RRC ID 57114
著者 Troha K, Buchon N.
タイトル Methods for the study of innate immunity in Drosophila melanogaster.
ジャーナル Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol
Abstract From flies to humans, many components of the innate immune system have been conserved during metazoan evolution. This foundational observation has allowed us to develop Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly, into a powerful model to study innate immunity in animals. Thanks to an ever-growing arsenal of genetic tools, an easily manipulated genome, and its winning disposition, Drosophila is now employed to study not only basic molecular mechanisms of pathogen recognition and immune signaling, but also the nature of physiological responses activated in the host by microbial challenge and how dysregulation of these processes contributes to disease. Here, we present a collection of methods and protocols to challenge the fly with an assortment of microbes, both systemically and orally, and assess its humoral, cellular, and epithelial response to infection. Our review covers techniques for measuring the reaction to microbial infection both qualitatively and quantitatively. Specifically, we describe survival, bacterial load, BLUD (a measure of disease tolerance), phagocytosis, melanization, clotting, and ROS production assays, as well as efficient protocols to collect hemolymph and measure immune gene expression. We also offer an updated catalog of online resources and a collection of popular reporter lines and mutants to facilitate research efforts. This article is categorized under: Technologies > Analysis of Cell, Tissue, and Animal Phenotypes.
巻・号 8(5)
ページ e344
公開日 2019-9-1
DOI 10.1002/wdev.344
PMID 30993906
MeSH Animals Bacteria / immunology Bacteria / pathogenicity* Bacterial Infections / complications* Bacterial Infections / immunology Bacterial Infections / microbiology Drosophila Proteins / metabolism* Drosophila melanogaster / immunology* Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism Drosophila melanogaster / microbiology Immunity, Innate / immunology* Phagocytosis* Phenotype Signal Transduction
IF 5.343
引用数 6
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