Deleury Emeline, Dubreuil Géraldine, Elangovan Namasivayam, Wajnberg Eric, Reichhart Jean-Marc, Gourbal Benjamin, Duval David, Baron Olga Lucia, Gouzy Jérôme, Coustau Christine
Specific versus non-specific immune responses in an invertebrate species evidenced by a comparative de novo sequencing study Journal Article
In: PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. e32512, 2012, ISSN: 1932-6203.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Biomphalaria, Calmodulin, Cluster Analysis, Complementary, DNA, Expressed Sequence Tags, Ferritins, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Immunity, Innate, M3i, messenger, Pattern Recognition, Phylogeny, Receptors, reichhart, RNA, Signal Transduction, Zinc Fingers
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title = {Specific versus non-specific immune responses in an invertebrate species evidenced by a comparative de novo sequencing study},
author = {Emeline Deleury and Géraldine Dubreuil and Namasivayam Elangovan and Eric Wajnberg and Jean-Marc Reichhart and Benjamin Gourbal and David Duval and Olga Lucia Baron and Jérôme Gouzy and Christine Coustau},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0032512},
issn = {1932-6203},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
volume = {7},
number = {3},
pages = {e32512},
abstract = {Our present understanding of the functioning and evolutionary history of invertebrate innate immunity derives mostly from studies on a few model species belonging to ecdysozoa. In particular, the characterization of signaling pathways dedicated to specific responses towards fungi and Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria in Drosophila melanogaster challenged our original view of a non-specific immunity in invertebrates. However, much remains to be elucidated from lophotrochozoan species. To investigate the global specificity of the immune response in the fresh-water snail Biomphalaria glabrata, we used massive Illumina sequencing of 5'-end cDNAs to compare expression profiles after challenge by Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria or after a yeast challenge. 5'-end cDNA sequencing of the libraries yielded over 12 millions high quality reads. To link these short reads to expressed genes, we prepared a reference transcriptomic database through automatic assembly and annotation of the 758,510 redundant sequences (ESTs, mRNAs) of B. glabrata available in public databases. Computational analysis of Illumina reads followed by multivariate analyses allowed identification of 1685 candidate transcripts differentially expressed after an immune challenge, with a two fold ratio between transcripts showing a challenge-specific expression versus a lower or non-specific differential expression. Differential expression has been validated using quantitative PCR for a subset of randomly selected candidates. Predicted functions of annotated candidates (approx. 700 unisequences) belonged to a large extend to similar functional categories or protein types. This work significantly expands upon previous gene discovery and expression studies on B. glabrata and suggests that responses to various pathogens may involve similar immune processes or signaling pathways but different genes belonging to multigenic families. These results raise the question of the importance of gene duplication and acquisition of paralog functional diversity in the evolution of specific invertebrate immune responses.},
keywords = {Animals, Biomphalaria, Calmodulin, Cluster Analysis, Complementary, DNA, Expressed Sequence Tags, Ferritins, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Immunity, Innate, M3i, messenger, Pattern Recognition, Phylogeny, Receptors, reichhart, RNA, Signal Transduction, Zinc Fingers},
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Chamy L El, Leclerc V, Caldelari I, Reichhart J-M
Sensing of 'danger signals' and pathogen-associated molecular patterns defines binary signaling pathways 'upstream' of Toll Journal Article
In: Nat. Immunol., vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 1165–1170, 2008, ISSN: 1529-2916.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Fungi, Genetically Modified, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, In Situ Hybridization, M3i, Mycoses, Pattern Recognition, Peptide Hydrolases, Receptors, reichhart, ROMBY, Serine Endopeptidases, Signal Transduction, Toll-Like Receptors, Unité ARN
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title = {Sensing of 'danger signals' and pathogen-associated molecular patterns defines binary signaling pathways 'upstream' of Toll},
author = {L El Chamy and V Leclerc and I Caldelari and J-M Reichhart},
doi = {10.1038/ni.1643},
issn = {1529-2916},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-10-01},
journal = {Nat. Immunol.},
volume = {9},
number = {10},
pages = {1165--1170},
abstract = {In drosophila, molecular determinants from fungi and Gram-positive bacteria are detected by circulating pattern-recognition receptors. Published findings suggest that such pattern-recognition receptors activate as-yet-unidentified serine-protease cascades that culminate in the cleavage of Spätzle, the endogenous Toll receptor ligand, and trigger the immune response. We demonstrate here that the protease Grass defines a common activation cascade for the detection of fungi and Gram-positive bacteria mediated by pattern-recognition receptors. The serine protease Persephone, shown before to be specific for fungal detection in a cascade activated by secreted fungal proteases, was also required for the sensing of proteases elicited by bacteria in the hemolymph. Hence, Persephone defines a parallel proteolytic cascade activated by 'danger signals' such as abnormal proteolytic activities.},
keywords = {Animals, Fungi, Genetically Modified, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, In Situ Hybridization, M3i, Mycoses, Pattern Recognition, Peptide Hydrolases, Receptors, reichhart, ROMBY, Serine Endopeptidases, Signal Transduction, Toll-Like Receptors, Unité ARN},
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