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Comparative single-cell and spatial transcriptomics illuminate bat immunity and barrier tissue evolution

ABSTRACT: Bats have adapted to pathogens through diverse mechanisms, including increased resistance - rapid pathogen elimination, and tolerance - limiting tissue damage following infection. In the Egyptian fruit bat (an important model in comparative immunology) several mechanisms conferring disease tolerance were discovered, but mechanisms underpinning resistance remain poorly understood. Previous studies on other species suggested that elevated basal expression of innate immune genes may lead to increased resistance to infection. Here, we test whether such transcriptional patterns occur in Egyptian fruit bat tissues through single-cell and spatial transcriptomics of gut, lung and blood cells, comparing gene expression between bat, mouse and human. Despite numerous recent loss and expansion events of interferons in the bat genome, interferon expression and induction are remarkably similar to that of mouse. In contrast, central complement system genes are highly and uniquely expressed in key regions in bat lung and gut epithelium, unlike in human and mouse. These genes also evolve rapidly in their coding sequence across the bat lineage. Finally, the bat complement system displays strong hemolytic and inhibitory activities. Together, these results indicate a distinctive transcriptional divergence of the complement system, which may be linked to bat resistance, and highlight the intricate evolutionary landscape of bat immunity.

INSTRUMENT(S): timsTOF Pro 2, Bruker Daltonics timsTOF series

ORGANISM(S): Rousettus Aegyptiacus (egyptian Rousette) (egyptian Fruit Bat) Mus Musculus (mouse)

TISSUE(S): Blood Serum

SUBMITTER: Jenny Moon

LAB HEAD: Leonard J. Foster

PROVIDER: PXD058003 | Pride | 2024-11-18

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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			Action	DRS
	Bat_DIANN.zip	Other
	DIA-NN_v1_8_2beta27.exe	Other
	Mouse_DIANN.zip	Other
	Sivan_batSerum1-80ng_1-29-2024_Slot1-81_10257.d.1.dar	Other
	Sivan_batSerum2-80ng_1-29-2024_Slot1-82_10258.d.1.dar	Other

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