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Aida A, Yuswan K, Kawai Y, Hasegawa K, Nakajima YI, Kuranaga E. Drosophila innate immunity suppresses the survival of xenografted mammalian tumor cells. Sci Rep 2023; 13:12334. [PMID: 37518191 PMCID: PMC10387472 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38489-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) is an emerging tool established in immunodeficient vertebrate models to assess individualized treatments for cancer patients. Current xenograft models are deficient in adaptive immune systems. However, the precise role of the innate immunity in the xenograft models is unknown. With conserved signaling pathways and established genetic tools, Drosophila has contributed to the understanding of the mechanism of tumor growth as well as tumor-host interactions for decades, making it a promising candidate model for studying whether or not the hosts' innate immunity can accommodate transplanted human tumor cells. Here we show initial observations that assess the behavior and impact of several human tumor cell lines when transplanted into Drosophila. We found that some injected cell lines persisted for a longer duration and reduced hosts' lifespan. In particular, the human lung cancer cell line A549 were observed adjacent to the fly host tissues. We examined two factors that affect the survivability of cancer cells: (1) the optimal temperature of each cell line and (2) the innate immunity of Drosophila hosts. Especially, transplanted human tumor cells survived longer in immunodeficient flies, suggesting that the host innate immune system impedes the growth of xenografted cells. Our attempts for xenografting fly models thus provide necessary steps to overcome for establishing PDX cancer models using invertebrates.
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- Ayaka Aida
- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.
- Laboratory for Histogenetic Dynamics, Graduate School and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8304, Japan.
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Mortimer NT, Fischer ML, Waring AL, Kr P, Kacsoh BZ, Brantley SE, Keebaugh ES, Hill J, Lark C, Martin J, Bains P, Lee J, Vrailas-Mortimer AD, Schlenke TA. Extracellular matrix protein N-glycosylation mediates immune self-tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2017460118. [PMID: 34544850 PMCID: PMC8488588 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017460118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In order to respond to infection, hosts must distinguish pathogens from their own tissues. This allows for the precise targeting of immune responses against pathogens and also ensures self-tolerance, the ability of the host to protect self tissues from immune damage. One way to maintain self-tolerance is to evolve a self signal and suppress any immune response directed at tissues that carry this signal. Here, we characterize the Drosophila tuSz1 mutant strain, which mounts an aberrant immune response against its own fat body. We demonstrate that this autoimmunity is the result of two mutations: 1) a mutation in the GCS1 gene that disrupts N-glycosylation of extracellular matrix proteins covering the fat body, and 2) a mutation in the Drosophila Janus Kinase ortholog that causes precocious activation of hemocytes. Our data indicate that N-glycans attached to extracellular matrix proteins serve as a self signal and that activated hemocytes attack tissues lacking this signal. The simplicity of this invertebrate self-recognition system and the ubiquity of its constituent parts suggests it may have functional homologs across animals.
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- Nathan T Mortimer
- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790;
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- Epigenetics Institute, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719
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Rao XJ, Ling E, Yu XQ. The role of lysozyme in the prophenoloxidase activation system of Manduca sexta: an in vitro approach. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 34:264-71. [PMID: 19835909 PMCID: PMC2813938 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Revised: 09/25/2009] [Accepted: 10/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Activation of the prophenoloxidase (proPO) system and synthesis of antimicrobial peptides (including lysozyme) are two key defense mechanisms in arthropods. Activation of proPO involves a cascade of serine proteinases that eventually converts proPO to active phenoloxidase (PO). However, a trade-off between lysozyme/antibacterial activity and PO activity has been observed in some insects, and a mosquito lysozyme can inhibit melanization. It is not clear whether lysozyme can inhibit PO activity and/or proPO activation. In this study, we used in vitro assays to investigate the role of lysozyme in proPO activation in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. We showed that lysozymes from M. sexta, human milk and hen egg white did not inhibit PO activity in the pre-activated naïve plasma of M. sexta larvae, but significantly inhibited proPO activation in the naïve plasma. Western blot analysis showed that direct incubation of M. sexta lysozyme with the naïve plasma prevented conversion of proPO to PO, but stimulated degradation of precursor proteins for serine proteinase homolog-2 (SPH2) and proPO-activating proteinase-1 (PAP1), two key components required for proPO activation. Far-western blot analysis showed that M. sexta lysozyme and proPO interacted with each other. Altogether, our results suggest that lysozymes may inhibit the proPO activation system by preventing conversion of proPO to PO via direct protein interaction with proPO.
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- Xiang-Jun Rao
- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
- Send correspondence to: Xiao-Qiang Yu, Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, Telephone: (816)-235-6379, Fax: (816)-235-1503,
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Okado K, Shinzawa N, Aonuma H, Nelson B, Fukumoto S, Fujisaki K, Kawazu SI, Kanuka H. Rapid recruitment of innate immunity regulates variation of intracellular pathogen resistance in Drosophila. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 379:6-10. [PMID: 19061858 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.11.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Genetic variation in susceptibility to pathogens is a central concern both to medicine and agriculture and to the evolution of animals. Here, we have investigated the link between such natural genetic variation and the immune response in wild-type Drosophila melanogaster, a major model organism for immunological research. We found that within nine wild-type strains, different Drosophila genotypes show wide-ranging variation in their ability to survive infection from the pathogenic bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Canton-S, a resistant strain, showed increased capacity to induce stronger innate immune activities (antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), phenol oxidase activity, and phagocytosis) compared to the susceptible strain (white) at early time points during bacterial infection. Moreover, PGRP-LE-induced innate immune activation immediately after infection greatly improves survival of the susceptible strain strongly suggesting a mechanism behind the natural genetic variation of these two strains. Taken together we provide the first experimental evidence to suggest that differences in innate immune activity at early time points during infection likely mediates infection susceptibility in Drosophila.
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- Kiyoshi Okado
- National Research Center of Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
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Curran CS, Demick KP, Mansfield JM. Lactoferrin activates macrophages via TLR4-dependent and -independent signaling pathways. Cell Immunol 2006; 242:23-30. [PMID: 17034774 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2006] [Revised: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lactoferrin (LF) is a component of innate immunity and is known to interact with accessory molecules involved in the TLR4 pathway, including CD14 and LPS binding protein, suggesting that LF may activate components of the TLR4 pathway. In the present study, we have asked whether bovine LF (bLF)-induced macrophage activation is TLR4-dependent. Both bLF and LPS stimulated IL-6 production and CD40 expression in RAW 264.7 macrophages and in BALB/cJ peritoneal exudate macrophages. However, in macrophages from congenic TLR4(-/-) C.C3-Tlr4(lps-d) mice, CD40 was not expressed while IL-6 secretion was increased relative to wild-type cells. The signaling components NF-kappaB, p38, ERK and JNK were activated in RAW 264.7 cells and BALB/cJ macrophages after bLF or LPS stimulation, demonstrating that the TLR4-dependent bLF activation pathway utilizes signaling components common to LPS activation. In TLR4 deficient macrophages, bLF-induced activation of NF-kappaB, p38, ERK and JNK whereas LPS-induced cell signaling was absent. We conclude from these studies that bLF induces limited and defined macrophage activation and cell signaling events via TLR4-dependent and -independent mechanisms. bLF-induced CD40 expression was TLR4-dependent whereas bLF-induced IL-6 secretion was TLR4-independent, indicating potentially separate pathways for bLF mediated macrophage activation events in innate immunity.
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- Colleen S Curran
- Department of Bacteriology, 1925 Willow Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Tanida T, Okamoto T, Ueta E, Yamamoto T, Osaki T. Antimicrobial peptides enhance the candidacidal activity of antifungal drugs by promoting the efflux of ATP from Candida cells. J Antimicrob Chemother 2005; 57:94-103. [PMID: 16291868 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To establish a novel strategy of fungal infection control. METHODS We examined the influences of antimicrobial peptides including a synthesized short lactoferrin peptide (FKCRRWQWRM, Peptide 2; Pep2) on the synthesis of Candida cell wall polysaccharides, ergosterol synthesis, membrane permeability and the efflux of ATP. RESULTS Colony formation of Candida albicans was synergistically suppressed by a combination of low concentrations of each drug and peptide. All peptides and amphotericin B, but not itraconazole, revealed weak inhibitory activities against ergosterol synthesis and the peptides weakly suppressed the synthesis of Candida cell wall components, glucan, mannan and chitin. Cell membrane permeability was not only increased by these peptides but also clearly increased by both amphotericin B and itraconazole. ATP efflux was however up-regulated by low concentrations of the peptides, especially by Pep2 and Hst5, although both antifungal drugs did not exert any influence on ATP efflux. The expression of the Candida drug resistance genes 1 and 2 (CDR1 and CDR2) was increased by both drugs, but this increase was suppressed by each peptide. In addition, larger amounts of amphotericin B and itraconazole remained in Candida cells in the presence of Pep2 or Hst5 due to the lower excretion. The effects of both peptides on ATP efflux and increase of intercellular amphotericin B and itraconazole were blocked by anion channel inhibitors 4,4'-diisothiocyanatestilbene-2, 2'-disulphonic acid and 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid. CONCLUSIONS The examined peptides, especially Pep2 and Hst5, enhance the candidacidal activity of antifungal drugs by promoting anion channel-associated ATP efflux from Candida cells and decreasing efflux of the drugs, which could be useful clinical applications.
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- Toyohiro Tanida
- Department of Oral Oncology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku-city, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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Jakobsen RK, Ono S, Powers JC, DeLotto R. Fluorescently labeled inhibitors detect localized serine protease activities in Drosophila melanogaster pole cells, embryos, and ovarian egg chambers. Histochem Cell Biol 2004; 123:51-60. [PMID: 15609041 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0734-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Serine proteases are typically synthesized as proteolytically inactive zymogens that often become activated in a limited and highly localized manner. Consequently, determination of the spatial and temporal activation pattern of these molecules is of great importance to understanding the biological processes that they mediate. Until only recently, the tools to conveniently address the question of where and when serine proteases are active within complex tissues have been lacking. In order to detect spatially restricted serine protease activities in Drosophila embryos and ovaries we introduce a technique using fluorescent synthetic and protein-based inhibitors. With this approach we have detected a novel serine protease activity with a relative mobility of 37 kDa, localized to the surface of pole cells, the germ-line precursors, in embryos between nuclear cycles 11 and 14 in development. A second novel cell-specific protease activity was localized to the tissues of early gastrulating embryos. Microinjection of inhibitors into the perivitelline space of stage 2 embryos perturbed normal embryonic development. Fluorescein-conjugated chymotrypsin inhibitor and Bowman-Birk inhibitor labeled protease activity localized to the oocyte-somatic follicle cell interface of the developing egg chamber. Our results suggest that this technique holds promise to identify new spatially restricted activities in adult Drosophila tissues and developing embryos.
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- Rasmus Kragh Jakobsen
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Lazzaro BP, Sceurman BK, Clark AG. Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in D. melanogaster Antibacterial Immunity. Science 2004; 303:1873-6. [PMID: 15031506 DOI: 10.1126/science.1092447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Many genes involved in Drosophila melanogaster innate immune processes have been identified, but whether naturally occurring polymorphism in these genes leads to variation in immune competence among wild flies has not been tested. We report here substantial variability among wild-derived D. melanogaster in the ability to suppress infection by a Gram-negative entomopathogen, Serratia marcescens. Variability in immune competence was significantly associated with nucleotide polymorphism in 16 innate immunity genes, corresponding primarily to pathogen recognition and intracellular signaling loci, and substantial epistasis was detected between intracellular signaling and antimicrobial peptide genes. Variation in these genes, therefore, seems to drive variability in immunocompetence among wild Drosophila.
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- Brian P Lazzaro
- Department of Entomology, 4138 Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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