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<p><strong>Evaluation of antibacterial immune response in <em>Drosophila melanogaster </em>and <em>Drosophila ananassae</em></strong></p>

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Title Statement <p><strong>Evaluation of antibacterial immune response in <em>Drosophila melanogaster </em>and <em>Drosophila ananassae</em></strong></p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Meghashree, Ramachandra Naik
Nagaraj, Kakanahalli
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Antimicrobial activity; Bacterial infection; Hemolymph; Immune response; Melanization; Phenoloxidase
 
Summary, etc. <p style="text-align: justify;">Insects are excellent model organisms to examine the phenotypic variation of innate immunity. The innate immunity is the immediate response of invertebrates for protection against pathogens. In this study, we assessed the immune responses of <em>Drosophila melanogaster </em>and <em>Drosophila ananassae</em> against <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and <em>Escherichia coli</em>. It includes survival ability against infection, systemic pathogen load, and estimation of phenoloxidase activity, melanization reaction, the total number of hemocytes, quantification of fat, and the nitrite levels in adult flies and also the bacterial inhibitory effect of hemolymph. The results showed increased bacterial growth in<em> D. ananassae </em>compared to <em>D. melanogaster</em>. Due to bacterial infection, reduced fat accumulation was observed in both <em>D. ananassae</em> and <em>D. melanogaster</em>, which suggests a possible decline in physiological condition. Further, a significant elevation in phenoloxidase, nitrite levels and hemolymph reveals that bacterial cell growth was found to be inhibited due to the immune response of both <em>Drosophila </em>species. <em>D. ananassae </em>showed high sensitivity to bacterial infection, while <em>D. melanogaster</em> showed moderate sensitivity. The results have demonstrated the level of immunocompetence of laboratory stocks of <em>D. melanogaster</em> and <em>D. ananassae</em> against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
2020-10-29 16:49:53
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB); ##issue.vol## 58, ##issue.no## 11 (2020): IJEB [November 2020]
 
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