Experimental evolution of independent genetic pathways for resistance to<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>pathogenicity within the nematode<i>Caenorhabditis remanei</i>

Archer, Heather; Phillips, Patrick C.

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“…Interestingly, where it has been measured, pathogens exhibit roughly similar patterns of virulence in these organisms. For example, Pseudomonas species are more virulent than Enterococcus or Providencia, whereas Enterococcus and Providencia are roughly equivalent (SIM AND HIBBERD 2016; MARTIN et al 2017;ARCHER AND PHILLIPS 2018;TROHA et al 2018;VASQUEZ-RIFO et al 2019), B.D. Ackley, Personal Observation).…”

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A comparative analysis ofCaenorhabditisandDrosophilatranscriptional changes in response to pathogen infection

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Lansdon

Ackley

2020

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We analyzed transcriptomic data from C. elegans and D. melanogaster to compare the expression of orthologous pairs of genes in response to bacterial pathogens. Our results indicated that only a handful of genes that are orthologous between species are differentially expressed in response to pathogens, but that the pattern of expression was different when comparing one-to-one orthologs versus those that are restricted to one of the two organisms.These results suggest that, although broad patterns of susceptibility to bacterial pathogens are conserved, the regulatory framework by which the organisms fight pathogens is less well conserved. Further our results suggest a more complete analysis of the evolutionary changes in organismal responses to pathogens is required.Immune divergence in invertebrates 3 | P a g e Abstract Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans are well-used invertebrate models for studying the innate immune system. The organisms are susceptible to bacterial pathogens that include Pseudomonas species, (entomophilia -Drosophila) or (aeruginosa -Caenorhabditis), E. faecalis and P. rettgeri, which are or are related to human pathogens. Further, the consequences of exposure to these pathogens, in terms of organismal survival, are roughly equivalent when compared. That is, worms and flies are more susceptible to infection by Pseudomonas than E. faecalis, whereas organismal survival on E. faecalis and P. rettgeri are roughly the same in both. To better understand how these organisms are coordinating their responses to these bacterial pathogens we examined transcriptomes in infected animals. We grouped our analysis based on protein orthology. Of the 3611 pairs analyzed, we found genes whose responses were conserved across the different species at a higher than expected rate for two of the three pathogens. Interestingly within the animals, genes with 1:1 orthologs between species behaved differently. Such genes were more likely to be expressed in D. melanogaster, and less likely to be expressed in C. elegans. From this analysis we found that the gene nucleobindin (nucb-1/NUCB1 in C. elegans and D. melanogaster, respectively) was upregulated in both species in response to Gram negative bacteria. We used RNAi to knock down nucb-1 and found the treated animals were more susceptible to infection by the Gram negative pathogen P. rettgeri than controls. These results provide insight into some of the conserved mechanisms of pathogen defense, but also suggest that these divergent organisms have evolved specific means to orchestrate the defense against pathogens.Immune divergence in invertebrates 4 | P a g e

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