Verification of elicitor efficacy of lipopolysaccharides and peptidoglycans on antibacterial peptide gene expression in Bombyx mori

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• 作者：Joon Ha Lee ; In Hee Lee ; Hiroaki Noda ; Kazuei Mita ; Kiyoko Taniai
• 关键词：Bombyx mori ; Lipopolysaccharide ; Peptidoglycan ; Antibacterial peptide gene ; Immune-competent cell line ; Oligonucleotide microarray.
• 刊名：Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：December 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：37
• 期：12
• 页码：1338-1347
• 全文大小：973 K

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We verified the efficacy of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in activating the cecropin B gene (CecB) in an immune-competent Bombyx mori cell line. Strong activation of CecB by the LPSs from Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Salmonella minnesota were completely eliminated after digestion of the LPSs with muramidase. The results clearly indicate that a polymer form of PGN in the LPSs elicited CecB. An oligonucleotide microarray screen revealed that none of the 16,000 genes on the array were activated by LPS in the cells. In contrast, E. coli PGN strongly elicited five antibacterial peptide genes and numerous other genes, and PGN from Micrococcus luteus activated only several genes. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR revealed that all antibacterial genes activated by both PGNs, but the extents were 10–100 times higher with E. coli PGN. Similarly, higher elicitor activity of E. coli than M. luteus was indicated using peptidoglycan recognition protein gene, which is involved in pro-phenol oxidase cascade.