Publications

@article{gobert_dual_2003,
title = {Dual activation of the Drosophila toll pathway by two pattern recognition receptors},
author = { Vanessa Gobert and Marie Gottar and Alexey A. Matskevich and Sophie Rutschmann and Julien Royet and Marcia Belvin and Jules A. Hoffmann and Dominique Ferrandon},
doi = {10.1126/science.1085432},
issn = {1095-9203},
year = {2003},
date = {2003-12-01},
journal = {Science},
volume = {302},
number = {5653},
pages = {2126--2130},
abstract = {The Toll-dependent defense against Gram-positive bacterial infections in Drosophila is mediated through the peptidoglycan recognition protein SA (PGRP-SA). A mutation termed osiris disrupts the Gram-negative binding protein 1 (GNBP1) gene and leads to compromised survival of mutant flies after Gram-positive infections, but not after fungal or Gram-negative bacterial challenge. Our results demonstrate that GNBP1 and PGRP-SA can jointly activate the Toll pathway. The potential for a combination of distinct proteins to mediate detection of infectious nonself in the fly will refine the concept of pattern recognition in insects.},
keywords = {Carrier Proteins, Cell Surface, DNA Transposable Elements, Gene Expression, Genes, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Hemolymph, Hypocreales, Insect, Insect Proteins, Mutation, Phenotype, Receptors, Serine Endopeptidases, Toll-Like Receptors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{ligoxygakis_activation_2002,
title = {Activation of Drosophila Toll during fungal infection by a blood serine protease},
author = { Petros Ligoxygakis and Nadège Pelte and Jules A. Hoffmann and Jean-Marc Reichhart},
doi = {10.1126/science.1072391},
issn = {1095-9203},
year = {2002},
date = {2002-07-01},
journal = {Science},
volume = {297},
number = {5578},
pages = {114--116},
abstract = {Drosophila host defense to fungal and Gram-positive bacterial infection is mediated by the Spaetzle/Toll/cactus gene cassette. It has been proposed that Toll does not function as a pattern recognition receptor per se but is activated through a cleaved form of the cytokine Spaetzle. The upstream events linking infection to the cleavage of Spaetzle have long remained elusive. Here we report the identification of a central component of the fungal activation of Toll. We show that ethylmethane sulfonate-induced mutations in the persephone gene, which encodes a previously unknown serine protease, block induction of the Toll pathway by fungi and resistance to this type of infection.},
keywords = {Cell Surface, Chromosome Mapping, Escherichia coli, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Gram-Positive Cocci, Hemolymph, Hypocreales, Insect, Insect Proteins, Male, Mutation, Protein Sorting Signals, Protein Structure, Receptors, Serine Endopeptidases, Tertiary, Toll-Like Receptors},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{tauszig-delamasure_drosophila_2002,
title = {Drosophila MyD88 is required for the response to fungal and Gram-positive bacterial infections},
author = { Servane Tauszig-Delamasure and Hana Bilak and Maria Capovilla and Jules A. Hoffmann and Jean-Luc Imler},
doi = {10.1038/ni747},
issn = {1529-2908},
year = {2002},
date = {2002-01-01},
journal = {Nature Immunology},
volume = {3},
number = {1},
pages = {91--97},
abstract = {We report here the identification and functional characterization of DmMyD88, a gene encoding the Drosophila homolog of mammalian MyD88. DmMyD88 combines a Toll-IL-1R homology (TIR) domain and a death domain. Overexpression of DmMyD88 was sufficient to induce expression of the antifungal peptide Drosomycin, and induction of Drosomycin was markedly reduced in DmMyD88-mutant flies. DmMyD88 interacted with Toll through its TIR domain and required the death domain proteins Tube and Pelle to activate expression of Drs, which encodes Drosomycin. DmMyD88-mutant flies were highly susceptible to infection by fungi and Gram-positive bacteria, but resisted Gram-negative bacterial infection much as did wild-type flies. Phenotypic comparison of DmMyD88-mutant flies and MyD88-deficient mice showed essential differences in the control of Gram-negative infection in insects and mammals.},
keywords = {Adaptor Proteins, Amino Acid, Antigens, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Cell Surface, Chromosome Mapping, Differentiation, Disease Susceptibility, Enterococcus faecalis, Epistasis, Escherichia coli, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Genetic, Genetically Modified, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Hypocreales, Immunologic, Insect, Insect Proteins, Membrane Glycoproteins, Micrococcus luteus, Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, Protein Structure, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Receptors, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Signal Transducing, Tertiary, Toll-Like Receptors, Transfection},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}