The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.

Drosophila is an extremely useful model organism for understanding how innate immune mechanisms defend against microbes and parasitoids. Large foreign objects trigger a potent cellular immune response in Drosophila larva. In the case of endoparasitoid wasp eggs, this response includes hemocyte proli...

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Main Authors: Beáta Kari, Gábor Csordás, Viktor Honti, Gyöngyi Cinege, Michael J Williams, István Andó, Éva Kurucz
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150910&type=printable
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author Beáta Kari
Gábor Csordás
Viktor Honti
Gyöngyi Cinege
Michael J Williams
István Andó
Éva Kurucz
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Éva Kurucz
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description Drosophila is an extremely useful model organism for understanding how innate immune mechanisms defend against microbes and parasitoids. Large foreign objects trigger a potent cellular immune response in Drosophila larva. In the case of endoparasitoid wasp eggs, this response includes hemocyte proliferation, lamellocyte differentiation and eventual encapsulation of the egg. The encapsulation reaction involves the attachment and spreading of hemocytes around the egg, which requires cytoskeletal rearrangements, changes in adhesion properties and cell shape, as well as melanization of the capsule. Guanine nucleotide metabolism has an essential role in the regulation of pathways necessary for this encapsulation response. Here, we show that the Drosophila inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH), encoded by raspberry (ras), is centrally important for a proper cellular immune response against eggs from the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina boulardi. Notably, hemocyte attachment to the egg and subsequent melanization of the capsule are deficient in hypomorphic ras mutant larvae, which results in a compromised cellular immune response and increased survival of the parasitoid.
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spelling doaj-art-a5ed3fc23b2042e78eeecad5832effea2025-08-20T02:15:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01113e015091010.1371/journal.pone.0150910The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.Beáta KariGábor CsordásViktor HontiGyöngyi CinegeMichael J WilliamsIstván AndóÉva KuruczDrosophila is an extremely useful model organism for understanding how innate immune mechanisms defend against microbes and parasitoids. Large foreign objects trigger a potent cellular immune response in Drosophila larva. In the case of endoparasitoid wasp eggs, this response includes hemocyte proliferation, lamellocyte differentiation and eventual encapsulation of the egg. The encapsulation reaction involves the attachment and spreading of hemocytes around the egg, which requires cytoskeletal rearrangements, changes in adhesion properties and cell shape, as well as melanization of the capsule. Guanine nucleotide metabolism has an essential role in the regulation of pathways necessary for this encapsulation response. Here, we show that the Drosophila inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH), encoded by raspberry (ras), is centrally important for a proper cellular immune response against eggs from the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina boulardi. Notably, hemocyte attachment to the egg and subsequent melanization of the capsule are deficient in hypomorphic ras mutant larvae, which results in a compromised cellular immune response and increased survival of the parasitoid.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150910&type=printable
spellingShingle Beáta Kari
Gábor Csordás
Viktor Honti
Gyöngyi Cinege
Michael J Williams
István Andó
Éva Kurucz
The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.
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title The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.
title_full The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.
title_fullStr The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.
title_full_unstemmed The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.
title_short The raspberry Gene Is Involved in the Regulation of the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.
title_sort raspberry gene is involved in the regulation of the cellular immune response in drosophila melanogaster
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150910&type=printable
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