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Blood–brain barrier invasion by is enhanced by functional interactions with plasmin Free

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can invade the central nervous system through diverse mechanisms. We examined a possible role for host plasma proteases in the neurotropic behaviour of this blood-borne fungal pathogen. Plasminogen is a plasma-enriched zymogen that can passively coat the surface of blood-borne pathogens and, upon conversion to the serine protease plasmin, facilitate pathogen dissemination by degrading vascular barriers. In this study, plasminogen-to-plasmin conversion on killed and viable hypoencapsulated strains of required the addition of plasminogen activator (PA), but this conversion occurred in the absence of supplemented PA when viable strains were cultured with brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC). Plasmin-coated showed an enhanced invasive ability in Matrigel invasion assays that was significantly augmented in the presence of BMEC. The invasive effect of plasmin required viable pathogen and correlated with rapid declines in BMEC barrier function. Plasmin-enhanced invasion was inhibited by aprotinin, carboxypeptidase B, the lysine analogue epsilon-aminocaproic acid, and by capsule development. caused plasminogen-independent declines in BMEC barrier function that were associated with pathogen-induced host damage; however, such declines were significantly delayed and less extensive than those observed with plasmin-coated pathogen. BMEC adhesion and damage by hypoencapsulated were diminished by capsule induction but unaltered by plasminogen and/or PA. We conclude that hypoencapsulated can invade BMEC by a plasmin-dependent mechanism, , and that small, or minimal, surface capsule expression during the blood-borne phase of cryptococcosis may promote virulence by means of plasmin(ogen) acquisition.

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