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The fatty acid oleate is required for innate immune activation and pathogen defense in Caenorhabditis elegans.

ABSTRACT: Fatty acids affect a number of physiological processes, in addition to forming the building blocks of membranes and body fat stores. In this study, we uncover a role for the monounsaturated fatty acid oleate in the innate immune response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. From an RNAi screen for regulators of innate immune defense genes, we identified the two stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturases that synthesize oleate in C. elegans. We show that the synthesis of oleate is necessary for the pathogen-mediated induction of immune defense genes. Accordingly, C. elegans deficient in oleate production are hypersusceptible to infection with diverse human pathogens, which can be rescued by the addition of exogenous oleate. However, oleate is not sufficient to drive protective immune activation. Together, these data add to the known health-promoting effects of monounsaturated fatty acids, and suggest an ancient link between nutrient stores, metabolism, and host susceptibility to bacterial infection.

SUBMITTER: Anderson SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6597122 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The fatty acid oleate is required for innate immune activation and pathogen defense in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Anderson Sarah M SM   Cheesman Hilary K HK   Peterson Nicholas D ND   Salisbury J Elizabeth JE   Soukas Alexander A AA   Pukkila-Worley Read R  

PLoS pathogens 20190617 6

Fatty acids affect a number of physiological processes, in addition to forming the building blocks of membranes and body fat stores. In this study, we uncover a role for the monounsaturated fatty acid oleate in the innate immune response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. From an RNAi screen for regulators of innate immune defense genes, we identified the two stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturases that synthesize oleate in C. elegans. We show that the synthesis of oleate is necessary for the patho  ...[more]

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