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    Curr Biol. 2011 Oct 11;21(19):1672-7. Epub 2011 Sep 29.

    Multiple TGF-β superfamily signals modulate the adult Drosophila immune response.

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    Centre for the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation and Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, King's College London School of Medicine, London SE1 1UL, UK.

    Abstract

    TGF-β superfamily signals play complex roles in regulation of tissue repair and inflammation in mammals [1]. Drosophila melanogaster is a well-established model for the study of innate immune function [2, 3] and wound healing [4-7]. Here, we explore the role and regulation of two TGF-β superfamily members, dawdle and decapentaplegic (dpp), in response to wounding and infection in adult Drosophila. We find that both TGF-β signals exhibit complex regulation in response to wounding and infection, each is expressed in a subset of phagocytes, and each inhibits a specific arm of the immune response. dpp is rapidly activated by wounds and represses the production of antimicrobial peptides; flies lacking dpp function display persistent, strong antimicrobial peptide expression after even a small wound. dawdle, in contrast, is activated by Gram-positive bacterial infection but repressed by Gram-negative infection or wounding; its role is to limit infection-induced melanization. Flies lacking dawdle function exhibit melanization even when uninfected. Together, these data imply a model in which the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) dpp is an important inhibitor of inflammation following sterile injury whereas the activin-like dawdle determines the nature of the induced immune response.

    Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    PMID:
    21962711
    [PubMed - in process]
    PMCID:
    PMC3191266
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