RRC ID 22793
著者 Ishii K, Adachi T, Hamamoto H, Oonishi T, Kamimura M, Imamura K, Sekimizu K.
タイトル Insect cytokine paralytic peptide activates innate immunity via nitric oxide production in the silkworm Bombyx mori.
ジャーナル Dev Comp Immunol
Abstract Insect cytokine paralytic peptide (PP) upregulates the expression of immune-related genes and contributes to host defense in the silkworm Bombyx mori. The present findings demonstrated that PP promotes nitric oxide (NO) production and induces the expression of NO synthase. A pharmacologic NO synthase inhibitor suppressed the PP-dependent (i) induction of immune-related genes, (ii) activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, and (iii) killing delay of silkworm larvae by Staphylococcus aureus. The upstream mechanism of NO synthesis in insect immunity has been unknown, and the present results suggest for the first time that an insect cytokine induces NO and contributes to self-defense.
巻・号 39(3)
ページ 147-53
公開日 2013-3-1
DOI 10.1016/j.dci.2012.10.014
PII S0145-305X(12)00239-X
PMID 23178406
MeSH Animals Apoptosis / drug effects Bombyx / immunology* Bombyx / microbiology Cells, Cultured Cytokines / chemical synthesis Cytokines / immunology* Immunity, Innate / drug effects Insect Proteins / genetics Insect Proteins / metabolism* Muscle Contraction / drug effects NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / pharmacology Neuropeptides / administration & dosage Neuropeptides / chemical synthesis Neuropeptides / immunology* Nitric Oxide / metabolism* Nitric Oxide Synthase / antagonists & inhibitors Nitric Oxide Synthase / genetics Nitric Oxide Synthase / metabolism* Paralysis / etiology Paralysis / prevention & control Signal Transduction / drug effects Staphylococcus aureus / immunology* Up-Regulation / drug effects p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
IF 3.192
引用数 18
WOS 分野 ZOOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY
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