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Ferritin is also found extracellularly, and acts as an iron carrier and a contributor to the immune response to invading microbes. Some microbial pathogens take advantage of ferritin as an iron source upon infection. However, no information is currently available on whether the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans can acquire iron from ferritin. Here, we found that C. neoformans grew well in the presence of ferritin as a sole iron source. We showed that the binding of ferritin to the surface of C. neoformans is necessary and that acidification may contribute to ferritin-iron utilization by the fungus. Our data also revealed that the high-affinity reductive iron uptake system in C. neoformans is required for ferritin-iron acquisition. Furthermore, phagocytosis of C. neoformans by macrophages led to increased intracellular ferritin levels, suggesting that iron is sequestered by ferritin in infected macrophages. The increase in intracellular ferritin levels was reversed upon infection with a C. neoformans mutant deficient in the high-affinity reductive iron uptake system, indicating that this system plays a major role in iron acquisition in the phagocytosed C. neoformans in macrophages.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Lay Summary<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen causing life-threatening pulmonary disease and cryptococcal meningitis, mainly in immunocompromised patients. 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