Reference - Detail
RRC ID | 6443 |
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Author | Ziegler K, Kurz CL, Cypowyj S, Couillault C, Pophillat M, Pujol N, Ewbank JJ. |
Title | Antifungal innate immunity in C. elegans: PKCdelta links G protein signaling and a conserved p38 MAPK cascade. |
Journal | Cell Host Microbe |
Abstract |
Like other multicellular organisms, the model nematode C. elegans responds to infection by inducing the expression of defense genes. Among the genes upregulated in response to a natural fungal pathogen is nlp-29, encoding an antimicrobial peptide. In a screen for mutants that fail to express nlp-29 following fungal infection, we isolated alleles of tpa-1, homologous to the mammalian protein kinase C (PKC) delta. Through epistasis analyses, we demonstrate that C. elegans PKC acts through the p38 MAPK pathway to regulate nlp-29. This involves G protein signaling and specific C-type phospholipases acting upstream of PKCdelta. Unexpectedly and unlike in mammals, tpa-1 does not act via D-type protein kinases, but another C. elegans PKC gene, pkc-3, functions nonredundantly with tpa-1 to control nlp-29 expression. Finally, the tribbles-like kinase nipi-3 acts upstream of PKCdelta in this antifungal immune signaling cascade. These findings greatly expand our understanding of the pathways involved in C. elegans innate immunity. |
Volume | 5(4) |
Pages | 341-52 |
Published | 2009-4-23 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.chom.2009.03.006 |
PII | S1931-3128(09)00097-3 |
PMID | 19380113 |
MeSH | Animals Caenorhabditis elegans / enzymology* Caenorhabditis elegans / immunology* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / immunology* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism* Fungi / immunology* GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal Immunity, Innate* Models, Biological Protein Kinase C / metabolism Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / immunology* Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism* Signal Transduction Type C Phospholipases / metabolism p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / immunology |
IF | 15.923 |
Times Cited | 71 |
WOS Category | PARASITOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY VIROLOGY |
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C.elegans | tm3036 |