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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 408-419Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.03.015
Keywords
Eicosanoid; PLA(2); Toll; Immune; Nodulation; MyD88; Pelle
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), Republic of Korea [2017R1A2B3009815]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017R1A2B3009815] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Upon immune challenge, insects recognize nonself. The recognition signal will propagate to nearby immune effectors. It is well-known that Toll signal pathway induces antimicrobial peptide (AMP) gene expression. Eicosanoids play crucial roles in mediating the recognition signal to immune effectors by enhancing humoral immune response through activation of AMP synthesis as well as cellular immune responses, suggesting a functional cross-talk between Toll and eicosanoid signals. This study tested a cross-talk between these two signals. Two signal transducing factors (MyD88 and Pelle) of Toll immune pathway were identified in Spodoptera exigua. RNA interference (RNAi) of either SeMyD88 or SePelle expression interfered with the expression of AMP genes under Toll signal pathway. Bacterial challenge induced PLA(2) enzyme activity. However, RNAi of these two immune factors significantly suppressed the induction of PLA(2) enzyme activity. Furthermore, RNAi treatment prevented gene expression of cellular PLA(2). Inhibition of PLA(2) activity reduced phenoloxidase activity and subsequent suppression in cellular immune response measured by hemocyte nodule formation. However, immunosuppression induced by RNAi of Toll signal molecules was significantly reversed by addition of arachidonic acid (AA), a catalytic product of PLA2. The addition also significantly reduced the enhanced fungal susceptibility of S. exigua treated by RNAi against two Toll signal molecules. These results indicate that there is a cross-talk between Toll and eicosanoid signals in insect immunity. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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