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We developed a new  in vitro  model for a multi-parameter characterization of the time course interaction of  Candida  fungal cells with J774 murine macrophages and human neutrophils, based on the use of combined microscopy, fluorometry, flow cytometry and viability assays. Using fluorochromes specific to phagocytes and yeasts, we could accurately quantify various parameters simultaneously in a single infection experiment: at the individual cell level, we measured the association of phagocytes to fungal cells and phagocyte survival, and monitored in parallel the overall phagocytosis process by measuring the part of ingested fungal cells among the total fungal biomass that changed over time.  Candida albicans ,  C. glabrata,  and  C. lusitaniae  were used as a proof of concept: they exhibited species-specific differences in their association rate with phagocytes. The fungal biomass uptaken by the phagocytes differed significantly according to the  Candida  species. The measure of the survival of fungal and immune cells during the interaction showed that  C. albicans  was the more aggressive yeast  in vitro , destroying the vast majority of the phagocytes within five hours. All three species of  Candida  were able to survive and to escape macrophage phagocytosis either by the intraphagocytic yeast-to-hyphae transition ( C. albicans ) and the fungal cell multiplication until phagocytes burst ( C. glabrata, C. lusitaniae ), or by the avoidance of phagocytosis ( C. lusitaniae ). We demonstrated that our model was sensitive enough to quantify small variations of the parameters of the interaction. The method has been conceived to be amenable to the high-throughput screening of mutants in order to unravel the molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction between yeasts and host phagocytes.

Development of an In Vitro Model for the Multi-Parametric Quantification of the Cellular Interactions between Candida Yeasts and Phagocytes