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The G protein-coupled receptor FSHR-1 is required for the Caenorhabditis elegans innate immune response.


ABSTRACT: Innate immunity is an ancient defense system used by both vertebrates and invertebrates. Previously characterized innate immune responses in plants and animals are triggered by detection of pathogens using specific receptors, which typically use a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain to bind molecular patterns associated with infection. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans uses defense pathways conserved with vertebrates; however, the mechanism by which C. elegans detects pathogens is unknown. We screened all LRR-containing transmembrane receptors in C. elegans and identified the G protein-coupled receptor FSHR-1 as an important component of the C. elegans immune response to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial pathogens. FSHR-1 acts in the C. elegans intestine, the primary site of exposure to ingested pathogens. FSHR-1 signals in parallel to the known p38 MAPK pathway but converges to regulate the transcriptional induction of an overlapping but nonidentical set of antimicrobial effectors. FSHR-1 may act generally to boost the nematode immune response, or it may function as a pathogen receptor.

SUBMITTER: Powell JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2650343 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The G protein-coupled receptor FSHR-1 is required for the Caenorhabditis elegans innate immune response.

Powell Jennifer R JR   Kim Dennis H DH   Ausubel Frederick M FM  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090205 8


Innate immunity is an ancient defense system used by both vertebrates and invertebrates. Previously characterized innate immune responses in plants and animals are triggered by detection of pathogens using specific receptors, which typically use a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain to bind molecular patterns associated with infection. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans uses defense pathways conserved with vertebrates; however, the mechanism by which C. elegans detects pathogens is unknown. We scr  ...[more]

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