PUBLICATION
Macrophage-Expressed Perforins Mpeg1 and Mpeg1.2 Have an Anti-Bacterial Function in Zebrafish
- Authors
- Benard, E.L., Racz, P.I., Rougeot, J., Nezhinsky, A.E., Verbeek, F.J., Spaink, H.P., Meijer, A.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-140924-3
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Journal of Innate Immunity 7(2): 136-52 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Benard, Erica L., Meijer, Annemarie H., Rougeot, Julien, Spaink, Herman P., Verbeek, Fons J.
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE49186, GEO:GSE54885, GEO:GSE49188
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/metabolism*
- Cells, Cultured
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Macrophages/microbiology
- Macrophages/physiology*
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism*
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/immunology*
- Mycobacterium marinum/immunology*
- Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/metabolism
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Perforin/genetics
- Perforin/metabolism*
- Salmonella Infections, Animal/immunology*
- Salmonella typhimurium/immunology*
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 25247677 Full text @ J. Innate Immun.
Citation
Benard, E.L., Racz, P.I., Rougeot, J., Nezhinsky, A.E., Verbeek, F.J., Spaink, H.P., Meijer, A.H. (2015) Macrophage-Expressed Perforins Mpeg1 and Mpeg1.2 Have an Anti-Bacterial Function in Zebrafish. Journal of Innate Immunity. 7(2):136-52.
Abstract
Macrophage-expressed gene 1 (MPEG1) encodes an evolutionarily conserved protein with a predicted membrane attack complex/perforin domain associated with host defence against invading pathogens. In vertebrates, MPEG1/perforin-2 is an integral membrane protein of macrophages, suspected to be involved in the killing of intracellular bacteria by pore-forming activity. Zebrafish have 3 copies of MPEG1; 2 are expressed in macrophages, whereas the third could be a pseudogene. The mpeg1 and mpeg1.2 genes show differential regulation during infection of zebrafish embryos with the bacterial pathogens Mycobacterium marinum and Salmonella typhimurium. While mpeg1 is downregulated during infection with both pathogens, mpeg1.2 is infection inducible. Upregulation of mpeg1.2 is partially dependent on the presence of functional Mpeg1 and requires the Toll-like receptor adaptor molecule MyD88 and the transcription factor NFκB. Knockdown of mpeg1 alters the immune response to M. marinum infection and results in an increased bacterial burden. In Salmonella typhimurium infection, both mpeg1 and mpeg1.2 knockdown increase the bacterial burdens, but mpeg1 morphants show increased survival times. The combined results of these two in vivo infection models support the anti-bacterial function of the MPEG1/perforin-2 family and indicate that the intricate cross-regulation of the two mpeg1 copies aids the zebrafish host in combatting infection of various pathogens.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping