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Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection

Salmonella typhimurium DT104 infection causes the death of Caenorhabditis elegans, which can be prevented by certain Lactobacillus isolates. However, the molecular mechanisms of both the host response to the infection and the protection by Lactobacillus are largely unclear. The present study has inv...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Mengzhou, Liu, Xiaozhen, Yu, Hai, Gong, Joshua
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7982399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33763087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.653205
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author Zhou, Mengzhou
Liu, Xiaozhen
Yu, Hai
Gong, Joshua
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Gong, Joshua
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description Salmonella typhimurium DT104 infection causes the death of Caenorhabditis elegans, which can be prevented by certain Lactobacillus isolates. However, the molecular mechanisms of both the host response to the infection and the protection by Lactobacillus are largely unclear. The present study has investigated the life-span and gene expression of both wild-type (WT) and mutants in some key components of cell signaling in response to S. typhimurium infection and protection from Lactobacillus zeae. The results indicated that the gene expression of daf-16 in the DAF/ insulin-like growth factor (DAF/IGF) pathway, ced-3 and ced-9 in the programmed cell death (PCD) pathway, lys-7, spp-1, and abf-3 for antimicrobial peptide production, and bar-1 involved in the production of other defense molecules was all significantly upregulated when the wild-type (WT) was subjected to DT104 infection. On the contrary, the gene expression of tir-1, sek-1, and pmk-1 in the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and clec-60, sod-3, and skn-1 for the production of other defense molecules was significantly suppressed by DT104. Pretreatment of the worms with L. zeae LB1 significantly upregulated the expression of almost all the tested genes except for ced-3, ced-9, abf-2, age-1, and dbl-1 compared with the nematode infected with DT104 only. Mutants defective in the cell signaling or other defense molecules of C. elegans were either more susceptible (defective in nsy-1, sek-1, pmk-1, ced-3, ced-9, skn-1, or daf-16) or more resistant (defective in age-1 or dbl-1) to DT104 infection than the WT except for the mutant defective in sod-3. Mutants defective in antimicrobial peptides (lys-7 or abf-3) were also more susceptible than the WT. In contrast, the mutant defective in spp-1 became more resistant. When all the mutants were pretreated with L. zeae LB1, five mutants that are defective in nsy-1, sek-1, pmk-1, abf-3, or lys-7 showed no response to the protection from LB1. These results suggest that L. zeae LB1 can regulate C. elegans cell signaling including the p38 MAPK pathway and downstream production of antimicrobial peptides and defense molecules to combat Salmonella infection.
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spelling pubmed-79823992021-03-23 Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection Zhou, Mengzhou Liu, Xiaozhen Yu, Hai Gong, Joshua Front Immunol Immunology Salmonella typhimurium DT104 infection causes the death of Caenorhabditis elegans, which can be prevented by certain Lactobacillus isolates. However, the molecular mechanisms of both the host response to the infection and the protection by Lactobacillus are largely unclear. The present study has investigated the life-span and gene expression of both wild-type (WT) and mutants in some key components of cell signaling in response to S. typhimurium infection and protection from Lactobacillus zeae. The results indicated that the gene expression of daf-16 in the DAF/ insulin-like growth factor (DAF/IGF) pathway, ced-3 and ced-9 in the programmed cell death (PCD) pathway, lys-7, spp-1, and abf-3 for antimicrobial peptide production, and bar-1 involved in the production of other defense molecules was all significantly upregulated when the wild-type (WT) was subjected to DT104 infection. On the contrary, the gene expression of tir-1, sek-1, and pmk-1 in the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and clec-60, sod-3, and skn-1 for the production of other defense molecules was significantly suppressed by DT104. Pretreatment of the worms with L. zeae LB1 significantly upregulated the expression of almost all the tested genes except for ced-3, ced-9, abf-2, age-1, and dbl-1 compared with the nematode infected with DT104 only. Mutants defective in the cell signaling or other defense molecules of C. elegans were either more susceptible (defective in nsy-1, sek-1, pmk-1, ced-3, ced-9, skn-1, or daf-16) or more resistant (defective in age-1 or dbl-1) to DT104 infection than the WT except for the mutant defective in sod-3. Mutants defective in antimicrobial peptides (lys-7 or abf-3) were also more susceptible than the WT. In contrast, the mutant defective in spp-1 became more resistant. When all the mutants were pretreated with L. zeae LB1, five mutants that are defective in nsy-1, sek-1, pmk-1, abf-3, or lys-7 showed no response to the protection from LB1. These results suggest that L. zeae LB1 can regulate C. elegans cell signaling including the p38 MAPK pathway and downstream production of antimicrobial peptides and defense molecules to combat Salmonella infection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7982399/ /pubmed/33763087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.653205 Text en Copyright © 2021 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Zhou, Mengzhou
Liu, Xiaozhen
Yu, Hai
Gong, Joshua
Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection
title Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection
title_full Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection
title_fullStr Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection
title_full_unstemmed Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection
title_short Lactobacillus Regulates Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Signaling to Combat Salmonella Infection
title_sort lactobacillus regulates caenorhabditis elegans cell signaling to combat salmonella infection
topic Immunology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7982399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33763087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.653205
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