD18 facilitates binding of the particle and that a β-glucan receptor transduces the activation signal.
Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
Trivial name: β-D-glucan, β-glucan, schizophyllan, carboxymethylglucan, pleuran, scleroglucan, lentinan, GRN, SPG, sizofiran, shizophyllan, Scleroglucan, lentinan-type beta-glucans (Ths-2), b-(1-3,6)-glucan, HEP3, grifolan LE, schizophyllan, scleroglucan, lentinan, termitan, grifolan, schizophyllan, scleroglucan, schizophyllan, sizofiran, grifolan, scleroglucan, schizophyllan, sonifilan, schizophyllan, grifolan, G. frondosa polysaccharide (GFP), alkali-soluble β-glucan (PeA3), schizophyllan (SPG), β-glucan, schizophyllan, β-glucan, schizophyllan, scleroglucan, pleuran
Compound class: EPS, O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, glucan, polysaccharide, β-glucan, b-glucan, scleroglucan, D-glucan
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1397514,IEDB_141806,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146664,IEDB_153543,IEDB_158555,IEDB_161166,IEDB_2278476,IEDB_2278477,IEDB_241101,IEDB_558869,IEDB_857743,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Comments, role: major zymosan component
Related record ID(s): 43331, 49988, 50026, 50061, 50064, 50072, 50089, 100204, 106270, 110131, 111427, 112939, 113003, 115217, 115506, 116379, 118305, 125411, 139900, 140209, 141782, 144184
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 4932Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G66305IS, CCSD:
49943, CBank-STR:12679, CA:9050-67-3
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