Caenorhabditis elegans processes sensory information to choose between freeloading and self-defense strategies

© 2020, Schiffer et al..

Hydrogen peroxide is the preeminent chemical weapon that organisms use for combat. Individual cells rely on conserved defenses to prevent and repair peroxide-induced damage, but whether similar defenses might be coordinated across cells in animals remains poorly understood. Here, we identify a neuronal circuit in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that processes information perceived by two sensory neurons to control the induction of hydrogen peroxide defenses in the organism. We found that catalases produced by Escherichia coli, the nematode's food source, can deplete hydrogen peroxide from the local environment and thereby protect the nematodes. In the presence of E. coli, the nematode's neurons signal via TGFβ-insulin/IGF1 relay to target tissues to repress expression of catalases and other hydrogen peroxide defenses. This adaptive strategy is the first example of a multicellular organism modulating its defenses when it expects to freeload from the protection provided by molecularly orthologous defenses from another species.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

eLife - 9(2020) vom: 05. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schiffer, Jodie A [VerfasserIn]
Servello, Francesco A [VerfasserIn]
Heath, William R [VerfasserIn]
Amrit, Francis Raj Gandhi [VerfasserIn]
Stumbur, Stephanie V [VerfasserIn]
Eder, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Olivier Mf [VerfasserIn]
Johnsen, Sean B [VerfasserIn]
Stanley, Julian A [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Brennan, Sarah J [VerfasserIn]
McGowan, Natalie G [VerfasserIn]
Vogelaar, Abigail L [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yuyan [VerfasserIn]
Serkin, William T [VerfasserIn]
Ghazi, Arjumand [VerfasserIn]
Stroustrup, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Apfeld, Javier [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

67763-96-6
BBX060AN9V
C. elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
DAF-7 protein, C elegans
Developmental biology
E. coli
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide
Insulin signaling
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Journal Article
Neuroscience
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Sensory perception
Stress response
TGFβ signaling
Transforming Growth Factor beta

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.03.2021

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.56186

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309513383