A Versatile Hemolin With Pattern Recognitional Contributions to the Humoral Immune Responses of the Chinese Oak Silkworm Antheraea pernyi

He, Xueshan; Zhou, Tianyang; Cai, Yuchen; Liu, Yang; Zhao, Siqi; Zhang, Jinghai; Wang, Xialu; Zhang, Rong

doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.904862

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“…In A. pernyi , knockdown of hemolin regulated the expression level of antimicrobial peptide genes and decreased prophenoloxidase activation in hemolymph stimulated by microbial invaders. ( He et al, 2022 ). Hemolin in the pupae of H. cecropia has also been shown to be important for the triggering of the prophenoloxidase cascade in the defence against bacterial infections ( Terenius et al, 2007 ).…”

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CmHem, a hemolin-like gene identified from Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, involved in metamorphosis and baculovirus infection

Han,

Li,

Zhang

et al. 2023

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Background As a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, hemolins play a vital role in insect development and defense against pathogens. However, the innate immune response of hemolin to baculovirus infection varies among different insects. Methods and results In this study, the hemolin-like gene from a Crambidae insect, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, CmHem was cloned, and its role in insect development and baculovirus infection was analyzed. A 1,528 bp contig as potential hemolin-like gene of C. medinalis was reassembled from the transcriptome. Further, the complete hemolin sequence of C. medinalis (CmHem) was cloned and sequenced. The cDNA of CmHem was 1,515 bp in length and encoded 408 amino acids. The deduced amino acid of CmHem has relatively low identities (41.9–62.3%) to various insect hemolins. However, it contains four Ig domains similarity to other insect hemolins. The expression level of CmHem was the highest in eggs, followed by pupae and adults, and maintained a low expression level at larval stage. The synthesized siRNAs were injected into mature larvae, and the CmHem transcription decreased by 51.7%. Moreover, the abdominal somites of larvae became straightened, could not pupate normally, and then died. Infection with a baculovirus, C. medinalis granulovirus (CnmeGV), the expression levels of CmHem in the midgut and fat body of C. medinalis significantly increased at 12 and 24 h, respectively, and then soon returned to normal levels. Conclusions Our results suggested that hemolin may be related to the metamorphosis of C. medinalis. Exposure to baculovirus induced the phased expression of hemolin gene in the midgut and fat body of C. medinalis, indicated that hemolin involved in the immune recognition of Crambidae insects to baculovirus.

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