RRC ID 32792
著者 Bretscher AJ, Honti V, Binggeli O, Burri O, Poidevin M, Kurucz É, Zsámboki J, Andó I, Lemaitre B.
タイトル The Nimrod transmembrane receptor Eater is required for hemocyte attachment to the sessile compartment in Drosophila melanogaster.
ジャーナル Biol Open
Abstract Eater is an EGF-like repeat transmembrane receptor of the Nimrod family and is expressed in Drosophila hemocytes. Eater was initially identified for its role in phagocytosis of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. We have deleted eater and show that it appears to be required for efficient phagocytosis of Gram-positive but not Gram-negative bacteria. However, the most striking phenotype of eater deficient larvae is the near absence of sessile hemocytes, both plasmatocyte and crystal cell types. The eater deletion is the first loss of function mutation identified that causes absence of the sessile hemocyte state. Our study shows that Eater is required cell-autonomously in plasmatocytes for sessility. However, the presence of crystal cells in the sessile compartment requires Eater in plasmatocytes. We also show that eater deficient hemocytes exhibit a cell adhesion defect. Collectively, our data uncovers a new requirement of Eater in enabling hemocyte attachment at the sessile compartment and points to a possible role of Nimrod family members in hemocyte adhesion.
巻・号 4(3)
ページ 355-63
公開日 2015-2-13
DOI 10.1242/bio.201410595
PII bio.201410595
PMID 25681394
PMC PMC4359741
IF 2.029
引用数 31
WOS 分野 BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ショウジョウバエ 6124R-2