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- Title
Regulation of antimicrobial peptide synthesis in larvae of Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae): a dose-dependent effect of ecdysteroids.
- Authors
Gordya, N.; Nesin, A.; Simonenko, N.; Chernysh, S.
- Abstract
Ecdysteroids are multifunctional hormones regulating virtually all morphogenetic events in insects. Their role in stress and immune response regulation is not well researched. Here we study the effect of 20-hydroxyecdysone on antimicrobial peptide synthesis in the larvae of Calliphora vicina. An inverse correlation was observed between the 20-hydroxyecdysone titer and antimicrobial peptide concentration in the hemolymph of naïve and bacteria challenged maggots. High and low doses of 20-hydroxyecdysone, injected simultaneously with bacterial cells, had an opposite effect on antimicrobial peptide synthesis in the diapausing larvae. Morphogenetically effective doses of 20-hydroxyecdysone demonstrated immunosuppressive activity. A low dose of 20-hydroxyecdysone, on the contrary, moderately stimulated antimicrobial peptide synthesis. The data suggest that ecdysteroids are directly involved in the regulation of the immune system activity and that the final effect is dose-dependant.
- Subjects
MOLECULAR structure of peptide antibiotics; INSECT physiology; ECDYSTEROIDS; CALLIPHORA; INSECT morphogenesis; IMMUNE system; HEMOLYMPH glands; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry & Physiology, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 4, p292
- ISSN
0022-0930
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0022093016040037