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      Signalling C-Type lectin receptors, microbial recognition and immunity

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      Cellular Microbiology
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          Signalling C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) are crucial in shaping the immune response to fungal pathogens, but comparably little is known about the role of these receptors in bacterial, viral and parasitic infections. CLRs have many diverse functions depending on the signalling motifs in their cytoplasmic domains, and can induce endocytic, phagocytic, antimicrobial, pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory responses which are either protective or not during an infection. Understanding the role of CLRs in shaping anti-microbial immunity offers great potential for the future development of therapeutics for disease intervention. In this review we will focus on the recognition of bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens by CLRs, and how these receptors influence the outcome of infection. We will also provide a brief update on the role of CLRs in antifungal immunity.

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              Signalling through C-type lectin receptors: shaping immune responses

              Key Points Crosstalk between pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) expressed by dendritic cells orchestrates T helper (TH) cell differentiation through the induction of specific cytokine expression profiles, tailored to invading pathogens. C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) have an important role in orchestrating the induction of signalling pathways that regulate adaptive immune responses. CLRs can control adaptive immunity at various levels by inducing signalling on their own, through crosstalk with other PRRs or by inducing carbohydrate-specific signalling pathways. DC-specific ICAM3-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) interacts with mannose-carrying pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HIV-1, measles virus and Candida albicans to activate the serine/threonine protein kinase RAF1. RAF1 signalling leads to the acetylation of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-activated nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) subunit p65 and affects cytokine expression, such as inducing the upregulation of interleukin-10 (IL-10). DC-associated C-type lectin 1 (dectin 1) triggering by a broad range of fungal pathogens, such as C. albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus and Pneumocystis carinii, results in protective antifungal immunity through the crosstalk of two independent signalling pathways — one through spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) and one through RAF1 — that are essential for the expression of TH1 and TH17 cell polarizing cytokines. Crosstalk between the SYK and RAF1 pathways is both synergistic and antagonizing to fine-tune NF-κB activity: although Ser276 phosphorylation of p65 leads to enhanced transcriptional activity of p65 itself through acetylation, it also inhibits the transcriptional activity of the NF-κB subunit RELB by sequestering it in p65–RELB dimers, which are transcriptionally inactive. The diversity in CLR-mediated signalling provides some major challenges for the researches to elucidate and manipulate the signalling properties of this exciting family of receptors. However, the recent advances strongly support the use of CLR targeting vaccination strategies using dendritic cells to induce or redirect adaptive immune responses as well as improve antigen delivery.
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                Journal
                Cell Microbiol
                Cell. Microbiol
                cmi
                Cellular Microbiology
                John Wiley & Sons Ltd
                1462-5814
                1462-5822
                February 2014
                10 January 2014
                : 16
                : 2
                : 185-194
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
                [2 ]Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
                Author notes
                *For correspondence. E-mail jennifer.hoving@ 123456uct.ac.za ; Tel. (+27) (0) 214066035; Fax (+27) (0) 214066029.
                Article
                10.1111/cmi.12249
                4016756
                24330199
                0cef1895-f3a1-4ff0-bb60-a6a0a2cd0a54
                © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
                History
                : 07 November 2013
                : 06 December 2013
                : 09 December 2013
                Categories
                Microreview

                Microbiology & Virology
                Microbiology & Virology

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