03kulijm •} Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Arthropods Yes •j > Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Echinodcrms Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Tunicates Yes Probable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Vertebrates Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes It was understood in the early 1930's that the immune response of insects is manifested both as cellular and humoral reactions. ... cellular reactions the microorganisms or the apoptotic cells are phagocytosed, ent ' ' ' encapsulated by hemocytes. In humoral defence processes three immediate reactions are triggered: melanisation, clotting of the hemolymph and synthesis of antimicrobial peptides. ;rs] p p 3 oBjMjTjijfi j J 9 lünuittJfiimfL Invading microorganism ,|- Cuticle Pattern recognition proteins Opsinizing proteins Proteolytic cascades 0 I Epidermal cells Epithelial antimicrobial response Cellular defense by hemocytes Systemic antimicrobial %^^^^f\ response by fat body Fat body FIGURE 7,17, Possible mechanisms of response to invading parasites by epidermal cells, hemocytes, and fat body. Epidermal cells produce antimicrobial compounds, and pattern recognition and opsinizing proteins target invaders for attack by hemocytes. Fat body cells can also mount a systemic antimicrobial response. Figure 5: Diagram of an insect granular cell emphasizing its multifunctional role. LYSOZYME (Lysis of bacteria) PHAGOCYTOSIS COAGULOGENS (sealing of wounds) STICKY PROTEINS (opsonisation and recognition of foreign particles) AGGLUTININS (coating of foreign agents) CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS? (attraction of plasrnatocytes during nodule formation /e nc ap sul ati o n/ wo und healing) MELANIN (killing of parasites?) Nodule formation During nodule formation insect hemocytes aggregate to entra bacteria. Nodules can attach to tissues or may be encapsulated. An insect lectin scolexin was found to be involved in nodul formation in Manduca sexta. Scolexin is produced by epidermal and midgut cells upon wounding or bacterial infection. In the medfly (Ceratitis capitata), a protein with molecular mass o. 47 kDa is secreted by hemocytes after LPS stimulation and nee of tvrosine and tvrosinase. Figure 10: Nodule formation in fatbody and trachea of B.mori. Magnification 60X Figure 11: Mature dark melanized nodule of B.mori as observed under phase contrast microscope at 600X magnification The formation of the black pigment, melanin is catalysed by the enzyme phenoloxidase, which is converted to its active form by a serine protease cascade. The inactive proenzyme, prophenoloxidase is synthesized in the hemocytes and after releasing by cell rupture it is either actively transported to the cuticle or deposite " around wounds and encapsulated parasites. Prophenoloxidase has been purified and subsequently characterized from the hemolymph of a range of insect species. insect prophenoloxidase enzyme contains a sequence with similarity to the thiol-ester region of the vertebrate comolement component oroteins C3 and C4. Enkapsulace a nodulace. Fenoloxidázová kaskáda. CW.CHCOOH NWu HO.. v^v^-C-MiCM COOH $«J*oloKv>te2A. VV5ÍSv'^> l*2ľ*l ACETYL OöRtoiAi O '/ o o /^R.+ HA*?rB" (Invading microorganism Pattern recognition proteins Serine protease cascade Melanin Serine protease inhibitor Prophenoloxidase ------► i Phenoloxidase Phenols i + Quinones A/-acetyldopamine Crystal cell Tyrosine FIGURE 7,18, Mechanism of humoral encapsulation by the deposition of melanin on foreign invaders. The serine protease inhibitor restricts phenoloxidase activity to the site of the infection. Figure 16: