TmSpz6 Is Essential for Regulating the Immune Response to Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Tenebrio molitoropen access
- Authors
- Edosa, Tariku Tesfaye; Jo, Yong Hun; Keshavarz, Maryam; Bae, Young Min; Kim, Dong Hyun; Lee, Yong Seok; Han, Yeon Soo
- Issue Date
- Feb-2020
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Keywords
- antimicrobial peptides; immune response; mealworm; spatzle; Toll pathway
- Citation
- Insects, v.11, no.2
- Journal Title
- Insects
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 2
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/3132
- DOI
- 10.3390/insects11020105
- ISSN
- 2075-4450
- Abstract
- Spatzle is an extracellular protein that activates the Toll receptor during embryogenesis and immune responses in Drosophila. However, the functions of the spatzle proteins in the innate immune response against bacteria or fungi in T. molitor are not well understood. Therefore, in this study, the open reading frame (ORF) of TmSpz6 was identified and its function in the response to bacterial and fungal infections in T. molitor was investigated using RNAi. The highest expression of TmSpz6 was in prepupae, and 3- and 6-day-old pupae, while remarkable expression was also observed in other stages. The tissue-specific expression analysis showed that TmSpz6 expression was highest in the hemocytes of larvae. TmSpz6 expression was highly induced when challenged with Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, or Candida albicans at 6 h post-injection; however, TmSpz6-silenced larvae were significantly more susceptible to only E. coli and S. aureus infection. The antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) gene expression analysis results show that TmSpz6 mainly positively regulated the expression of TmTencin-2 and -3 in response to E. coli and S. aureus infection. Collectively, these results suggest that TmSpz6 plays an important role in regulating AMP expression and increases the survival of T. molitor against E. coli and S. aureus.
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