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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2015

The Drosophila Prosecretory Transcription Factor dimmed Is Dynamically Regulated in Adult Enteroendocrine Cells and Protects Against Gram-Negative Infection.

Katherine Beebe, Dongkook Park, Paul H Taghert, Craig A Micchelli

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Article in G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine BeebeDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Dongkook ParkDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Paul H TaghertDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Craig A MicchelliDepartment of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 micchelli@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF NEUROPEPTIDE EXPRESSIONR01NS021749 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TAGHERT, PAUL H · 1985 to 2013
$4.3M
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR STUDIES OF THE STEM CELL NICHER01DK095871 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MICCHELLI, CRAIG A · 2012 to 2015
$1.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095871NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS021749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocrine system employs peptide hormone signals to translate environmental changes into physiological responses. The diffuse endocrine system embedded in the gastrointestinal barrier epithelium is one of the largest and most diverse endocrine tissues. Furthermore, it is the only endocrine tissue in direct physical contact with the microbial environment of the gut lumen. However, it remains unclear how this sensory epithelium responds to specific pathogenic challenges in a dynamic and regulated manner. We demonstrate that the enteroendocrine cells of the adult Drosophila melanogaster midgut display a transient, sensitive, and systemic induction of the prosecretory factor dimmed (dimm) in response to the Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas entomophila (Pe). In enteroendocrine cells, dimm controls the levels of the targets Phm, dcat-4, and the peptide hormone, Allatostatin A. Finally, we identify dimm as a host factor that protects against Pe infection and controls the expression of antimicrobial peptides. We propose that dimm provides "gain" in enteroendocrine output during the adaptive response to episodic pathogen exposure.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEnteroendocrine CellsIntestinal MucosaIntestinesMicroscopy, ConfocalMixed Function OxygenasesNeuropeptidesPseudomonasPseudomonas InfectionsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionallatostatinBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteinsdimm protein, DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsMixed Function OxygenasesNeuropeptidesPhm protein, DrosophiladimmedDrosophilaenteroendocrineimmunitymidgut

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PMID25999585
PMCPMC4502385
OpenAlexW2104658467

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