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The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Drosophila melanogaster Immune Defense against Enterococcus faecalis
dc.contributor.author | Chapman, Joanne R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dowell, Maureen A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, Rosanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Unckless, Robert L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-16T20:47:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-16T20:47:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-22 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chapman, J. R., Dowell, M. A., Chan, R., & Unckless, R. L. (2020). The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Drosophila melanogaster Immune Defense against Enterococcus faecalis. Genes, 11(2), 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11020234 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30519 | |
dc.description | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Dissecting the genetic basis of natural variation in disease response in hosts provides insights into the coevolutionary dynamics of host-pathogen interactions. Here, a genome-wide association study of Drosophila melanogaster survival after infection with the Gram-positive entomopathogenic bacterium Enterococcus faecalis is reported. There was considerable variation in defense against E. faecalis infection among inbred lines of the Drosophila Genetics Reference Panel. We identified single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with six genes with a significant (p < 10−08, corresponding to a false discovery rate of 2.4%) association with survival, none of which were canonical immune genes. To validate the role of these genes in immune defense, their expression was knocked-down using RNAi and survival of infected hosts was followed, which confirmed a role for the genes krishah and S6k in immune defense. We further identified a putative role for the Bomanin gene BomBc1 (also known as IM23), in E. faecalis infection response. This study adds to the growing set of association studies for infection in Drosophila melanogaster and suggests that the genetic causes of variation in immune defense differ for different pathogens. | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2020 by the authors. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Genome-wide association study (GWAS) | en_US |
dc.subject | Innate immunity | en_US |
dc.subject | Immune response | en_US |
dc.subject | Systemic infection | en_US |
dc.subject | Toll pathway | en_US |
dc.subject | Gram-positive bacteria | en_US |
dc.title | The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Drosophila melanogaster Immune Defense against Enterococcus faecalis | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Chapman, Joanne R. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Dowell, Maureen A. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Chan, Rosanna | |
kusw.kuauthor | Unckless, Robert L. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Molecular Biosciences | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/genes11020234 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6492-899X | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8586-7137 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC7074548 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |