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Bombardier mediates delivery of short-form Bomanins in the Drosophila Toll response


ABSTRACT: Toll mediates a robust and effective innate immune response across vertebrates and invertebrates. In Drosophila melanogaster, activation of Toll by systemic infection drives the accumulation of a rich repertoire of immune effectors in hemolymph, including the recently characterized Bomanins as well as the classical antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Here we report the functional characterization of a Toll-induced hemolymph protein encoded by the bombardier (CG18067) gene. Using the CRISPR-Cas9 system to generate a precise deletion, we found that Bombardier is required for Toll-mediated defense against fungi and Gram-positive bacteria. Assaying cell-free hemolymph from these flies, we found that the Bomanin-dependent candidacidal activity observed in hemolymph is also dependent on Bombardier, but not on the antifungal AMPs Drosomycin and Metchnikowin. Using mass spectrometry, we demonstrated that deletion of Bombardier results in the specific absence of short-form Bomanins from hemolymph. Flies lacking Bombardier also exhibited a defect in pathogen tolerance that we trace to an autoimmune disorder triggered by Toll activation. These results lead us to a model in which the presence of Bombardier in wild-type flies enables the proper folding, secretion, or intermolecular associations of short-form Bomanins, and the absence of Bombardier disrupts one or more of these steps, resulting in defects in both immune resistance and tolerance.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila Melanogaster (ncbitaxon:7227)

SUBMITTER: Steven A. Wasserman  

PROVIDER: MSV000084509 | MassIVE | Fri Oct 25 16:30:00 BST 2019

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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Bombardier Enables Delivery of Short-Form Bomanins in the <i>Drosophila</i> Toll Response.

Lin Samuel J H SJH   Fulzele Amit A   Cohen Lianne B LB   Bennett Eric J EJ   Wasserman Steven A SA  

Frontiers in immunology 20200110


Toll mediates a robust and effective innate immune response across vertebrates and invertebrates. In <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>, activation of Toll by systemic infection drives the accumulation of a rich repertoire of immune effectors in hemolymph, including the recently characterized Bomanins, as well as the classical antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Here we report the functional characterization of a Toll-induced hemolymph protein encoded by the <i>bombardier</i> (<i>CG18067</i>) gene. Using  ...[more]

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