Wound healing and Cadmium detoxification in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris - a potential case for coelomocytes?

Autor:	Aigner GP; Department of Zoology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria., Peer V; Department of Zoology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria., Fiechtner B; Department of Zoology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria., Piechnik CA; Department of Zoology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria., Höckner M; Department of Zoology, Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in immunology [Front Immunol] 2023 Dec 05; Vol. 14, pp. 1272191. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 05 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fimmu.2023.1272191
Abstrakt:	Earthworms are affected by physical stress, like injury, and by exposure to xenobiotics, such as the toxic metal cadmium (Cd), which enters the environment mainly through industry and agriculture. The stress response to the single and the combination of both stressors was examined in regenerative and unharmed tissue of Lumbricus terrestris to reveal if the stress response to a natural insult like injury (amputation) interferes with Cd detoxification mechanisms. We characterized the roles of metallothionein 1 (MT1) and MT2 isoforms, heat shock protein 70 as well as immune biomarkers such as the toll-like receptors (TLR) single cysteine cluster TLR and multiple cysteine cluster TLR. The role of the activated transcription factors (ATFs) ATF2, ATF7, and the cAMP responsive element binding protein as putative regulatory intersection as well as a stress-dependent change of the essential trace elements zinc and calcium was analyzed. Phosphorylated AMP activated protein kinase, the cellular energy sensor, was measured to explore the energy demand, while the energy status was determined by detecting carbohydrate and protein levels. Taken together, we were able to show that injury rather than Cd is the driving force that separates the four treatment groups - Control, Cd exposure, Injury, Cd exposure and injury. Interestingly, we found that gene expression differed regarding the tissue section that was analyzed and we hypothesize that this is due to the migration of coelomocytes, earthworm immune cells, that take over a key role in protecting the organism from a variety of environmental challenges. Surprisingly, we discovered a role for MT1 in the response to multiple stressors and an isoform-specific function for the two newly characterized TLRs. In conclusion, we gathered novel information on the relation of innate immunity, wound healing, and Cd detoxification mechanisms in earthworms. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Aigner, Peer, Fiechtner, Piechnik and Höckner.)
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