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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 147-158Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.07.004
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- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia in Portugal [SFRH/BD/15219/2004]
- Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation [ANR-05-MIIM-016-01]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/15219/2004] Funding Source: FCT
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Metazoans tolerate commensal-gut microbiota by suppressing immune activation while maintaining the ability to launch rapid and balanced immune reactions to pathogenic bacteria. Little is known about the mechanisms underlying the establishment of this threshold. We report that a recently identified Drosophila immune regulator, which we call PGRP-LC-interacting inhibitor of lmd signaling (PIMS), is required to suppress the lmd innate immune signaling pathway in response to commensal bacteria. pims expression is lmd (immune deficiency) dependent, and its basal expression relies on the presence of commensal flora. In the absence of PIMS, resident bacteria trigger constitutive expression of antimicrobial peptide genes (AMPs). Moreover, pims mutants hyperactivate AMPs upon infection with Gram-negative bacteria. PIMS interacts with the peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-LC), causing its depletion from the plasma membrane and shutdown of lmd signaling. Therefore, PIMS is required to establish immune tolerance to commensal bacteria and to maintain a balanced lmd response following exposure to bacterial infections.
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