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Tytuł pozycji:

The C. elegans GATA transcription factor elt-2 mediates distinct transcriptional responses and opposite infection outcomes towards different Bacillus thuringiensis strains.

Tytuł:
The C. elegans GATA transcription factor elt-2 mediates distinct transcriptional responses and opposite infection outcomes towards different Bacillus thuringiensis strains.
Autorzy:
Alejandra Zárate-Potes
Wentao Yang
Barbara Pees
Rebecca Schalkowski
Philipp Segler
Bentje Andresen
Daniela Haase
Rania Nakad
Philip Rosenstiel
Guillaume Tetreau
Jacques-Philippe Colletier
Hinrich Schulenburg
Katja Dierking
Temat:
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Źródło:
PLoS Pathogens, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e1008826 (2020)
Wydawca:
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
Rok publikacji:
2020
Kolekcja:
LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy
LCC:Biology (General)
Typ dokumentu:
article
Opis pliku:
electronic resource
Język:
English
ISSN:
1553-7366
1553-7374
33122288
Relacje:
https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366; https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374
DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1008826
Dostęp URL:
https://doaj.org/article/d35af32f38034bdeafe8f3312228863c  Link otwiera się w nowym oknie
Numer akcesji:
edsdoj.35af32f38034bdeafe8f3312228863c
Czasopismo naukowe
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been extensively used as a model for the study of innate immune responses against bacterial pathogens. While it is well established that the worm mounts distinct transcriptional responses to different bacterial species, it is still unclear in how far it can fine-tune its response to different strains of a single pathogen species, especially if the strains vary in virulence and infection dynamics. To rectify this knowledge gap, we systematically analyzed the C. elegans response to two strains of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), MYBt18247 (Bt247) and MYBt18679 (Bt679), which produce different pore forming toxins (PFTs) and vary in infection dynamics. We combined host transcriptomics with cytopathological characterizations and identified both a common and also a differentiated response to the two strains, the latter comprising almost 10% of the infection responsive genes. Functional genetic analyses revealed that the AP-1 component gene jun-1 mediates the common response to both Bt strains. In contrast, the strain-specific response is mediated by the C. elegans GATA transcription factor ELT-2, a homolog of Drosophila SERPENT and vertebrate GATA4-6, and a known master regulator of intestinal responses in the nematode. elt-2 RNAi knockdown decreased resistance to Bt679, but remarkably, increased survival on Bt247. The elt-2 silencing-mediated increase in survival was characterized by reduced intestinal tissue damage despite a high pathogen burden and might thus involve increased tolerance. Additional functional genetic analyses confirmed the involvement of distinct signaling pathways in the C. elegans defense response: the p38-MAPK pathway acts either directly with or in parallel to elt-2 in mediating resistance to Bt679 infection but is not required for protection against Bt247. Our results further suggest that the elt-2 silencing-mediated increase in survival on Bt247 is multifactorial, influenced by the nuclear hormone receptors NHR-99 and NHR-193, and may further involve lipid metabolism and detoxification. Our study highlights that the nematode C. elegans with its comparatively simple immune defense system is capable of generating a differentiated response to distinct strains of the same pathogen species. Importantly, our study provides a molecular insight into the diversity of biological processes that are influenced by a single master regulator and jointly determine host survival after pathogen infection.
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