Publications
2017
Patrnogic Jelena, Leclerc Vincent
The serine protease homolog spheroide is involved in sensing of pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria Article de journal
Dans: PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 12, 2017.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Fungi, Gram-Positive Bacteria, serine protease, spheroide, toll pathway
@article{Jelena2017,
title = {The serine protease homolog spheroide is involved in sensing of pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria},
author = {Jelena Patrnogic and Vincent Leclerc},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718610/},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0188339},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-12-06},
journal = {PLoS One},
volume = {12},
number = {12},
abstract = {In Drosophila, recognition of pathogens such as Gram-positive bacteria and fungi triggers the activation of proteolytic cascades and the subsequent activation of the Toll pathway. This response can be achieved by either detection of pathogen associated molecular patterns or by sensing microbial proteolytic activities ("danger signals"). Previous data suggested that certain serine protease homologs (serine protease folds that lack an active catalytic triad) could be involved in the pathway. We generated a null mutant of the serine protease homolog spheroide (sphe). These mutant flies are susceptible to Enterococcus faecalis infection and unable to fully activate the Toll pathway. Sphe is required to activate the Toll pathway after challenge with pathogenic Gram-Positive bacteria. Sphe functions in the danger signal pathway, downstream or at the level of Persephone.},
keywords = {Fungi, Gram-Positive Bacteria, serine protease, spheroide, toll pathway},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2011
Nehme Nadine T, Quintin Jessica, Cho Ju Hyun, Lee Janice, Lafarge Marie-Céline, Kocks Christine, Ferrandon Dominique
Relative roles of the cellular and humoral responses in the Drosophila host defense against three gram-positive bacterial infections Article de journal
Dans: PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 3, p. e14743, 2011, ISSN: 1932-6203.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, Cellular, Enterococcus faecalis, ferrandon, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humoral, Immunity, Innate, M3i, Micrococcus luteus, Opsonin Proteins, Phagocytosis, Receptors, Signal Transduction, Solubility, Staphylococcus aureus
@article{nehme_relative_2011b,
title = {Relative roles of the cellular and humoral responses in the Drosophila host defense against three gram-positive bacterial infections},
author = {Nadine T Nehme and Jessica Quintin and Ju Hyun Cho and Janice Lee and Marie-Céline Lafarge and Christine Kocks and Dominique Ferrandon},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0014743},
issn = {1932-6203},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-01-01},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
volume = {6},
number = {3},
pages = {e14743},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Two NF-kappaB signaling pathways, Toll and immune deficiency (imd), are required for survival to bacterial infections in Drosophila. In response to septic injury, these pathways mediate rapid transcriptional activation of distinct sets of effector molecules, including antimicrobial peptides, which are important components of a humoral defense response. However, it is less clear to what extent macrophage-like hemocytes contribute to host defense. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In order to dissect the relative importance of humoral and cellular defenses after septic injury with three different gram-positive bacteria (Micrococcus luteus, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus), we used latex bead pre-injection to ablate macrophage function in flies wildtype or mutant for various Toll and imd pathway components. We found that in all three infection models a compromised phagocytic system impaired fly survival--independently of concomitant Toll or imd pathway activation. Our data failed to confirm a role of the PGRP-SA and GNBP1 Pattern Recognition Receptors for phagocytosis of S. aureus. The Drosophila scavenger receptor Eater mediates the phagocytosis by hemocytes or S2 cells of E. faecalis and S. aureus, but not of M. luteus. In the case of M. luteus and E. faecalis, but not S. aureus, decreased survival due to defective phagocytosis could be compensated for by genetically enhancing the humoral immune response. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results underscore the fundamental importance of both cellular and humoral mechanisms in Drosophila immunity and shed light on the balance between these two arms of host defense depending on the invading pathogen.},
keywords = {Animals, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, Cellular, Enterococcus faecalis, ferrandon, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humoral, Immunity, Innate, M3i, Micrococcus luteus, Opsonin Proteins, Phagocytosis, Receptors, Signal Transduction, Solubility, Staphylococcus aureus},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2008
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 Article de journal
Dans: Nat. Immunol., vol. 9, no. 10, p. 1165–1170, 2008, ISSN: 1529-2916.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: 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
@article{el_chamy_sensing_2008,
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},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2007
Ferrandon Dominique, Gottar Marie, Gobert Vanessa
[New mechanism for detection of infections using the innate immune system of animals] Article de journal
Dans: Med Sci (Paris), vol. 23, no. 8-9, p. 707–709, 2007, ISSN: 0767-0974.
Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animal, Animals, Drosophila/immunology, ferrandon, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria/pathogenicity, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/immunology, Humans, Immune System, infection, Infection/*diagnosis/*immunology, M3i, Models
@article{ferrandon_[new_2007b,
title = {[New mechanism for detection of infections using the innate immune system of animals]},
author = {Dominique Ferrandon and Marie Gottar and Vanessa Gobert},
doi = {10.1051/medsci/20072389707},
issn = {0767-0974},
year = {2007},
date = {2007-09-01},
journal = {Med Sci (Paris)},
volume = {23},
number = {8-9},
pages = {707--709},
keywords = {Animal, Animals, Drosophila/immunology, ferrandon, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria/pathogenicity, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/immunology, Humans, Immune System, infection, Infection/*diagnosis/*immunology, M3i, Models},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2006
Flacher Vincent, Bouschbacher Marielle, Verronèse Estelle, Massacrier Catherine, Sisirak Vanja, Berthier-Vergnes Odile, de Saint-Vis Blandine, Caux Christophe, Dezutter-Dambuyant Colette, Lebecque Serge, Valladeau Jenny
Human Langerhans cells express a specific TLR profile and differentially respond to viruses and Gram-positive bacteria Article de journal
Dans: Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md.: 1950), vol. 177, no. 11, p. 7959–7967, 2006, ISSN: 0022-1767.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: bacteria, Double-Stranded, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Human, Humans, Interleukin-6, Interleukin-8, Langerhans Cells, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Skin, Team-Mueller, TLR4, TLR7, Toll-Like Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, viruses
@article{flacher_human_2006,
title = {Human Langerhans cells express a specific TLR profile and differentially respond to viruses and Gram-positive bacteria},
author = {Vincent Flacher and Marielle Bouschbacher and Estelle Verronèse and Catherine Massacrier and Vanja Sisirak and Odile Berthier-Vergnes and Blandine de Saint-Vis and Christophe Caux and Colette Dezutter-Dambuyant and Serge Lebecque and Jenny Valladeau},
doi = {10.4049/jimmunol.177.11.7959},
issn = {0022-1767},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-12-01},
journal = {Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md.: 1950)},
volume = {177},
number = {11},
pages = {7959--7967},
abstract = {Dendritic cells (DC) are APCs essential for the development of primary immune responses. In pluristratified epithelia, Langerhans cells (LC) are a critical subset of DC which take up Ags and migrate toward lymph nodes upon inflammatory stimuli. TLR allow detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP) by different DC subsets. The repertoire of TLR expressed by human LC is uncharacterized and their ability to directly respond to PAMP has not been systematically investigated. In this study, we show for the first time that freshly purified LC from human skin express mRNA encoding TLR1, TLR2, TLR3, TLR5, TLR6 and TLR10. In addition, keratinocytes ex vivo display TLR1-5, TLR7, and TLR10. Accordingly, highly enriched immature LC efficiently respond to TLR2 agonists peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acid from Gram-positive bacteria, and to dsRNA which engages TLR3. In contrast, LC do not directly sense TLR7/8 ligands and LPS from Gram-negative bacteria, which signals through TLR4. TLR engagement also results in cytokine production, with marked differences depending on the PAMP detected. TLR2 and TLR3 ligands increase IL-6 and IL-8 production, while dsRNA alone stimulates TNF-alpha release. Strikingly, only peptidoglycan triggers IL-10 secretion, thereby suggesting a specific function in tolerance to commensal Gram-positive bacteria. However, LC do not produce IL-12p70 or type I IFNs. In conclusion, human LC are equipped with TLR that enable direct detection of PAMP from viruses and Gram-positive bacteria, subsequent phenotypic maturation, and differential cytokine production. This implies a significant role for LC in the control of skin immune responses.},
keywords = {bacteria, Double-Stranded, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Human, Humans, Interleukin-6, Interleukin-8, Langerhans Cells, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Skin, Team-Mueller, TLR4, TLR7, Toll-Like Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, viruses},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Durand Stéphanie H, Flacher Vincent, Roméas Annick, Carrouel Florence, Colomb Evelyne, Vincent Claude, Magloire Henry, Couble Marie-Lise, Bleicher Françoise, Staquet Marie-Jeanne, Lebecque Serge, Farges Jean-Christophe
Lipoteichoic acid increases TLR and functional chemokine expression while reducing dentin formation in in vitro differentiated human odontoblasts Article de journal
Dans: Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md.: 1950), vol. 176, no. 5, p. 2880–2887, 2006, ISSN: 0022-1767.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Activation, Analysis, bacteria, Biosynthesis, BLOOD, Blood Vessels, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Chemistry, chemokines, COLLAGEN, Cultured, CXCL10, cytology, Dendritic Cells, DENTAL PULP, Dentin, development, Down-Regulation, Expression, extracellular, EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, function, Gene, Gene Expression, Genes, Genetics, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Human, Humans, IMMATURE, Immunology, IN VITRO, In vivo, Innate immune response, lipopolysaccharide, Lipopolysaccharides, metabolism, migration, Odontoblasts, Organ Culture Techniques, Pharmacology, physiology, PRODUCTION, Protein, Proteins, Receptor, recognition, synthesis, Team-Mueller, Teichoic Acids, TLR7, Toll-Like Receptor 2, Up-Regulation
@article{durand_lipoteichoic_2006,
title = {Lipoteichoic acid increases TLR and functional chemokine expression while reducing dentin formation in in vitro differentiated human odontoblasts},
author = {Stéphanie H Durand and Vincent Flacher and Annick Roméas and Florence Carrouel and Evelyne Colomb and Claude Vincent and Henry Magloire and Marie-Lise Couble and Françoise Bleicher and Marie-Jeanne Staquet and Serge Lebecque and Jean-Christophe Farges},
doi = {10.4049/jimmunol.176.5.2880},
issn = {0022-1767},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-03-01},
journal = {Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md.: 1950)},
volume = {176},
number = {5},
pages = {2880--2887},
abstract = {Gram-positive bacteria entering the dentinal tissue during the carious process are suspected to influence the immune response in human dental pulp. Odontoblasts situated at the pulp/dentin interface are the first cells encountered by these bacteria and therefore could play a crucial role in this response. In the present study, we found that in vitro-differentiated odontoblasts constitutively expressed the pattern recognition receptor TLR1-6 and 9 genes but not TLR7, 8, and 10. Furthermore, lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a wall component of Gram-positive bacteria, triggered the activation of the odontoblasts. LTA up-regulated the expression of its own receptor TLR2, as well as the production of several chemokines. In particular, an increased amount of CCL2 and CXCL10 was detected in supernatants from LTA-stimulated odontoblasts, and those supernatants augmented the migration of immature dendritic cells in vitro compared with controls. Clinical relevance of these observations came from immunohistochemical analysis showing that CCL2 was expressed in vivo by odontoblasts and blood vessels present under active carious lesions but not in healthy dental pulps. In contrast with this inflammatory response, gene expression of major dentin matrix components (type I collagen, dentin sialophosphoprotein) and TGF-beta1 was sharply down-regulated in odontoblasts by LTA. Taken together, these data suggest that odontoblasts activated through TLR2 by Gram-positive bacteria LTA are able to initiate an innate immune response by secreting chemokines that recruit immature dendritic cells while down-regulating their specialized functions of dentin matrix synthesis and mineralization.},
keywords = {Activation, Analysis, bacteria, Biosynthesis, BLOOD, Blood Vessels, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Chemistry, chemokines, COLLAGEN, Cultured, CXCL10, cytology, Dendritic Cells, DENTAL PULP, Dentin, development, Down-Regulation, Expression, extracellular, EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, function, Gene, Gene Expression, Genes, Genetics, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Human, Humans, IMMATURE, Immunology, IN VITRO, In vivo, Innate immune response, lipopolysaccharide, Lipopolysaccharides, metabolism, migration, Odontoblasts, Organ Culture Techniques, Pharmacology, physiology, PRODUCTION, Protein, Proteins, Receptor, recognition, synthesis, Team-Mueller, Teichoic Acids, TLR7, Toll-Like Receptor 2, Up-Regulation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Leclerc Vincent, Pelte Nadège, Chamy Laure El, Martinelli Cosimo, Ligoxygakis Petros, Hoffmann Jules A, Reichhart Jean-Marc
Prophenoloxidase activation is not required for survival to microbial infections in Drosophila Article de journal
Dans: EMBO Rep., vol. 7, no. 2, p. 231–235, 2006, ISSN: 1469-221X.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Bacterial Infections, Catechol Oxidase, Enzyme Activation, Enzyme Precursors, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Immunity, Innate, M3i, Mutation, reichhart, Survival Rate
@article{leclerc_prophenoloxidase_2006,
title = {Prophenoloxidase activation is not required for survival to microbial infections in Drosophila},
author = {Vincent Leclerc and Nadège Pelte and Laure El Chamy and Cosimo Martinelli and Petros Ligoxygakis and Jules A Hoffmann and Jean-Marc Reichhart},
doi = {10.1038/sj.embor.7400592},
issn = {1469-221X},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-02-01},
journal = {EMBO Rep.},
volume = {7},
number = {2},
pages = {231--235},
abstract = {The antimicrobial defence of Drosophila relies on cellular and humoral processes, of which the inducible synthesis of antimicrobial peptides has attracted interest in recent years. Another potential line of defence is the activation, by a proteolytic cascade, of phenoloxidase, which leads to the production of quinones and melanin. However, in spite of several publications on this subject, the contribution of phenoloxidase activation to resistance to infections has not been established under appropriate in vivo conditions. Here, we have isolated the first Drosophila mutant for a prophenoloxidase-activating enzyme (PAE1). In contrast to wild-type flies, PAE1 mutants fail to activate phenoloxidase in the haemolymph following microbial challenge. Surprisingly, we find that these mutants are as resistant to infections as wild-type flies, in the total absence of circulating phenoloxidase activity. This raises the question with regard to the precise function of phenoloxidase activation in defence, if any.},
keywords = {Animals, Bacterial Infections, Catechol Oxidase, Enzyme Activation, Enzyme Precursors, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Immunity, Innate, M3i, Mutation, reichhart, Survival Rate},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2004
Bischoff Vincent, Vignal Cécile, Boneca Ivo G, Michel Tatiana, Hoffmann Jules A, Royet Julien
Function of the drosophila pattern-recognition receptor PGRP-SD in the detection of Gram-positive bacteria Article de journal
Dans: Nat. Immunol., vol. 5, no. 11, p. 1175–1180, 2004, ISSN: 1529-2908.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, hoffmann, M3i, Mutation, Mycoses, Receptors, Staphylococcus aureus, Toll-Like Receptors
@article{bischoff_function_2004,
title = {Function of the drosophila pattern-recognition receptor PGRP-SD in the detection of Gram-positive bacteria},
author = {Vincent Bischoff and Cécile Vignal and Ivo G Boneca and Tatiana Michel and Jules A Hoffmann and Julien Royet},
doi = {10.1038/ni1123},
issn = {1529-2908},
year = {2004},
date = {2004-11-01},
journal = {Nat. Immunol.},
volume = {5},
number = {11},
pages = {1175--1180},
abstract = {The activation of an immune response requires recognition of microorganisms by host receptors. In drosophila, detection of Gram-positive bacteria is mediated by cooperation between the peptidoglycan-recognition protein-SA (PGRP-SA) and Gram-negative binding protein 1 (GNBP1) proteins. Here we show that some Gram-positive bacterial species activate an immune response in a PGRP-SA- and GNBP1-independent manner, indicating that alternative receptors exist. Consistent with this, we noted that PGRP-SD mutants were susceptible to some Gram-positive bacteria and that a loss-of-function mutation in PGRP-SD severely exacerbated the PGRP-SA and GNBP1 mutant phenotypes. These data indicate that PGRP-SD can function as a receptor for Gram-positive bacteria and shows partial redundancy with the PGRP-SA-GNBP1 complex.},
keywords = {Animals, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, hoffmann, M3i, Mutation, Mycoses, Receptors, Staphylococcus aureus, Toll-Like Receptors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2003
Royet Julien, Reichhart Jean-Marc
Detection of peptidoglycans by NOD proteins Article de journal
Dans: Trends Cell Biol., vol. 13, no. 12, p. 610–614, 2003, ISSN: 0962-8924.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Adaptor Proteins, Apoptosis, Carrier Proteins, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Humans, Immunity, Immunologic, Innate, M3i, Nod1 Signaling Adaptor Protein, Oligopeptides, peptidoglycan, Receptors, reichhart, Signal Transducing, Signal Transduction
@article{royet_detection_2003,
title = {Detection of peptidoglycans by NOD proteins},
author = {Julien Royet and Jean-Marc Reichhart},
issn = {0962-8924},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-12-01},
journal = {Trends Cell Biol.},
volume = {13},
number = {12},
pages = {610--614},
abstract = {Mechanisms of innate immune defense are based on the recognition of invariant microbial molecular patterns by specific receptors, followed by the activation of signaling pathways and the expression of effector molecules that will defeat the invading microorganism. Two recent reports add to the growing list of these pattern-recognition receptors by showing that the intracellular nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain 1 (NOD1) protein recognizes a diaminopimelate-containing muropeptide, a cell-wall component of Gram-negative bacteria.},
keywords = {Adaptor Proteins, Apoptosis, Carrier Proteins, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Humans, Immunity, Immunologic, Innate, M3i, Nod1 Signaling Adaptor Protein, Oligopeptides, peptidoglycan, Receptors, reichhart, Signal Transducing, Signal Transduction},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Gobert Vanessa, Gottar Marie, Matskevich Alexey A, Rutschmann Sophie, Royet Julien, Belvin Marcia, Hoffmann Jules A, Ferrandon Dominique
Dual activation of the Drosophila toll pathway by two pattern recognition receptors Article de journal
Dans: Science, vol. 302, no. 5653, p. 2126–2130, 2003, ISSN: 1095-9203.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, DNA Transposable Elements, ferrandon, Gene Expression, Genes, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Hypocreales, Insect, Insect Proteins, M3i, Mutation, Phenotype, Receptors, Serine Endopeptidases, Toll-Like Receptors
@article{gobert_dual_2003,
title = {Dual activation of the Drosophila toll pathway by two pattern recognition receptors},
author = {Vanessa Gobert and Marie Gottar and Alexey A Matskevich and Sophie Rutschmann and Julien Royet and Marcia Belvin and Jules A Hoffmann and Dominique Ferrandon},
doi = {10.1126/science.1085432},
issn = {1095-9203},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-12-01},
journal = {Science},
volume = {302},
number = {5653},
pages = {2126--2130},
abstract = {The Toll-dependent defense against Gram-positive bacterial infections in Drosophila is mediated through the peptidoglycan recognition protein SA (PGRP-SA). A mutation termed osiris disrupts the Gram-negative binding protein 1 (GNBP1) gene and leads to compromised survival of mutant flies after Gram-positive infections, but not after fungal or Gram-negative bacterial challenge. Our results demonstrate that GNBP1 and PGRP-SA can jointly activate the Toll pathway. The potential for a combination of distinct proteins to mediate detection of infectious nonself in the fly will refine the concept of pattern recognition in insects.},
keywords = {Animals, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, DNA Transposable Elements, ferrandon, Gene Expression, Genes, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Hypocreales, Insect, Insect Proteins, M3i, Mutation, Phenotype, Receptors, Serine Endopeptidases, Toll-Like Receptors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Bilak Hana, Tauszig-Delamasure S, Imler Jean-Luc
Toll and Toll-like receptors in Drosophila Article de journal
Dans: Biochemical Society Transactions, vol. 31, no. Pt 3, p. 648–651, 2003, ISSN: 0300-5127.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Biological Evolution, Cell Surface, Fungi, Genome, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, imler, M3i, Membrane Glycoproteins, Receptors, Toll-Like Receptor 5, Toll-Like Receptors
@article{bilak_toll_2003,
title = {Toll and Toll-like receptors in Drosophila},
author = {Hana Bilak and S Tauszig-Delamasure and Jean-Luc Imler},
doi = {10.1042/},
issn = {0300-5127},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-06-01},
journal = {Biochemical Society Transactions},
volume = {31},
number = {Pt 3},
pages = {648--651},
abstract = {The Drosophila Toll receptor controls the immune response to Gram-positive bacteria and fungi by activating a signalling pathway partially conserved throughout evolution. The Drosophila genome encodes eight additional Toll-related receptors, most of which appear to carry out developmental rather than immune functions. One exception may be Toll-9, which shares structural and functional similarities with mammalian TLRs.},
keywords = {Animals, Biological Evolution, Cell Surface, Fungi, Genome, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, imler, M3i, Membrane Glycoproteins, Receptors, Toll-Like Receptor 5, Toll-Like Receptors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2001
Michel T, Reichhart Jean-Marc, Hoffmann Jules A, Royet Julien
Drosophila Toll is activated by Gram-positive bacteria through a circulating peptidoglycan recognition protein Article de journal
Dans: Nature, vol. 414, no. 6865, p. 756–759, 2001, ISSN: 0028-0836.
Résumé | Liens | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Bacillus thuringiensis, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, Chromosome Mapping, Enterococcus faecalis, Fungi, Genes, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Humans, Insect, Insect Proteins, M3i, Membrane Glycoproteins, Micrococcus luteus, Mutation, Receptors, reichhart, Sequence Homology, Toll-Like Receptors
@article{michel_drosophila_2001,
title = {Drosophila Toll is activated by Gram-positive bacteria through a circulating peptidoglycan recognition protein},
author = {T Michel and Jean-Marc Reichhart and Jules A Hoffmann and Julien Royet},
doi = {10.1038/414756a},
issn = {0028-0836},
year = {2001},
date = {2001-12-01},
journal = {Nature},
volume = {414},
number = {6865},
pages = {756--759},
abstract = {Microbial infection activates two distinct intracellular signalling cascades in the immune-responsive fat body of Drosophila. Gram-positive bacteria and fungi predominantly induce the Toll signalling pathway, whereas Gram-negative bacteria activate the Imd pathway. Loss-of-function mutants in either pathway reduce the resistance to corresponding infections. Genetic screens have identified a range of genes involved in these intracellular signalling cascades, but how they are activated by microbial infection is largely unknown. Activation of the transmembrane receptor Toll requires a proteolytically cleaved form of an extracellular cytokine-like polypeptide, Spätzle, suggesting that Toll does not itself function as a bona fide recognition receptor of microbial patterns. This is in apparent contrast with the mammalian Toll-like receptors and raises the question of which host molecules actually recognize microbial patterns to activate Toll through Spätzle. Here we present a mutation that blocks Toll activation by Gram-positive bacteria and significantly decreases resistance to this type of infection. The mutation semmelweis (seml) inactivates the gene encoding a peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-SA). Interestingly, seml does not affect Toll activation by fungal infection, indicating the existence of a distinct recognition system for fungi to activate the Toll pathway.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Bacillus thuringiensis, Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, Chromosome Mapping, Enterococcus faecalis, Fungi, Genes, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Humans, Insect, Insect Proteins, M3i, Membrane Glycoproteins, Micrococcus luteus, Mutation, Receptors, reichhart, Sequence Homology, Toll-Like Receptors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1996
Fehlbaum P, Bulet Philippe, Chernysh S, Briand J P, Roussel J P, Letellier L, Hetru Charles, Hoffmann Jules A
Structure-activity analysis of thanatin, a 21-residue inducible insect defense peptide with sequence homology to frog skin antimicrobial peptides Article de journal
Dans: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 93, no. 3, p. 1221–1225, 1996, ISSN: 0027-8424.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Amphibian Proteins, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Cyclic, Fungi, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemiptera, hoffmann, M3i, Mass Spectrometry, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Peptides, Ranidae, Sequence Homology, Skin, Structure-Activity Relationship
@article{fehlbaum_structure-activity_1996,
title = {Structure-activity analysis of thanatin, a 21-residue inducible insect defense peptide with sequence homology to frog skin antimicrobial peptides},
author = {P Fehlbaum and Philippe Bulet and S Chernysh and J P Briand and J P Roussel and L Letellier and Charles Hetru and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0027-8424},
year = {1996},
date = {1996-02-01},
journal = {Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.},
volume = {93},
number = {3},
pages = {1221--1225},
abstract = {Immune challenge to the insect Podisus maculiventris induces synthesis of a 21-residue peptide with sequence homology to frog skin antimicrobial peptides of the brevinin family. The insect and frog peptides have in common a C-terminally located disulfide bridge delineating a cationic loop. The peptide is bactericidal and fungicidal, exhibiting the largest antimicrobial spectrum observed so far for an insect defense peptide. An all-D-enantiomer is nearly inactive against Gram-negative bacteria and some Gram-positive strains but is fully active against fungi and other Gram-positive bacteria, suggesting that more than one mechanism accounts for the antimicrobial activity of this peptide. Studies with truncated synthetic isoforms underline the role of the C-terminal loop and flanking residues for the activity of this molecule for which we propose the name thanatin.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Amphibian Proteins, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Cyclic, Fungi, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemiptera, hoffmann, M3i, Mass Spectrometry, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Peptides, Ranidae, Sequence Homology, Skin, Structure-Activity Relationship},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1995
Lowenberger C, Bulet Philippe, Charlet Maurice, Hetru Charles, Hodgeman B, Christensen B M, Hoffmann Jules A
Insect immunity: isolation of three novel inducible antibacterial defensins from the vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti Article de journal
Dans: Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol., vol. 25, no. 7, p. 867–873, 1995, ISSN: 0965-1748.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Aedes, Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Blood Proteins, Defensins, Escherichia coli, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, hoffmann, Immunity, Insect Vectors, M3i, Micrococcus luteus, Sequence Homology, Stereoisomerism
@article{lowenberger_insect_1995,
title = {Insect immunity: isolation of three novel inducible antibacterial defensins from the vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti},
author = {C Lowenberger and Philippe Bulet and Maurice Charlet and Charles Hetru and B Hodgeman and B M Christensen and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0965-1748},
year = {1995},
date = {1995-07-01},
journal = {Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol.},
volume = {25},
number = {7},
pages = {867--873},
abstract = {The injection of Escherichia coli and Micrococcus luteus into the hemocoel of Aedes aegypti induces a potent antibacterial activity in the hemolymph. We have purified and fully characterized three 40-residue antibacterial peptides from the hemolymph of bacteria-challenged mosquitoes that are absent in naive mosquitoes. The peptides are potently active against Gram-positive bacteria and against one of the Gram-negative bacteria that were tested. The amino acid sequences clearly show that the three peptides are novel isoforms of the insect defensin family of antibacterial peptides. They differ from each other by one or two amino acid residues. We present here the complete amino acid sequences of the three isoforms and the activity spectrum of the predominant Aedes defensin.},
keywords = {Aedes, Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Blood Proteins, Defensins, Escherichia coli, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, hoffmann, Immunity, Insect Vectors, M3i, Micrococcus luteus, Sequence Homology, Stereoisomerism},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Cornet B, Bonmatin J M, Hetru Charles, Hoffmann Jules A, Ptak M, Vovelle F
Refined three-dimensional solution structure of insect defensin A Article de journal
Dans: Structure, vol. 3, no. 5, p. 435–448, 1995, ISSN: 0969-2126.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Bacteriolysis, Chemistry, Defensins, Diptera, Gram-Positive Bacteria, hoffmann, Hydrogen Bonding, Insect Hormones, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Molecular, Physical, Physicochemical Phenomena, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins, Sequence Homology, Solutions, Structure-Activity Relationship
@article{cornet_refined_1995,
title = {Refined three-dimensional solution structure of insect defensin A},
author = {B Cornet and J M Bonmatin and Charles Hetru and Jules A Hoffmann and M Ptak and F Vovelle},
issn = {0969-2126},
year = {1995},
date = {1995-05-01},
journal = {Structure},
volume = {3},
number = {5},
pages = {435--448},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Insect defensin A is a basic 4 kDa protein secreted by Phormia terranovae larvae in response to bacterial challenges or injuries. Previous biological tests suggest that the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane is the target of defensin A. The structural study of this protein is the first step towards establishing a structure-activity relationship and forms the basis for understanding its antibiotic activity at the molecular level. RESULTS: We describe a refined model of the three-dimensional structure of defensin A derived from an extensive analysis of 786 inter-proton nuclear Overhauser effects. The backbone fold involves an N-terminal loop and an alpha-helical fragment followed by an antiparallel beta-structure. The helix and the beta-structure are connected by two of the three disulphide bridges present in defensin A, forming a so-called 'cysteine-stabilized alpha beta' (CS alpha beta) motif. The N-terminal loop, which is locally well defined, can occupy different positions with respect to the other moieties of the molecule. CONCLUSIONS: The CS alpha beta motif, which forms the core of the defensin A structure, appears to be a common organization for several families of small proteins with toxic properties. The distribution of amino acid side chains in the protein structure creates several hydrophobic or hydrophilic patches. This leads us to propose that the initial step in the action of positively charged defensin A molecules with cytoplasmic membranes may involve interactions with acidic phospholipids.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Bacteriolysis, Chemistry, Defensins, Diptera, Gram-Positive Bacteria, hoffmann, Hydrogen Bonding, Insect Hormones, M3i, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Molecular, Physical, Physicochemical Phenomena, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins, Sequence Homology, Solutions, Structure-Activity Relationship},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1994
Cociancich S, Dupont A, Hegy G, Lanot R, Holder F, Hetru Charles, Hoffmann Jules A, Bulet Philippe
Novel inducible antibacterial peptides from a hemipteran insect, the sap-sucking bug Pyrrhocoris apterus Article de journal
Dans: Biochem. J., vol. 300 ( Pt 2), p. 567–575, 1994, ISSN: 0264-6021.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Blood Proteins, Chromatography, Defensins, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Gel, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemiptera, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Insect Proteins, M3i, Peptides, Sequence Homology
@article{cociancich_novel_1994,
title = {Novel inducible antibacterial peptides from a hemipteran insect, the sap-sucking bug Pyrrhocoris apterus},
author = {S Cociancich and A Dupont and G Hegy and R Lanot and F Holder and Charles Hetru and Jules A Hoffmann and Philippe Bulet},
issn = {0264-6021},
year = {1994},
date = {1994-06-01},
journal = {Biochem. J.},
volume = {300 ( Pt 2)},
pages = {567--575},
abstract = {Insects belonging to the recent orders of the endopterygote clade (Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera) respond to bacterial challenge by the rapid and transient synthesis of a battery of potent antibacterial peptides which are secreted into their haemolymph. Here we present the first report on inducible antibacterial molecules in the sap-sucking bug Pyrrhocoris apterus, a representative species of the Hemiptera, which predated the Endoptergotes by at least 50 million years in evolution. We have isolated and characterized from immune blood of this species three novel peptides or polypeptides: (i) a 43-residue cysteine-rich anti-(Gram-positive bacteria) peptide which is a new member of the family of insect defensins; (ii) a 20-residue proline-rich peptide carrying an O-glycosylated substitution (N-acetylgalactosamine), active against Gram-negative bacteria; (iii) a 133-residue glycine-rich polypeptide also active against Gram-negative bacteria. The proline-rich peptide shows high sequence similarities with drosocin, an O-glycosylated antibacterial peptide from Drosophila, and also with the N-terminal domain of diptericin, an inducible 9 kDa antibacterial peptide from members of the order Diptera, whereas the glycine-rich peptide has similarities with the glycine-rich domain of diptericin. We discuss the evolutionary aspects of these findings.},
keywords = {Amino Acid, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Blood Proteins, Chromatography, Defensins, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Gel, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemiptera, Hemolymph, hoffmann, Insect Proteins, M3i, Peptides, Sequence Homology},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Dimarcq Jean-Luc, Hoffmann Danièle, Meister Marie, Bulet Philippe, Lanot R, Reichhart Jean-Marc, Hoffmann Jules A
Characterization and transcriptional profiles of a Drosophila gene encoding an insect defensin. A study in insect immunity Article de journal
Dans: Eur. J. Biochem., vol. 221, no. 1, p. 201–209, 1994, ISSN: 0014-2956.
Résumé | BibTeX | Étiquettes: Animals, Base Sequence, Blood Proteins, Chromosome Mapping, Cloning, Complementary, Defensins, DNA, Gene Expression, Genetic, Gram-Positive Bacteria, hoffmann, Larva, M3i, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Nucleic Acid, Protein Precursors, Regulatory Sequences, reichhart, Transcription
@article{dimarcq_characterization_1994,
title = {Characterization and transcriptional profiles of a Drosophila gene encoding an insect defensin. A study in insect immunity},
author = {Jean-Luc Dimarcq and Danièle Hoffmann and Marie Meister and Philippe Bulet and R Lanot and Jean-Marc Reichhart and Jules A Hoffmann},
issn = {0014-2956},
year = {1994},
date = {1994-04-01},
journal = {Eur. J. Biochem.},
volume = {221},
number = {1},
pages = {201--209},
abstract = {Insect defensins are a family of 4-kDa, cationic, inducible antibacterial peptides which bear six cysteine residues engaged in three intramolecular disulfide bridges. They owe their name to certain sequence similarities with defensins from mammalian neutrophiles and macrophages. We report the characterization of a novel defensin isoform from Drosophila and the cloning of the gene encoding a preprodefensin. The gene, which is intronless and present in a single copy/haploid genome, maps at position 46CD on the right arm of the second chromosome. The analysis of the upstream region of the gene reveals the presence of multiple putative cis-regulatory sequences similar to mammalian regulatory motifs of acute-phase-response genes. Transcriptional profiles indicate that the Drosophila defensin gene is induced by bacterial challenge with acute-phase kinetics. It is also expressed in the absence of immune challenge during metamorphosis. These and other data on the Drosophila defensin gene lead us to suggest that insect and mammalian defensins have evolved independently.},
keywords = {Animals, Base Sequence, Blood Proteins, Chromosome Mapping, Cloning, Complementary, Defensins, DNA, Gene Expression, Genetic, Gram-Positive Bacteria, hoffmann, Larva, M3i, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Nucleic Acid, Protein Precursors, Regulatory Sequences, reichhart, Transcription},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}