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Hachfi S, Brun-Barale A, Fichant A, Munro P, Nawrot-Esposito MP, Michel G, Ruimy R, Rousset R, Bonis M, Boyer L, Gallet A. Ingestion of Bacillus cereus spores dampens the immune response to favor bacterial persistence. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7733. [PMID: 39231950 PMCID: PMC11375157 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51689-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 08/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Strains of the Bacillus cereus (Bc) group are sporulating bacteria commonly associated with foodborne outbreaks. Spores are dormant cells highly resistant to extreme conditions. Nevertheless, the pathological processes associated with the ingestion of either vegetative cells or spores remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that while ingestion of vegetative bacteria leads to their rapid elimination from the intestine of Drosophila melanogaster, a single ingestion of spores leads to the persistence of bacteria for at least 10 days. We show that spores do not germinate in the anterior part of the intestine which bears the innate immune defenses. Consequently, spores reach the posterior intestine where they germinate and activate both the Imd and Toll immune pathways. Unexpectedly, this leads to the induction of amidases, which are negative regulators of the immune response, but not to antimicrobial peptides. Thereby, the local germination of spores in the posterior intestine dampens the immune signaling that in turn fosters the persistence of Bc bacteria. This study provides evidence for how Bc spores hijack the intestinal immune defenses allowing the localized birth of vegetative bacteria responsible for the digestive symptoms associated with foodborne illness outbreaks.
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- Salma Hachfi
- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, France
- Université Côte d'Azur, Inserm, C3M, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, France
- Anses (Laboratoire de Sécurité des Aliments), Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Inserm, C3M, Nice, France
- Bacteriology Laboratory, Archet 2 Hospital, CHU, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Anses (Laboratoire de Sécurité des Aliments), Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INRAE, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, France.
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Zhou H, Huang Y, Jia C, Pang Y, Liu L, Xu Y, Jin P, Qian J, Ma F. NF-κB factors cooperate with Su(Hw)/E4F1 to balance Drosophila/human immune responses via modulating dynamic expression of miR-210. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:6906-6927. [PMID: 38742642 PMCID: PMC11229355 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial regulatory roles in controlling immune responses, but their dynamic expression mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we firstly confirm that the conserved miRNA miR-210 negatively regulates innate immune responses of Drosophila and human via targeting Toll and TLR6, respectively. Secondly, our findings demonstrate that the expression of miR-210 is dynamically regulated by NF-κB factor Dorsal in immune response of Drosophila Toll pathway. Thirdly, we find that Dorsal-mediated transcriptional inhibition of miR-210 is dependent on the transcriptional repressor Su(Hw). Mechanistically, Dorsal interacts with Su(Hw) to modulate cooperatively the dynamic expression of miR-210 in a time- and dose-dependent manner, thereby controlling the strength of Drosophila Toll immune response and maintaining immune homeostasis. Fourthly, we reveal a similar mechanism in human cells, where NF-κB/RelA cooperates with E4F1 to regulate the dynamic expression of hsa-miR-210 in the TLR immune response. Overall, our study reveals a conservative regulatory mechanism that maintains animal innate immune homeostasis and provides new insights into the dynamic regulation of miRNA expression in immune response.
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- Hongjian Zhou
- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 210002 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 210002 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 210023 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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Bland ML. Regulating metabolism to shape immune function: Lessons from Drosophila. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 138:128-141. [PMID: 35440411 PMCID: PMC10617008 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Infection with pathogenic microbes is a severe threat that hosts manage by activating the innate immune response. In Drosophila melanogaster, the Toll and Imd signaling pathways are activated by pathogen-associated molecular patterns to initiate cellular and humoral immune processes that neutralize and kill invaders. The Toll and Imd signaling pathways operate in organs such as fat body and gut that control host nutrient metabolism, and infections or genetic activation of Toll and Imd signaling also induce wide-ranging changes in host lipid, carbohydrate and protein metabolism. Metabolic regulation by immune signaling can confer resistance to or tolerance of infection, but it can also lead to pathology and susceptibility to infection. These immunometabolic phenotypes are described in this review, as are changes in endocrine signaling and gene regulation that mediate survival during infection. Future work in the field is anticipated to determine key variables such as sex, dietary nutrients, life stage, and pathogen characteristics that modify immunometabolic phenotypes and, importantly, to uncover the mechanisms used by the immune system to regulate metabolism.
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- Michelle L Bland
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, United States.
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Kim Y, Goh G, Kim YH. Expression of antimicrobial peptides associated with different susceptibilities to environmental chemicals in Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 187:105210. [PMID: 36127054 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Drosophila suzukii is a serious agricultural pest. The evolved morphology of the female D. suzukii assists in penetrating the surface of fresh fruit and spawns eggs with its unique ovipositor. Conversely, Drosophila melanogaster, a taxonomically close species with D. suzukii, largely inhabits decaying and fermenting fruits and is consistently exposed to extensive environmental chemicals, such as 2-phenylethanol, ethanol, and acetic acid, produced by microorganisms. Considering the distinct habitats of the two flies, D. suzukii is thought to be more susceptible to environmental chemicals than D. melanogaster. We investigated the significantly higher survival rate of D. melanogaster following exposure to 2-phenylethanol, ethanol, and acetic acid. A comparison of the expression of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) between the two flies treated with chemicals established that AMPs were generally more abundantly induced in D. melanogaster than in D. suzukii, particularly in the gut and fat body. Among the AMPs, the induction of genes (Diptericin A, Diptericin B, and Metchnikowin), which are regulated by the immune deficiency (IMD) pathway, was significantly higher than that of Drosomycin, which belongs to the Toll pathway in chemical-treated D. melanogaster. A transgenic RNAi fly (D. melanogaster) with silenced expression of AMPs and Relish, a transcription factor of the IMD pathway, exhibited significantly reduced survival rates than the control fly. Our results suggest that AMPs regulated by the IMD pathway play an important role in the chemical tolerance of D. melanogaster, and these flies are adapted to their habitats by physiological response.
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- YeongHo Kim
- Department of Ecological Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 37224, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS66506, USA
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- Department of Ecological Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 37224, Republic of Korea; Department of Vector Entomology, Kyungpook National University, Sangju 37224, Republic of Korea.
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Hegde S, Sreejan A, Gadgil CJ, Ratnaparkhi GS. SUMOylation of Dorsal attenuates Toll/NF-κB signaling. Genetics 2022; 221:iyac081. [PMID: 35567478 PMCID: PMC9252280 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
In Drosophila, Toll/NF-κB signaling plays key roles in both animal development and in host defense. The activation, intensity, and kinetics of Toll signaling are regulated by posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation, SUMOylation, or ubiquitination that target multiple proteins in the Toll/NF-κB cascade. Here, we have generated a CRISPR-Cas9 edited Dorsal (DL) variant that is SUMO conjugation resistant. Intriguingly, embryos laid by dlSCR mothers overcome dl haploinsufficiency and complete the developmental program. This ability appears to be a result of higher transcriptional activation by DLSCR. In contrast, SUMOylation dampens DL transcriptional activation, ultimately conferring robustness to the dorso-ventral program. In the larval immune response, dlSCR animals show an increase in crystal cell numbers, stronger activation of humoral defense genes, and high cactus levels. A mathematical model that evaluates the contribution of the small fraction of SUMOylated DL (1-5%) suggests that it acts to block transcriptional activation, which is driven primarily by DL that is not SUMO conjugated. Our findings define SUMO conjugation as an important regulator of the Toll signaling cascade, in both development and host defense. Our results broadly suggest that SUMO attenuates DL at the level of transcriptional activation. Furthermore, we hypothesize that SUMO conjugation of DL may be part of a Ubc9-dependent mechanism that restrains Toll/NF-κB signaling.
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- Sushmitha Hegde
- Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR—National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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- Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR—National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
- CSIR—Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi 110020, India
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Kanoh H, Iwashita S, Kuraishi T, Goto A, Fuse N, Ueno H, Nimura M, Oyama T, Tang C, Watanabe R, Hori A, Momiuchi Y, Ishikawa H, Suzuki H, Nabe K, Takagaki T, Fukuzaki M, Tong LL, Yamada S, Oshima Y, Aigaki T, Dow JAT, Davies SA, Kurata S. cGMP signaling pathway that modulates NF-κB activation in innate immune responses. iScience 2021; 24:103473. [PMID: 34988396 PMCID: PMC8710550 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway is an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway that plays a central role in immune responses and inflammation. Here, we show that Drosophila NF-κB signaling is activated via a pathway in parallel with the Toll receptor by receptor-type guanylate cyclase, Gyc76C. Gyc76C produces cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and modulates NF-κB signaling through the downstream Tollreceptor components dMyd88, Pelle, Tube, and Dif/Dorsal (NF-κB). The cGMP signaling pathway comprises a membrane-localized cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGK) called DG2 and protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) and is crucial for host survival against Gram-positive bacterial infections in Drosophila. A membrane-bound cGK, PRKG2, also modulates NF-κB activation via PP2A in human cells, indicating that modulation of NF-κB activation in innate immunity by the cGMP signaling pathway is evolutionarily conserved. Drosophila NF-κB signaling is activated by Gyc76C in parallel with the Toll receptor Gyc76C modulates NF-κB signaling through downstream Toll receptor components In Drosophila, the pathway comprises a cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGK) and PP2A In human cells, a membrane-bound cGK, PRKG2, also modulates NF-κB signaling via PP2A
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- Hirotaka Kanoh
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.,Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Schlamp F, Delbare SYN, Early AM, Wells MT, Basu S, Clark AG. Dense time-course gene expression profiling of the Drosophila melanogaster innate immune response. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:304. [PMID: 33902461 PMCID: PMC8074482 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07593-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Immune responses need to be initiated rapidly, and maintained as needed, to prevent establishment and growth of infections. At the same time, resources need to be balanced with other physiological processes. On the level of transcription, studies have shown that this balancing act is reflected in tight control of the initiation kinetics and shutdown dynamics of specific immune genes. RESULTS To investigate genome-wide expression dynamics and trade-offs after infection at a high temporal resolution, we performed an RNA-seq time course on D. melanogaster with 20 time points post Imd stimulation. A combination of methods, including spline fitting, cluster analysis, and Granger causality inference, allowed detailed dissection of expression profiles, lead-lag interactions, and functional annotation of genes through guilt-by-association. We identified Imd-responsive genes and co-expressed, less well characterized genes, with an immediate-early response and sustained up-regulation up to 5 days after stimulation. In contrast, stress response and Toll-responsive genes, among which were Bomanins, demonstrated early and transient responses. We further observed a strong trade-off with metabolic genes, which strikingly recovered to pre-infection levels before the immune response was fully resolved. CONCLUSIONS This high-dimensional dataset enabled the comprehensive study of immune response dynamics through the parallel application of multiple temporal data analysis methods. The well annotated data set should also serve as a useful resource for further investigation of the D. melanogaster innate immune response, and for the development of methods for analysis of a post-stress transcriptional response time-series at whole-genome scale.
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- Florencia Schlamp
- Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
- Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Huang C, Xu R, Liégeois S, Chen D, Li Z, Ferrandon D. Differential Requirements for Mediator Complex Subunits in Drosophila melanogaster Host Defense Against Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens. Front Immunol 2021; 11:478958. [PMID: 33746938 PMCID: PMC7977287 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.478958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The humoral immune response to bacterial or fungal infections in Drosophila relies largely on a transcriptional response mediated by the Toll and Immune deficiency NF-κB pathways. Antimicrobial peptides are potent effectors of these pathways and allow the organism to attack invading pathogens. Dorsal-related Immune Factor (DIF), a transcription factor regulated by the Toll pathway, is required in the host defense against fungal and some Gram-positive bacterial infections. The Mediator complex is involved in the initiation of transcription of most RNA polymerase B (PolB)-dependent genes by forming a functional bridge between transcription factors bound to enhancer regions and the gene promoter region and then recruiting the PolB pre-initiation complex. Mediator is formed by several modules that each comprises several subunits. The Med17 subunit of the head module of Mediator has been shown to be required for the expression of Drosomycin, which encodes a potent antifungal peptide, by binding to DIF. Thus, Mediator is expected to mediate the host defense against pathogens controlled by the Toll pathway-dependent innate immune response. Here, we first focus on the Med31 subunit of the middle module of Mediator and find that it is required in host defense against Aspergillus fumigatus, Enterococcus faecalis, and injected but not topically-applied Metarhizium robertsii. Thus, host defense against M. robertsii requires Dif but not necessarily Med31 in the two distinct infection models. The induction of some Toll-pathway-dependent genes is decreased after a challenge of Med31 RNAi-silenced flies with either A. fumigatus or E. faecalis, while these flies exhibit normal phagocytosis and melanization. We have further tested most Mediator subunits using RNAi by monitoring their survival after challenges to several other microbial infections known to be fought off through DIF. We report that the host defense against specific pathogens involves a distinct set of Mediator subunits with only one subunit for C. glabrata or Erwinia carotovora carotovora, at least one for M. robertsii or a somewhat extended repertoire for A. fumigatus (at least eight subunits) and E. faecalis (eight subunits), with two subunits, Med6 and Med11 being required only against A. fumigatus. Med31 but not Med17 is required in fighting off injected M. robertsii conidia. Thus, the involvement of Mediator in Drosophila innate immunity is more complex than expected.
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- Chuqin Huang
- Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Université de Strasbourg, UPR 9022 du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Université de Strasbourg, UPR 9022 du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Sino-French Hoffman Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Université de Strasbourg, UPR 9022 du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Signaling cross-talk during development: Context-specific networking of Notch, NF-κB and JNK signaling pathways in Drosophila. Cell Signal 2021; 82:109937. [PMID: 33529757 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.109937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Multicellular organisms depend on a handful of core signaling pathways that regulate a variety of cell fate choices. Often these relatively simple signals integrate to form a large and complex signaling network to achieve a distinct developmental fate in a context-specific manner. Various pathway-dependent and independent events control the assembly of signaling complexes. Notch pathway is one such conserved signaling mechanism that integrates with other signaling pathways to exhibit a context-dependent pleiotropic output. To understand how Notch signaling provides a spectrum of distinct outputs, it is important to understand various regulatory switches involved in mediating signaling cross-talk of Notch with other pathways. Here, we review our current understanding as to how Notch signal integrates with JNK and NF-κB signaling pathways in Drosophila to regulate various developmental events such as sensory organ precursor formation, innate immunity, dorsal closure, establishment of planar cell polarity as well as during proliferation and tumor progression. We highlight the importance of conserved signaling molecules during these cross-talks and debate further possibilities of novel switches that may be involved in mediating these cross-talk events.
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Ohnuma K, Kishita Y, Nyuzuki H, Kohda M, Ohtsu Y, Takeo S, Asano T, Sato-Miyata Y, Ohtake A, Murayama K, Okazaki Y, Aigaki T. Ski3/TTC37 deficiency associated with trichohepatoenteric syndrome causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Drosophila. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:2168-2181. [PMID: 32294252 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Tetratricopeptide repeat protein 37 (TTC37) is a causative gene of trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THES). However, little is known about the pathogenesis of this disease. Here, we characterize the phenotype of a Drosophila model in which ski3, a homolog of TTC37, is disrupted. The mutant flies are pupal lethal, and the pupal lethality is partially rescued by transgenic expression of wild-type ski3 or human TTC37. The mutant larvae show growth retardation, heart arrhythmia, triacylglycerol accumulation, and aberrant metabolism of glycolysis and the TCA cycle. Moreover, mitochondrial membrane potential and respiratory chain complex activities are significantly reduced in the mutants. Our results demonstrate that ski3 deficiency causes mitochondrial dysfunction, which may underlie the pathogenesis of THES.
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- Kohei Ohnuma
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Japan
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- Intractable Disease Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Niigata University, Asahimachi, Japan
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- Intractable Disease Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Division of Medical Nutrition, Faculty of Healthcare, Tokyo Healthcare University, Setagaya-ku, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Japan
- Research and Education Centre for Natural Sciences, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics & Clinical Genomics, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Japan
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- Department of Metabolism, Center for Medical Genetics, Chiba Children's Hospital, Midori-ku, Japan
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- Intractable Disease Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Japan
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Li Z, Wu C, Ding X, Li W, Xue L. Toll signaling promotes JNK-dependent apoptosis in Drosophila. Cell Div 2020; 15:7. [PMID: 32174999 PMCID: PMC7063707 DOI: 10.1186/s13008-020-00062-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Apoptosis plays pivotal roles in organ development and tissue homeostasis, with its major function to remove unhealthy cells that may compromise the fitness of the organism. Toll signaling, with the ancient evolutionary origin, regulates embryonic dorsal–ventral patterning, axon targeting and degeneration, and innate immunity. Using Drosophila as a genetic model, we characterized the role of Toll signaling in apoptotic cell death. Results We found that gain of Toll signaling is able to trigger caspase-dependent cell death in development. In addition, JNK activity is required for Toll-induced cell death. Furthermore, ectopic Toll expression induces the activation of JNK pathway. Moreover, physiological activation of Toll signaling is sufficient to produce JNK-dependent cell death. Finally, Toll signaling activates JNK-mediated cell death through promoting ROS production. Conclusions As Toll pathway has been evolutionarily conserved from Drosophila to human, this study may shed light on the mechanism of mammalian Toll-like receptors (TLRs) signaling in apoptotic cell death.
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- Zhuojie Li
- 1Institute of Intervention Vessel, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092 China
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- 1Institute of Intervention Vessel, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092 China.,2College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, 21 Bohai Road, Tangshan, 063210 China
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- 1Institute of Intervention Vessel, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092 China
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- 1Institute of Intervention Vessel, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092 China
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- 1Institute of Intervention Vessel, Shanghai 10th People's Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092 China.,3Zhuhai Interventional Medical Center, Zhuhai Precision Medical Center, Zhuhai People's Hospital, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519000 China
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TmDorX2 positively regulates antimicrobial peptides in Tenebrio molitor gut, fat body, and hemocytes in response to bacterial and fungal infection. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16878. [PMID: 31728023 PMCID: PMC6856108 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53497-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Dorsal, a member of the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) family of transcription factors, is a critical downstream component of the Toll pathway that regulates the expression of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) against pathogen invasion. In this study, the full-length ORF of Dorsal was identified from the RNA-seq database of the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor (TmDorX2). The ORF of TmDorX2 was 1,482 bp in length, encoding a polypeptide of 493 amino acid residues. TmDorX2 contains a conserved Rel homology domain (RHD) and an immunoglobulin-like, plexins, and transcription factors (IPT) domain. TmDorX2 mRNA was detected in all developmental stages, with the highest levels observed in 3-day-old adults. TmDorX2 transcripts were highly expressed in the adult Malpighian tubules (MT) and the larval fat body and MT tissues. After challenging the larvae with Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, the TmDorX2 mRNA levels were upregulated 6 and 9 h post infection in the whole body, fat body, and hemocytes. Upon Candida albicans challenge, the TmDorX2 mRNA expression were found highest at 9 h post-infection in the fat body. In addition, TmDorX2-knockdown larvae exposed to E. coli, S. aureus, or C. albicans challenge showed a significantly increased mortality rate. Furthermore, the expression of 11 AMP genes was downregulated in the gut and fat body of dsTmDorX2-injected larvae upon E. coli challenge. After C. albicans and S. aureus challenge of dsTmDorX2-injected larvae, the expression of 11 and 10 AMPs was downregulated in the gut and fat body, respectively. Intriguingly, the expression of antifungal transcripts TmTenecin-3 and TmThaumatin-like protein-1 and -2 was greatly decreased in TmDorX2-silenced larvae in response to C. albicans challenge, suggesting that TmDorX2 regulates antifungal AMPs in the gut in response to C. albicans infection. The AMP expression profiles in the fat body, hemocytes, gut, and MTs suggest that TmDorX2 might have an important role in promoting the survival of T. molitor larvae against all mentioned pathogens.
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Encinas-García T, Mendoza-Cano F, Porchas-Cornejo M, Peña-Rodríguez A, Enríquez-Espinoza T, Sánchez-Paz A. The white spot syndrome virus hijacks the expression of the Penaeus vannamei Toll signaling pathway to evade host immunity and facilitate its replication. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 92:905-912. [PMID: 31302285 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), the most lethal pathogen of shrimp, is a dsDNA virus with approximately a 300,000 base pairs and contains approximately 180-500 predicted open reading frames (ORFs), of which only 6% show homology to any known protein from other viruses or organisms. Although most of its ORFs encode enzymes for nucleotide metabolism, DNA replication, and protein modification, the WSSV uses some of its encoded proteins successfully to take control of the metabolism of the host and avoid immune responses. The contribution of the shrimp innate immune response to prevent viral invasions is recognized but yet not fully understood. Thus, the role of several components of Toll pathway of the shrimp Penaeus vannamei against WSSV has been previously described, and the consequential effects occurring through the cascade remain unknown. In the current study the effects of WSSV over various components of the shrimp Toll pathway were studied. The gene expression of Spätzle, Toll, Tube, Cactus and Dorsal was altered after 6-12 h post inoculation. The expression of LvToll3, LvCactus, LvDorsal, decreased ~4.4-, ~3.7- and ~7.3-fold at 48, 24 and 48 hpi, respectively. Furthermore, a remarkable reduction (~18-fold) in the expression of the gene encoding LvCactus in WSSV infected specimens was observed at 6 hpi. This may be a sophisticated strategy exploited by WSSV to evade the Toll-mediated immune action, and to promote its replication, thereby contributing to viral fitness.
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- Trinidad Encinas-García
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Laboratorio de Análisis, Referencia y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Calle Hermosa, 101. Col. Los Ángeles, Hermosillo, Sonora, C. P. 83106, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Laboratorio de Análisis, Referencia y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Calle Hermosa, 101. Col. Los Ángeles, Hermosillo, Sonora, C. P. 83106, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. Km 2.35 Carretera a Las Tinajas, S/N Colonia Tinajas, Guaymas, Sonora, C.P. 85460, Mexico
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- CONACyT, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), IPN 195, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico
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- Universidad Estatal de Sonora. Unidad Académica Hermosillo, Ley Federal del Trabajo s/n, Hermosillo, Sonora, C. P. 83100, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Laboratorio de Análisis, Referencia y Diagnóstico en Sanidad Acuícola, Calle Hermosa, 101. Col. Los Ángeles, Hermosillo, Sonora, C. P. 83106, Mexico.
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Martinson EO, Siebert AL, He M, Kelkar YD, Doucette LA, Werren JH. Evaluating the evolution and function of the dynamic Venom Y protein in ectoparasitoid wasps. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 28:499-508. [PMID: 30636014 PMCID: PMC6606371 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Venom of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis changes the metabolism and gene expression in its fly host Sarcophaga bullata to induce developmental arrest, suppression of the immune response and various other venom effects. Yet, the venom of ectoparasitoid wasps has not been fully characterized. A major component of N. vitripennis venom is an uncharacterized, high-expressing protein referred to as Venom Y. Here we describe the evolutionary history and possible functions of this venom protein. We found that Venom Y is a relatively young gene that has duplicated to form two distinct paralogue groups. A copy of Venom Y has been recruited as a venom protein in at least five wasp species. Functional analysis found that Venom Y affects detoxification and immunity genes in envenomated fly hosts. Many of these genes are fat-body specific, suggesting that Venom Y may have a targeted effect on fat body tissue. We also show that Venom Y may mitigate negative effects of other venom proteins. Finally, protein sequencing indicates that Venom Y is post-translationally modified. This study contributes to elucidating parasitoid venom by using RNA interference knockdown to investigate venom protein function in the context of the whole venom cocktail.
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- Ellen O. Martinson
- Biology Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
- Current Address: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA
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- Translational Biomedical Science Department, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY 14627 USA
- Current Address: Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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- Biology Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
- Current Address: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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- Biology Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
- Current Address: Mayor’s Office of Innovation, Rochester, NY 14614 USA
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- Biology Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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Chowdhury M, Zhang J, Xu XX, He Z, Lu Y, Liu XS, Wang YF, Yu XQ. An in vitro study of NF-κB factors cooperatively in regulation of Drosophila melanogaster antimicrobial peptide genes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 95:50-58. [PMID: 30735676 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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An important innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster is the production of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Expression of AMP genes is mediated by the Toll and immune deficiency (IMD) pathways via NF-κB transcription factors Dorsal, DIF and Relish. Dorsal and DIF act downstream of the Toll pathway, whereas Relish acts in the IMD pathway. Dorsal and DIF are held inactive in the cytoplasm by the IκB protein Cactus, while Relish contains an IκB-like inhibitory domain at the C-terminus. NF-κB factors normally form homodimers and heterodimers to regulate gene expression, but formation of heterodimers between Relish and DIF or Dorsal and the specificity and activity of the three NF-κB homodimers and heterodimers are not well understood. In this study, we compared the activity of Rel homology domains (RHDs) of Dorsal, DIF and Relish in activation of Drosophila AMP gene promoters, demonstrated that Relish-RHD (Rel-RHD) interacted with both Dorsal-RHD and DIF-RHD, Relish-N interacted with DIF and Dorsal, and overexpression of individual RHD and co-expression of any two RHDs activated the activity of AMP gene promoters to various levels, suggesting formation of homodimers and heterodimers among Dorsal, DIF and Relish. Rel-RHD homodimers were stronger activators than heterodimers of Rel-RHD with either DIF-RHD or Dorsal-RHD, while DIF-RHD-Dorsal-RHD heterodimers were stronger activators than either DIF-RHD or Dorsal-RHD homodimers in activation of AMP gene promoters. We also identified the nucleotides at the 6th and 8th positions of the 3' half-sites of the κB motifs that are important for the specificity and activity of NF-κB transcription factors.
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- Munmun Chowdhury
- 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
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA; College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, 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; School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, 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; School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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Shmueli A, Shalit T, Okun E, Shohat-Ophir G. The Toll Pathway in the Central Nervous System of Flies and Mammals. Neuromolecular Med 2018; 20:419-436. [PMID: 30276585 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-018-8515-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Toll receptors, first identified to regulate embryogenesis and immune responses in the adult fly and subsequently defined as the principal sensors of infection in mammals, are increasingly appreciated for their impact on the homeostasis of the central as well as the peripheral nervous systems. Whereas in the context of immunity, the fly Toll and the mammalian TLR pathways have been researched in parallel, the expression pattern and functionality have largely been researched disparately. Herein, we provide data on the expression pattern of the Toll homologues, signaling components, and downstream effectors in ten different cell populations of the adult fly central nervous system (CNS). We have compared the expression of the different Toll pathways in the fly to the expression of TLRs in the mouse brain and discussed the implications with respect to commonalities, differences, and future perspectives.
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- Anat Shmueli
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mantoux Bioinformatics institute of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
- The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
- The Paul Feder Laboratory on Alzheimer's Disease Research, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Building 901, room 315, Ramat-Gan, 5290000, Israel.
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
- The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
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Alpar L, Bergantiños C, Johnston LA. Spatially Restricted Regulation of Spätzle/Toll Signaling during Cell Competition. Dev Cell 2018; 46:706-719.e5. [PMID: 30146479 PMCID: PMC6156939 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cell competition employs comparisons of fitness to selectively eliminate cells sensed as less healthy. In Drosophila, apoptotic elimination of the weaker "loser" cells from growing wing discs is induced by a signaling module consisting of the Toll ligand Spätzle (Spz), several Toll-related receptors, and NF-κB factors. How this module is activated and restricted to competing disc cells is unknown. Here, we use Myc-induced cell competition to demonstrate that loser cell elimination requires local wing disc synthesis of Spz. We identify Spz processing enzyme (SPE) and modular serine protease (ModSP) as activators of Spz-regulated competitive signaling and show that "winner" cells trigger elimination of nearby WT cells by boosting SPE production. Moreover, Spz requires both Toll and Toll-8 to induce apoptosis of wing disc cells. Thus, during cell competition, Spz-mediated signaling is strictly confined to the imaginal disc, allowing errors in tissue fitness to be corrected without compromising organismal physiology.
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- Lale Alpar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA.,Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA.,Correspondence:
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Goto A, Okado K, Martins N, Cai H, Barbier V, Lamiable O, Troxler L, Santiago E, Kuhn L, Paik D, Silverman N, Holleufer A, Hartmann R, Liu J, Peng T, Hoffmann JA, Meignin C, Daeffler L, Imler JL. The Kinase IKKβ Regulates a STING- and NF-κB-Dependent Antiviral Response Pathway in Drosophila. Immunity 2018; 49:225-234.e4. [PMID: 30119996 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Antiviral immunity in Drosophila involves RNA interference and poorly characterized inducible responses. Here, we showed that two components of the IMD pathway, the kinase dIKKβ and the transcription factor Relish, were required to control infection by two picorna-like viruses. We identified a set of genes induced by viral infection and regulated by dIKKβ and Relish, which included an ortholog of STING. We showed that dSTING participated in the control of infection by picorna-like viruses, acting upstream of dIKKβ to regulate expression of Nazo, an antiviral factor. Our data reveal an antiviral function for STING in an animal model devoid of interferons and suggest an evolutionarily ancient role for this molecule in antiviral immunity.
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- Akira Goto
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France; Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China.
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France; Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France; Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Plateforme Protéomique Strasbourg-Esplanade, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Center for Structural Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Structural Biology, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France; Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China; University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Insect Models of Innate Immunity (M3I; UPR9022), 67084 Strasbourg, France; Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China.
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Sadekuzzaman M, Kim Y. Nitric oxide mediates antimicrobial peptide gene expression by activating eicosanoid signaling. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193282. [PMID: 29466449 PMCID: PMC5821394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) mediates both cellular and humoral immune responses in insects. Its mediation of cellular immune responses uses eicosanoids as a downstream signal. However, the cross-talk with two immune mediators was not known in humoral immune responses. This study focuses on cross-talk between two immune mediators in inducing gene expression of anti-microbial peptides (AMPs) of a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. Up-regulation of eight AMPs was observed in S. exigua against bacterial challenge. However, the AMP induction was suppressed by injection of an NO synthase inhibitor, L-NAME, while little expressional change was observed on injecting its enantiomer, D-NAME. The functional association between NO biosynthesis and AMP gene expression was further supported by RNA interference (RNAi) against NO synthase (SeNOS), which suppressed AMP gene expression under the immune challenge. The AMP induction was also mimicked by NO alone because injecting an NO analog, SNAP, without bacterial challenge significantly induced the AMP gene expression. Interestingly, an eicosanoid biosynthesis inhibitor, dexamethasone (DEX), suppressed the NO induction of AMP expression. The inhibitory activity of DEX was reversed by the addition of arachidonic acid, a precursor of eicosanoid biosynthesis. AMP expression of S. exigua was also controlled by the Toll/IMD signal pathway. The RNAi of Toll receptors or Relish suppressed AMP gene expression by suppressing NO levels and subsequently reducing PLA2 enzyme activity. These results suggest that eicosanoids are a downstream signal of NO mediation of AMP expression against bacterial challenge.
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- Md. Sadekuzzaman
- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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Kenmoku H, Hori A, Kuraishi T, Kurata S. A novel mode of induction of the humoral innate immune response in Drosophila larvae. Dis Model Mech 2017; 10:271-281. [PMID: 28250052 PMCID: PMC5374318 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.027102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Drosophila adults have been utilized as a genetically tractable model organism to decipher the molecular mechanisms of humoral innate immune responses. In an effort to promote the utility of Drosophila larvae as an additional model system, in this study, we describe a novel aspect of an induction mechanism for innate immunity in these larvae. By using a fine tungsten needle created for manipulating semi-conductor devices, larvae were subjected to septic injury. However, although Toll pathway mutants were susceptible to infection with Gram-positive bacteria as had been shown for Drosophila adults, microbe clearance was not affected in the mutants. In addition, Drosophila larvae were found to be sensitive to mechanical stimuli with respect to the activation of a sterile humoral response. In particular, pinching with forceps to a degree that might cause minor damage to larval tissues could induce the expression of the antifungal peptide gene Drosomycin; notably, this induction was partially independent of the Toll and immune deficiency pathways. We therefore propose that Drosophila larvae might serve as a useful model to analyze the infectious and non-infectious inflammation that underlies various inflammatory diseases such as ischemia, atherosclerosis and cancer.
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- Hiroyuki Kenmoku
- Department of Molecular Biopharmacy and Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biopharmacy and Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.,Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biopharmacy and Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan .,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan.,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biopharmacy and Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Shabir U, Ali S, Magray AR, Ganai BA, Firdous P, Hassan T, Nazir R. Fish antimicrobial peptides (AMP's) as essential and promising molecular therapeutic agents: A review. Microb Pathog 2017; 114:50-56. [PMID: 29180291 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are generally considered as an essential component of innate immunity, thereby providing the first line of defense against wide range of pathogens. In addition, they can also kill the pathogens which are generally resistant to number of antibiotics, thereby providing the avenues for the development of future therapeutic agents. Fishes are constantly challenged by variety of pathogens which not only shows detrimental effect on their health but also increases risk of becoming resistant to conventional antibiotics. As fishes rely more on innate immunity, AMPs can serve as a potential defensive weapons in fishes for combating emerging devastating diseases. Generally, AMPs show multidimensional properties like rapid diffusion to the site of infection, recruitment of other immune cells to infected tissues and vigorous potential to rapidly neutralize broad range of pathogens (bacterial, fungal and viral). AMPs also exhibit diverse biological effect like endotoxin neutralization, immunomodulation and induction of angiogenesis in mammals. Due to these properties AMPs have become one of the most promising therapeutic agents to be studied. Till date, many AMPs have been isolated from the fishes but not fully characterized at molecular level. This review provides an overview of the structures, functions, and putative mechanisms of major families of fish AMPs. Further, we also highlighted how fish AMPs can be used as a novel therapeutic tool which is the theme of future research in drug development.
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- Uzma Shabir
- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India.
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- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, 190006, India
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Interplay between trauma and Pseudomonas entomophila infection in flies: a central role of the JNK pathway and of CrebA. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16222. [PMID: 29176735 PMCID: PMC5701226 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14969-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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In mammals, both sterile wounding and infection induce inflammation and activate the innate immune system, and the combination of both challenges may lead to severe health defects, revealing the importance of the balance between the intensity and resolution of the inflammatory response for the organism’s fitness. Underlying mechanisms remain however elusive. Using Drosophila, we show that, upon infection with the entomopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas entomophila (Pe), a sterile wounding induces a reduced resistance and increased host mortality. To identify the molecular mechanisms underlying the susceptibility of wounded flies to bacterial infection, we analyzed the very first steps of the process by comparing the transcriptome landscape of infected (simple hit flies, SH), wounded and infected (double hit flies, DH) and wounded (control) flies. We observed that overexpressed genes in DH flies compared to SH ones are significantly enriched in genes related to stress, including members of the JNK pathway. We demonstrated that the JNK pathway plays a central role in the DH phenotype by manipulating the Jra/dJun activity. Moreover, the CrebA/Creb3-like transcription factor (TF) and its targets were up-regulated in SH flies and we show that CrebA is required for mounting an appropriate immune response. Drosophila thus appears as a relevant model to investigate interactions between trauma and infection and allows to unravel key pathways involved.
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Morris O, Liu X, Domingues C, Runchel C, Chai A, Basith S, Tenev T, Chen H, Choi S, Pennetta G, Buchon N, Meier P. Signal Integration by the IκB Protein Pickle Shapes Drosophila Innate Host Defense. Cell Host Microbe 2017; 20:283-295. [PMID: 27631699 PMCID: PMC5026699 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pattern recognition receptors are activated following infection and trigger transcriptional programs important for host defense. Tight regulation of NF-κB activation is critical to avoid detrimental and misbalanced responses. We describe Pickle, a Drosophila nuclear IκB that integrates signaling inputs from both the Imd and Toll pathways by skewing the transcriptional output of the NF-κB dimer repertoire. Pickle interacts with the NF-κB protein Relish and the histone deacetylase dHDAC1, selectively repressing Relish homodimers while leaving other NF-κB dimer combinations unscathed. Pickle's ability to selectively inhibit Relish homodimer activity contributes to proper host immunity and organismal health. Although loss of pickle results in hyper-induction of Relish target genes and improved host resistance to pathogenic bacteria in the short term, chronic inactivation of pickle causes loss of immune tolerance and shortened lifespan. Pickle therefore allows balanced immune responses that protect from pathogenic microbes while permitting the establishment of beneficial commensal host-microbe relationships.
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- Otto Morris
- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Building, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK.
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 5124 Comstock Hall, 129 Garden Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Building, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Building, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, Centre for Integrative Physiology, The University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea; National Leading Research Laboratory of Molecular Modeling & Drug Design, College of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Building, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea
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- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, Centre for Integrative Physiology, The University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 5124 Comstock Hall, 129 Garden Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Building, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK.
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TmCactin plays an important role in Gram-negative and -positive bacterial infection by regulating expression of 7 AMP genes in Tenebrio molitor. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46459. [PMID: 28418029 PMCID: PMC5394457 DOI: 10.1038/srep46459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cactin was originally identified as an interactor of the Drosophila IκB factor Cactus and shown to play a role in controlling embryonic polarity and regulating the NF-κB signaling pathway. While subsequent studies have identified the roles for Cactin in the mammalian immune response, the immune function of Cactin in insects has not been described yet. Here, we identified a Cactin gene from the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (TmCactin) and characterized its functional role in innate immunity. TmCactin was highly expressed in prepupa to last instar stages, and its expression was high in the integument and Malpighian tubules of last instar larvae and adults. TmCactin was induced in larvae after infection with different pathogens and detectable within 3 hours of infection. The highest levels of TmCactin expression were detected at 9 hours post infection. TmCactin RNAi significantly decreased the survival rates of larvae after challenge with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, but had no significant effect after challenge with Candida albicans. Furthermore, TmCactin RNAi significantly reduced the expression of seven antimicrobial peptide genes (AMPs) after bacterial challenge. Our results suggest that TmCactin may serve as an important regulator of innate immunity, mediating AMP responses against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in T. molitor.
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Maki K, Shibata T, Kawabata SI. Transglutaminase-catalyzed incorporation of polyamines masks the DNA-binding region of the transcription factor Relish. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:6369-6380. [PMID: 28258224 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.779579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In Drosophila, the final immune deficiency (IMD) pathway-dependent signal is transmitted through proteolytic conversion of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-like transcription factor Relish to the active N-terminal fragment Relish-N. Relish-N is then translocated from the cytosol into the nucleus for the expression of IMD-controlled genes. We previously demonstrated that transglutaminase (TG) suppresses the IMD pathway by polymerizing Relish-N to inhibit its nuclear translocation. Conversely, we also demonstrated that orally ingested synthetic amines, such as monodansylcadaverine (DCA) and biotin-labeled pentylamine, are TG-dependently incorporated into Relish-N, causing the nuclear translocation of modified Relish-N in gut epithelial cells. It remains unclear, however, whether polyamine-containing Relish-N retains transcriptional activity. Here, we used mass spectrometry analysis of a recombinant Relish-N modified with DCA by TG activity after proteolytic digestion and show that the DCA-modified Gln residues are located in the DNA-binding region of Relish-N. TG-catalyzed DCA incorporation inhibited binding of Relish-N to the Rel-responsive element in the NF-κB-binding DNA sequence. Subcellular fractionation of TG-expressing Drosophila S2 cells indicated that TG was localized in both the cytosol and nucleus. Of note, natural polyamines, including spermidine and spermine, competitively inhibited TG-dependent DCA incorporation into Relish-N. Moreover, in vivo experiments demonstrated that Relish-N was modified by spermine and that this modification reduced transcription of IMD pathway-controlled cecropin A1 and diptericin genes. These findings suggest that intracellular TG regulates Relish-N-mediated transcriptional activity by incorporating polyamines into Relish-N and via protein-protein cross-linking.
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- Kouki Maki
- From the Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences
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- Institute for Advanced Study, and.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, .,Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Two White Spot Syndrome Virus MicroRNAs Target the Dorsal Gene To Promote Virus Infection in Marsupenaeus japonicus Shrimp. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.02261-16. [PMID: 28179524 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02261-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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In eukaryotes, microRNAs (miRNAs) serve as regulators of many biological processes, including virus infection. An miRNA can generally target diverse genes during virus-host interactions. However, the regulation of gene expression by multiple miRNAs has not yet been extensively explored during virus infection. This study found that the Spaztle (Spz)-Toll-Dorsal-antilipopolysaccharide factor (ALF) signaling pathway plays a very important role in antiviral immunity against invasion of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in shrimp (Marsupenaeus japonicus). Dorsal, the central gene in the Toll pathway, was targeted by two viral miRNAs (WSSV-miR-N13 and WSSV-miR-N23) during WSSV infection. The regulation of Dorsal expression by viral miRNAs suppressed the Spz-Toll-Dorsal-ALF signaling pathway in shrimp in vivo, leading to virus infection. Our study contributes novel insights into the viral miRNA-mediated Toll signaling pathway during the virus-host interaction.IMPORTANCE An miRNA can target diverse genes during virus-host interactions. However, the regulation of gene expression by multiple miRNAs during virus infection has not yet been extensively explored. The results of this study indicated that the shrimp Dorsal gene, the central gene in the Toll pathway, was targeted by two viral miRNAs during infection with white spot syndrome virus. Regulation of Dorsal expression by viral miRNAs suppressed the Spz-Toll-Dorsal-ALF signaling pathway in shrimp in vivo, leading to virus infection. Our study provides new insight into the viral miRNA-mediated Toll signaling pathway in virus-host interactions.
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Nonaka S, Ando Y, Kanetani T, Hoshi C, Nakai Y, Nainu F, Nagaosa K, Shiratsuchi A, Nakanishi Y. Signaling pathway for phagocyte priming upon encounter with apoptotic cells. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:8059-8072. [PMID: 28325838 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.769745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The phagocytic elimination of cells undergoing apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved innate immune mechanism for eliminating unnecessary cells. Previous studies showed an increase in the level of engulfment receptors in phagocytes after the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, which leads to the enhancement of their phagocytic activity. However, precise mechanisms underlying this phenomenon require further clarification. We found that the pre-incubation of a Drosophila phagocyte cell line with the fragments of apoptotic cells enhanced the subsequent phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, accompanied by an augmented expression of the engulfment receptors Draper and integrin αPS3. The DNA-binding activity of the transcription repressor Tailless was transiently raised in those phagocytes, depending on two partially overlapping signal-transduction pathways for the induction of phagocytosis as well as the occurrence of engulfment. The RNAi knockdown of tailless in phagocytes abrogated the enhancement of both phagocytosis and engulfment receptor expression. Furthermore, the hemocyte-specific RNAi of tailless reduced apoptotic cell clearance in Drosophila embryos. Taken together, we propose the following mechanism for the activation of Drosophila phagocytes after an encounter with apoptotic cells: two partially overlapping signal-transduction pathways for phagocytosis are initiated; transcription repressor Tailless is activated; expression of engulfment receptors is stimulated; and phagocytic activity is enhanced. This phenomenon most likely ensures the phagocytic elimination of apoptotic cells by stimulated phagocytes and is thus considered as a mechanism to prime phagocytes in innate immunity.
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- Saori Nonaka
- From the Graduate School of Medical Sciences and
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- From the Graduate School of Medical Sciences and
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- School of Pharmacy, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- the Institute for Food Sciences, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Aomori 038-0012, Japan, and
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- From the Graduate School of Medical Sciences and.,the Faculty of Pharmacy, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi 90245, Indonesia
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- the Institute for Food Sciences, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Aomori 038-0012, Japan, and
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- From the Graduate School of Medical Sciences and .,School of Pharmacy, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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Regulation of genes related to immune signaling and detoxification in Apis mellifera by an inhibitor of histone deacetylation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41255. [PMID: 28112264 PMCID: PMC5253729 DOI: 10.1038/srep41255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is essential for the global economy due to its important role in ecosystems and agriculture as a pollinator of numerous flowering plants and crops. Pesticide abuse has greatly impacted honeybees and caused tremendous loss of honeybee colonies worldwide. The reasons for colony loss remain unclear, but involvement of pesticides and pathogen-pesticide interactions has been hypothesized. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) inhibit the activity of histone acetylase, which causes the hyperacetylation of histone cores and influences gene expression. In this study, sodium butyrate, an HDACi, was used as a dietary supplement for honeybees; after treatment, gene expression profiles were analyzed using quantitative PCR. The results showed that sodium butyrate up-regulated genes involved in anti-pathogen and detoxification pathways. The bioassay results showed that honeybees treated with sodium butyrate were more tolerant to imidacloprid. Additionally, sodium butyrate strengthened the immune response of honeybees to invasions of Nosema ceranae and viral infections. We also performed a bioassay in which honeybees were exposed to pesticides and pathogens. Our results provide additional data regarding the mechanism by which honeybees react to stress and the potential application of HDACis in beekeeping.
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Zhang G, Hao Y, Jin LH. Overexpression of jumu induces melanotic nodules by activating Toll signaling in Drosophila. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 77:31-38. [PMID: 27507244 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Melanotic nodules are commonly assumed to be caused by an abnormal immune response. Several hematopoietic mutants and signaling pathways, including the Toll, JAK/STAT, Ras and JNK pathways, can cause melanotic nodules to develop when specifically activated in hemocytes. Here, we used the UAS-Gal4 system to overexpress jumeaux (jumu) in the fly immune response system. Jumeaux (Jumu) is a new member of the winged-helix/forkhead (WH/FKH) gene family of transcription factors, which plays an important role in the growth and morphogenesis of Drosophila and participates in the proliferation and differentiation of hemocytes. Overexpressing jumu in both hemocytes and the fat body generated many melanotic nodules in larvae and adult flies. The nodules observed in the fat body were surrounded by large numbers of blood cells through a process that appeared similar to foreign body encapsulation. This phenomenon is caused by Toll pathway activation and leads to blood cells deposited in the fat body. In addition, we also report the dissociation of fat cells and the abnormal proliferation and differentiation of blood cells. These results suggest a Jumu-mediated crosstalk between hematopoiesis and the fat body, especially during the Toll-dependent formation of melanotic nodules.
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- Gaoqun Zhang
- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
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Sorvina A, Shandala T, Brooks DA. Drosophila Pkaap regulates Rab4/Rab11-dependent traffic and Rab11 exocytosis of innate immune cargo. Biol Open 2016; 5:678-88. [PMID: 27190105 PMCID: PMC4920182 DOI: 10.1242/bio.016642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The secretion of immune-mediators is a critical step in the host innate immune response to pathogen invasion, and Rab GTPases have an important role in the regulation of this process. Rab4/Rab11 recycling endosomes are involved in the sorting of immune-mediators into specialist Rab11 vesicles that can traffic this cargo to the plasma membrane; however, how this sequential delivery process is regulated has yet to be fully defined. Here, we report that Drosophila Pkaap, an orthologue of the human dual-specific A-kinase-anchoring protein 2 or D-AKAP2 (also called AKAP10), appeared to have a nucleotide-dependent localisation to Rab4 and Rab11 endosomes. RNAi silencing of pkaap altered Rab4/Rab11 recycling endosome morphology, suggesting that Pkaap functions in cargo sorting and delivery in the secretory pathway. The depletion of pkaap also had a direct effect on Rab11 vesicle exocytosis and the secretion of the antimicrobial peptide Drosomycin at the plasma membrane. We propose that Pkaap has a dual role in antimicrobial peptide traffic and exocytosis, making it an essential component for the secretion of inflammatory mediators and the defence of the host against pathogens.
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- Alexandra Sorvina
- Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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Kanoh H, Tong LL, Kuraishi T, Suda Y, Momiuchi Y, Shishido F, Kurata S. Genome-wide RNAi screening implicates the E3 ubiquitin ligase Sherpa in mediating innate immune signaling by Toll inDrosophilaadults. Sci Signal 2015; 8:ra107. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ex vivo genome-wide RNAi screening of the Drosophila Toll signaling pathway elicited by a larva-derived tissue extract. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 467:400-6. [PMID: 26427875 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.09.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), so-called "danger signals," play important roles in host defense and pathophysiology in mammals and insects. In Drosophila, the Toll pathway confers damage responses during bacterial infection and improper cell-fate control. However, the intrinsic ligands and signaling mechanisms that potentiate innate immune responses remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that a Drosophila larva-derived tissue extract strongly elicits Toll pathway activation via the Toll receptor. Using this extract, we performed ex vivo genome-wide RNAi screening in Drosophila cultured cells, and identified several signaling factors that are required for host defense and antimicrobial-peptide expression in Drosophila adults. These results suggest that our larva-derived tissue extract contains active ingredients that mediate Toll pathway activation, and the screening data will shed light on the mechanisms of damage-related Toll pathway signaling in Drosophila.
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Koyama H, Kato D, Minakuchi C, Tanaka T, Yokoi K, Miura K. Peptidoglycan recognition protein genes and their roles in the innate immune pathways of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. J Invertebr Pathol 2015; 132:86-100. [PMID: 26385528 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We have previously demonstrated that the functional Toll and IMD innate immune pathways indeed exist in the model beetle, Tribolium castaneum while the beetle's pathways have broader specificity in terms of microbial activation than that of Drosophila. To elucidate the molecular basis of this broad microbial activation, we here focused on potential upstream sensors of the T. castaneum innate immune pathways, peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs). Our phenotype analyses utilizing RNA interference-based comprehensive gene knockdown followed by bacterial challenge suggested: PGRP-LA functions as a pivotal sensor of the IMD pathway for both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria; PGRP-LC acts as an IMD pathway-associated sensor mainly for Gram-negative bacteria; PGRP-LE also has some roles in Gram-negative bacterial recognition of the IMD pathway. On the other hand, we did not obtain clear phenotype changes by gene knockdown of short-type PGRP genes, probably because of highly inducible nature of these genes. Our results may collectively account for the promiscuous bacterial activation of the T. castaneum innate immune pathways at least in part.
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- Hiroaki Koyama
- Applied Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Applied Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Applied Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Applied Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Applied Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Applied Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
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Momiuchi Y, Kumada K, Kuraishi T, Takagaki T, Aigaki T, Oshima Y, Kurata S. The Role of the Phylogenetically Conserved Cochaperone Protein Droj2/DNAJA3 in NF-κB Signaling. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:23816-25. [PMID: 26245905 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.664193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The NF-κB pathway is a phylogenetically conserved signaling pathway with a central role in inflammatory and immune responses. Here we demonstrate that a cochaperone protein, Droj2/DNAJA3, is involved in the activation of canonical NF-κB signaling in flies and in human cultured cells. Overexpression of Droj2 induced the expression of an antimicrobial peptide in Drosophila. Conversely, Droj2 knockdown resulted in reduced expression of antimicrobial peptides and higher susceptibility to Gram-negative bacterial infection in flies. Similarly, Toll-like receptor-stimulated IκB phosphorylation and NF-κB activation were suppressed by DNAJA3 knockdown in HEK293 cells. IκB kinase overexpression-induced NF-κB phosphorylation was also compromised in DNAJA3 knockdown cells. Our study reveals a novel conserved regulator of the NF-κB pathway acting at the level of IκB phosphorylation.
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- Yoshiki Momiuchi
- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, PRESTO Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 332-0012, Japan, and
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan,
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Zhou B, Lindsay SA, Wasserman SA. Alternative NF-κB Isoforms in the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction and Brain. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0132793. [PMID: 26167685 PMCID: PMC4500392 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Drosophila NF-κB protein Dorsal is expressed at the larval neuromuscular junction, where its expression appears unrelated to known Dorsal functions in embryonic patterning and innate immunity. Using confocal microscopy with domain-specific antisera, we demonstrate that larval muscle expresses only the B isoform of Dorsal, which arises by intron retention. We find that Dorsal B interacts with and stabilizes Cactus at the neuromuscular junction, but exhibits Cactus independent localization and an absence of detectable nuclear translocation. We further find that the Dorsal-related immune factor Dif encodes a B isoform, reflecting a conservation of B domains across a range of insect NF-κB proteins. Carrying out mutagenesis of the Dif locus via a site-specific recombineering approach, we demonstrate that Dif B is the major, if not sole, Dif isoform in the mushroom bodies of the larval brain. The Dorsal and Dif B isoforms thus share a specific association with nervous system tissues as well as an alternative protein structure.
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- Bo Zhou
- Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Ferreira ÁG, Naylor H, Esteves SS, Pais IS, Martins NE, Teixeira L. The Toll-dorsal pathway is required for resistance to viral oral infection in Drosophila. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1004507. [PMID: 25473839 PMCID: PMC4256459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Pathogen entry route can have a strong impact on the result of microbial infections in different hosts, including insects. Drosophila melanogaster has been a successful model system to study the immune response to systemic viral infection. Here we investigate the role of the Toll pathway in resistance to oral viral infection in D. melanogaster. We show that several Toll pathway components, including Spätzle, Toll, Pelle and the NF-kB-like transcription factor Dorsal, are required to resist oral infection with Drosophila C virus. Furthermore, in the fat body Dorsal is translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and a Toll pathway target gene reporter is upregulated in response to Drosophila C Virus infection. This pathway also mediates resistance to several other RNA viruses (Cricket paralysis virus, Flock House virus, and Nora virus). Compared with control, viral titres are highly increased in Toll pathway mutants. The role of the Toll pathway in resistance to viruses in D. melanogaster is restricted to oral infection since we do not observe a phenotype associated with systemic infection. We also show that Wolbachia and other Drosophila-associated microbiota do not interact with the Toll pathway-mediated resistance to oral infection. We therefore identify the Toll pathway as a new general inducible pathway that mediates strong resistance to viruses with a route-specific role. These results contribute to a better understanding of viral oral infection resistance in insects, which is particularly relevant in the context of transmission of arboviruses by insect vectors. Pathogenic microbes can enter their hosts through different routes. This can have a strong impact on which host defensive mechanisms are elicited and in disease outcome. We used the model organism Drosophila melanogaster to understand how resistance to viruses differs between infection by direct virus entry into the body cavity and infection through feeding on food with the virus. We show that the Toll pathway is required to resist oral infection with different RNA viruses. On the other hand this pathway does not influence the outcome of viral infection performed by injection. Together our results show that the Toll pathway has a route-specific general antiviral effect. Our work expands the role of this classical innate immunity pathway and contributes to a better understanding of viral oral infection resistance in insects. This is particularly relevant because insect vectors of emerging human viral diseases, like dengue, are infected through feeding on contaminated hosts.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Sorvina A, Brooks DA, Ng YS, Bader CA, Weigert R, Shandala T. Bacterial challenge initiates endosome-lysosome response inDrosophilaimmune tissues. INTRAVITAL 2014. [DOI: 10.4161/intv.23889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Neyen C, Bretscher AJ, Binggeli O, Lemaitre B. Methods to study Drosophila immunity. Methods 2014; 68:116-28. [PMID: 24631888 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Innate immune mechanisms are well conserved throughout evolution, and many theoretical concepts, molecular pathways and gene networks are applicable to invertebrate model organisms as much as vertebrate ones. Drosophila immunity research benefits from an easily manipulated genome, a fantastic international resource of transgenic tools and over a quarter century of accumulated techniques and approaches to study innate immunity. Here we present a short collection of ways to challenge the fruit fly immune system with various pathogens and parasites, as well as read-outs to assess its functions, including cellular and humoral immune responses. Our review covers techniques for assessing the kinetics and efficiency of immune responses quantitatively and qualitatively, such as survival analysis, bacterial persistence, antimicrobial peptide gene expression, phagocytosis and melanisation assays. Finally, we offer a toolkit of Drosophila strains available to the research community for current and future research.
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- Claudine Neyen
- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 19, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Jupatanakul N, Sim S, Dimopoulos G. Aedes aegypti ML and Niemann-Pick type C family members are agonists of dengue virus infection. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 43:1-9. [PMID: 24135719 PMCID: PMC3935818 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Upon exposure to dengue virus, the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector mounts an anti-viral immune defense by activating the Toll, JAK/STAT, and RNAi pathways, thereby limiting infection. While these pathways and several other factors have been identified as dengue virus antagonists, our knowledge of factors that facilitate dengue virus infection is limited. Previous dengue virus infection-responsive transcriptome analyses have revealed an increased mRNA abundance of members of the myeloid differentiation 2-related lipid recognition protein (ML) and the Niemann Pick-type C1 (NPC1) families upon dengue virus infection. These genes encode lipid-binding proteins that have been shown to play a role in host-pathogen interactions in other organisms. RNAi-mediated gene silencing of a ML and a NPC1 gene family member in both laboratory strain and field-derived Ae. aegypti mosquitoes resulted in significantly elevated resistance to dengue virus in mosquito midguts, suggesting that these genes play roles as dengue virus agonists. In addition to their possible roles in virus cell entry and replication, gene expression analyses suggested that ML and NPC1 family members also facilitate viral infection by modulating the mosquito's immune competence. Our study suggests that the dengue virus influences the expression of these genes to facilitate its infection of the mosquito host.
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- Natapong Jupatanakul
- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Xu J, Cherry S. Viruses and antiviral immunity in Drosophila. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 42:67-84. [PMID: 23680639 PMCID: PMC3826445 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Viral pathogens present many challenges to organisms, driving the evolution of a myriad of antiviral strategies to combat infections. A wide variety of viruses infect invertebrates, including both natural pathogens that are insect-restricted, and viruses that are transmitted to vertebrates. Studies using the powerful tools in the model organism Drosophila have expanded our understanding of antiviral defenses against diverse viruses. In this review, we will cover three major areas. First, we will describe the tools used to study viruses in Drosophila. Second, we will survey the major viruses that have been studied in Drosophila. And lastly, we will discuss the well-characterized mechanisms that are active against these diverse pathogens, focusing on non-RNAi mediated antiviral mechanisms. Antiviral RNAi is discussed in another paper in this issue.
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- Jie Xu
- Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Imler JL. Overview of Drosophila immunity: a historical perspective. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 42:3-15. [PMID: 24012863 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The functional analysis of genes from the model organism Drosophila melanogaster has provided invaluable information for many cellular and developmental or physiological processes, including immunity. The best-understood aspect of Drosophila immunity is the inducible humoral response, first recognized in 1972. This pioneering work led to a remarkable series of findings over the next 30 years, ranging from the identification and characterization of the antimicrobial peptides produced, to the deciphering of the signalling pathways activating the genes that encode them and, ultimately, to the discovery of the receptors sensing infection. These studies on an insect model coincided with a revival of the field of innate immunity, and had an unanticipated impact on the biomedical field.
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- Jean-Luc Imler
- Faculté des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; UPR9022 du CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France.
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Lindsay SA, Wasserman SA. Conventional and non-conventional Drosophila Toll signaling. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 42:16-24. [PMID: 23632253 PMCID: PMC3787077 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The discovery of Toll in Drosophila and of the remarkable conservation in pathway composition and organization catalyzed a transformation in our understanding of innate immune recognition and response. At the center of that picture is a cascade of interactions in which specific microbial cues activate Toll receptors, which then transmit signals driving transcription factor nuclear localization and activity. Experiments gave substance to the vision of pattern recognition receptors, linked phenomena in development, gene regulation, and immunity into a coherent whole, and revealed a rich set of variations for identifying non-self and responding effectively. More recently, research in Drosophila has illuminated the positive and negative regulation of Toll activation, the organization of signaling events at and beneath membranes, the sorting of information flow, and the existence of non-conventional signaling via Toll-related receptors. Here, we provide an overview of the Toll pathway of flies and highlight these ongoing realms of research.
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- Scott A. Lindsay
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0349, USA
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0349, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel: 858-822-2408.
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Birsoy K, Festuccia WT, Laplante M. A comparative perspective on lipid storage in animals. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:1541-52. [PMID: 23658371 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.104992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Lipid storage is an evolutionary conserved process that exists in all organisms from simple prokaryotes to humans. In Metazoa, long-term lipid accumulation is restricted to specialized cell types, while a dedicated tissue for lipid storage (adipose tissue) exists only in vertebrates. Excessive lipid accumulation is associated with serious health complications including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Thus, significant advances have been made over the last decades to dissect out the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in adipose tissue formation and maintenance. Our current understanding of adipose tissue development comes from in vitro cell culture and mouse models, as well as recent approaches to study lipid storage in genetically tractable lower organisms. This Commentary gives a comparative insight into lipid storage in uni- and multi-cellular organisms with a particular emphasis on vertebrate adipose tissue. We also highlight the molecular mechanisms and nutritional signals that regulate the formation of mammalian adipose tissue.
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- Kivanç Birsoy
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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The Toll signaling pathway has a highly conserved function in innate immunity and is regulated by multiple factors that fine tune its activity. One such factor is β-arrestin Kurtz (Krz), which we previously implicated in the inhibition of developmental Toll signaling in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Another level of controlling Toll activity and immune system homeostasis is by protein sumoylation. In this study, we have uncovered a link between these two modes of regulation and show that Krz affects sumoylation via a conserved protein interaction with a SUMO protease, Ulp1. Loss of function of krz or Ulp1 in Drosophila larvae results in a similar inflammatory phenotype, which is manifested as increased lamellocyte production; melanotic mass formation; nuclear accumulation of Toll pathway transcriptional effectors, Dorsal and Dif; and expression of immunity genes, such as Drosomycin. Moreover, mutations in krz and Ulp1 show dosage-sensitive synergistic genetic interactions, suggesting that these two proteins are involved in the same pathway. Using Dorsal sumoylation as a readout, we found that altering Krz levels can affect the efficiency of SUMO deconjugation mediated by Ulp1. Our results demonstrate that β-arrestin controls Toll signaling and systemic inflammation at the level of sumoylation.
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Fontenele M, Lim B, Oliveira D, Buffolo M, Perlman DH, Schupbach T, Araujo H. Calpain A modulates Toll responses by limited Cactus/IκB proteolysis. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:2966-80. [PMID: 23864715 PMCID: PMC3771957 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-02-0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Calcium-dependent cysteine proteases of the calpain family are modulatory proteases that cleave their substrates in a limited manner. Among their substrates, calpains target vertebrate and invertebrate IκB proteins. Because proteolysis by calpains potentially generates novel protein functions, it is important to understand how this affects NFκB activity. We investigate the action of Calpain A (CalpA) on the Drosophila melanogaster IκB homologue Cactus in vivo. CalpA alters the absolute amounts of Cactus protein. Our data indicate, however, that CalpA uses additional mechanisms to regulate NFκB function. We provide evidence that CalpA interacts physically with Cactus, recognizing a Cactus pool that is not bound to Dorsal, a fly NFκB/Rel homologue. We show that proteolytic cleavage by CalpA generates Cactus fragments lacking an N-terminal region required for Toll responsiveness. These fragments are generated in vivo and display properties distinct from those of full-length Cactus. We propose that CalpA targets free Cactus, which is incorporated into and modulates Toll-responsive complexes in the embryo and immune system.
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- Marcio Fontenele
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Princeton Collaborative Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Center, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Molecular Biology Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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Kounatidis I, Ligoxygakis P. Drosophila as a model system to unravel the layers of innate immunity to infection. Open Biol 2013; 2:120075. [PMID: 22724070 PMCID: PMC3376734 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Innate immunity relies entirely upon germ-line encoded receptors, signalling components and effector molecules for the recognition and elimination of invading pathogens. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster with its powerful collection of genetic and genomic tools has been the model of choice to develop ideas about innate immunity and host–pathogen interactions. Here, we review current research in the field, encompassing all layers of defence from the role of the microbiota to systemic immune activation, and attempt to speculate on future directions and open questions.
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- Ilias Kounatidis
- Laboratory of Genes and Development, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Hwang J, Park Y, Kim Y, Hwang J, Lee D. An entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila, suppresses expression of antimicrobial peptides controlled by Toll and Imd pathways by blocking eicosanoid biosynthesis. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 83:151-169. [PMID: 23740621 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Immune-associated genes of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, were predicted from 454 pyrosequencing transcripts of hemocytes collected from fifth instar larvae challenged with bacteria. Out of 22,551 contigs and singletons, 36% of the transcripts had at least one significant hit (E-value cutoff of 1e-20) and used to predict immune-associated genes implicated in pattern recognition, prophenoloxidase activation, intracellular signaling, and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Immune signaling and AMP genes were further confirmed in their expression patterns in response to different types of microbial challenge. To discriminate the AMP expression signaling between Toll and Imd pathways, RNA interference was applied to specifically knockdown each signal pathway; the separate silencing treatments resulted in differential suppression of AMP genes. An entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila, suppressed expression of most AMP genes controlled by Toll and Imd pathways, while challenge with heat-killed X. nematophila induced expression of all AMPs in experimental larvae. Benzylideneacetone (BZA), a metabolite of X. nematophila, suppressed the AMP gene inductions when it was co-injected with the heat-killed X. nematophila. However, arachidonic acid, a catalytic product of PLA2 , significantly reversed the inhibitory effect of BZA on the AMP gene expression. This study suggests that X. nematophila suppresses AMP production controlled by Toll and Imd pathways by inhibiting eicosanoid biosynthesis in S. exigua.
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- Jihyun Hwang
- Department of Bioresource Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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Imler JL. WITHDRAWN: Overview of Drosophila immunity: A historical perspective. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013:S0145-305X(13)00128-6. [PMID: 23665509 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy.
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- Jean-Luc Imler
- Faculté des Sciences de la Vie, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; UPR9022 du CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France.
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Christofi T, Apidianakis Y. Drosophila immune priming against Pseudomonas aeruginosa is short-lasting and depends on cellular and humoral immunity. F1000Res 2013; 2:76. [PMID: 24358857 PMCID: PMC3752738 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.2-76.v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Immune responses are traditionally divided into the innate and the adaptive arm, both of which are present in vertebrates, while only the innate arm is found in invertebrates. Immune priming experiments in
Drosophila melanogaster and other invertebrates during the last decade have challenged this dogma, questioning the boundaries between innate and adaptive immunity. Studies on repeated inoculation of
Drosophila with microbes reveal a long-lasting cellular immunity adaptation against particular microorganisms. Here we study the lasting effect of immune priming against infection with
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic human pathogen that is lethal to the common fruit fly.
Drosophila priming with heat-killed or low in virulence
P. aeruginosa extends fly survival during a secondary lethal infection with a virulent strain of the same species. The protective immune response can last for more than 10 days after exposure to a persistent low-in-virulence live infection, but it is eliminated 7 days after the host is primed with heat-killed bacteria. Moreover, not only the cellular, but also the systemic NF-κB-mediated immune responses contribute to immune priming. Thus each microbe might elicit different mechanisms of immune priming that may or may not last for long.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 1678, Cyprus
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Quintin J, Asmar J, Matskevich AA, Lafarge MC, Ferrandon D. The Drosophila Toll pathway controls but does not clear Candida glabrata infections. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 190:2818-27. [PMID: 23401590 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The pathogenicity of Candida glabrata to patients remains poorly understood for lack of convenient animal models to screen large numbers of mutants for altered virulence. In this study, we explore the minihost model Drosophila melanogaster from the dual perspective of host and pathogen. As in vertebrates, wild-type flies contain C. glabrata systemic infections yet are unable to kill the injected yeasts. As for other fungal infections in Drosophila, the Toll pathway restrains C. glabrata proliferation. Persistent C. glabrata yeasts in wild-type flies do not appear to be able to take shelter in hemocytes from the action of the Toll pathway, the effectors of which remain to be identified. Toll pathway mutant flies succumb to injected C. glabrata. In this immunosuppressed background, cellular defenses provide a residual level of protection. Although both the Gram-negative binding protein 3 pattern recognition receptor and the Persephone protease-dependent detection pathway are required for Toll pathway activation by C. glabrata, only GNBP3, and not psh mutants, are susceptible to the infection. Both Candida albicans and C. glabrata are restrained by the Toll pathway, yet the comparative study of phenoloxidase activation reveals a differential activity of the Toll pathway against these two fungal pathogens. Finally, we establish that the high-osmolarity glycerol pathway and yapsins are required for virulence of C. glabrata in this model. Unexpectedly, yapsins do not appear to be required to counteract the cellular immune response but are needed for the colonization of the wild-type host.
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- Jessica Quintin
- Unité Propre de Recherche 9022 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, F67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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