Title
PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE have essential yet distinct functions in the drosophila immune response to monomeric DAP-type peptidoglycan
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology
Publication Date
2006-06-13
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Drosophila rely entirely on an innate immune response to combat microbial infection. Diaminopimelic acid-containing peptidoglycan, produced by Gram-negative bacteria, is recognized by two receptors, PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE, and activates a homolog of transcription factor NF-kappaB through the Imd signaling pathway. Here we show that full-length PGRP-LE acted as an intracellular receptor for monomeric peptidoglycan, whereas a version of PGRP-LE containing only the PGRP domain functioned extracellularly, like the mammalian CD14 molecule, to enhance PGRP-LC-mediated peptidoglycan recognition on the cell surface. Interaction with the imd signaling protein was not required for PGRP-LC signaling. Instead, PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE signaled through a receptor-interacting protein homotypic interaction motif-like motif. These data demonstrate that like mammals, drosophila use both extracellular and intracellular receptors, which have conserved signaling mechanisms, for innate immune recognition.
DOI of Published Version
10.1038/ni1356
Source
Nat Immunol. 2006 Jul;7(7):715-23. Epub 2006 Jun 11. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Nature immunology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
16767093
Repository Citation
Kaneko T, Yano T, Aggarwal K, Lim J, Ueda K, Oshima Y, Peach C, Erturk Hasdemir D, Goldman WE, Oh B, Kurata S, Silverman NS. (2006). PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE have essential yet distinct functions in the drosophila immune response to monomeric DAP-type peptidoglycan. Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1356. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/590