Department of Plant Medicine, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
Front Immunol. 2024 May 17;15:1383498. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1383498. eCollection 2024.
This study investigates immune priming effects associated with granulocytes in crickets through a comprehensive analysis. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis reveals a significant contrast in survival rates, with the heat-killed ()-primed group exhibiting an impressive ~80% survival rate compared to the PBS buffer-primed group with only ~10% survival 60 hours post live infection. Hemocyte analysis underscores elevated hemocyte counts, particularly in granulocytes of the killed -primed group, suggesting a correlation between the heat-killed priming and heightened immune activation. Microscopy techniques further explore granulocyte morphology, unveiling distinctive immune responses in the killed -primed group characterized by prolonged immune activation, heightened granulocyte activity, phagocytosis, and extracellular trap formation, contributing to enhanced survival rates. In particular, after 24 hours of injecting live , most granulocytes in the PBS buffer-primed group exhibited extracellular DNA trap cell death (ETosis), while in the killed -primed group, the majority of granulocytes were observed to maintain highly activated extracellular traps, sustaining the immune response. Gene expression analysis supports these findings, revealing differential regulation of immune-related genes such as antibacterial humoral response, detection of bacterial lipopeptides, and cellular response to bacteria lipopeptides. Additionally, the heat-killed -primed group, the heat-killed -primed group, and the PBS-primed group were re-injected with live 2 and 9 days post priming. Two days later, only the PBS-primed group displayed low survival rates. After injecting live 9 days later, the heat-killed -primed group surprisingly showed a similarly low survival rate, while the heat-killed -primed group exhibited a high survival rate of ~60% after 60 hours, with actively moving and healthy crickets. In conclusion, this research provides valuable insights into both short-term and long-term immune priming effects in crickets, contributing to our understanding of invertebrate immunity with potential applications in public health.
本研究通过全面分析,研究了蟋蟀粒细胞相关的免疫启动效应。Kaplan-Meier 生存分析显示生存率存在显著差异,与 PBS 缓冲液预激组相比,热灭活()预激组在活感染后 60 小时的生存率高达约 80%,而 PBS 缓冲液预激组的生存率仅约 10%。血淋巴细胞分析强调了血淋巴细胞计数的升高,特别是在热灭活预激组的粒细胞中,这表明热灭活预激与增强的免疫激活之间存在相关性。显微镜技术进一步研究了粒细胞的形态,揭示了热灭活预激组中独特的免疫反应,其特征是免疫激活时间延长、粒细胞活性增强、吞噬作用和细胞外陷阱形成,这有助于提高生存率。特别是在注射活后 24 小时,PBS 缓冲液预激组的大多数粒细胞表现出细胞外 DNA 陷阱细胞死亡(ETosis),而在热灭活预激组中,大多数粒细胞被观察到保持高度激活的细胞外陷阱,维持免疫反应。基因表达分析支持这些发现,揭示了免疫相关基因的差异调控,如抗菌体液反应、细菌脂肽的检测以及细胞对细菌脂肽的反应。此外,在热灭活预激组、热灭活预激组和 PBS 预激组在预激后 2 天和 9 天再次注射活。两天后,只有 PBS 预激组显示出低生存率。9 天后再次注射活后,令人惊讶的是,热灭活预激组显示出相似的低生存率,而热灭活预激组在 60 小时后显示出约 60%的高生存率,有活跃移动和健康的蟋蟀。总之,这项研究为蟋蟀的短期和长期免疫启动效应提供了有价值的见解,有助于我们理解无脊椎动物的免疫,并可能在公共卫生方面有应用。