TE | TE family (class) | TE start position | TE length | Evidences of selection | Gene (position) | Immune-related evidence |
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FBti0019457 | pogo (DNA) | 3R: 29760415 | 1146 bp (T: TIR) | Fst, nSL [52] | kay (4434 bp 5′) | Expression. Component of the JNK pathway, essential for antimicrobial peptide release [56, 57]. Upregulated in imd and bsk mutant LPS-induced S2 cells, and downregulated in Rel mutants [58]. Upregulated in larvae infected with P. entomophila (gram-negative) [46], and after 4 h of infection with P. entomophila [41]. |
FBti0020046 | Doc (non-LTR) | 3 L: 6040416 | 2305 bp (T: 5′) | Allele age [59] | Jon65Aiv (281 bp 3′) | Expression. Upregulated after septic injury with mixed bacteria: M. luteus (gram-positive) and E. coli (gram-negative) [60]. Downregulated after 4 h of infection with P. entomophila [41]. Downregulated after oral infection with the avirulent gacA P. entomophila [61]. |
FBti0020057 | BS (non-LTR) | 3 L: 7130011 | 126 bp (T: 5′) | H12, nSL [52] | CG15829 (338 bp 3′) | Expression. Upregulated after infection by septic injury with mixed bacteria (gram-positive and gram-negative), and regulated by Rel [60]. Upregulated after 4 h of infection with P. entomophila [41]. Upregulated in transgenic flies expressing a SINV replicon (alphavirus) [62]. |
CG8628 (739 bp 5′) | Expression. Upregulated in microbiota associated flies vs. germ free flies [63], after infection with several pathogens (gram-positive and gram-negative, fungi, protozoa) [64], and downregulated after 4 h of infection with P. entomophila [41]. | |||||
FBti0018883 | Burdock (LTR) | 2R: 9151357 | 6413 bp (T: LTR) | NS | CG8008 136 bp 3′) | Expression. Induced by LPS (gram-negative) in an IKK-dependent manner in S2 cell cultures [65]. Upregulated after E. coli (gram-negative) infection in S2 cells [66]. |
FBti0019381 | Juan (non-LTR) | 3R: 15132112 | 2995 bp (T: 5′) | NS | CG42788 (180 bp 5′) | Expression. Downregulated in response to P. rettgeri (gram-negative) infection in females [67]. |
FBti0019602 | Juan (non-LTR) | X: 8031495 | 4249 bp (FL) | NS | CG2233 (12 bp 3′) | Expression. Downregulated in PEBP1 mutant L3 larvae, which are more resistant to M. luteus (gram-positive) and E. coli (gram-negative) infection [68]. Latitudinal expression differentiation after infection with E. coli and M. luteus mix in temperate vs. tropical populations [69]. |
FBti0061105 | G5 (non-LTR) | 2R: 7317828 | 51 bp (T: 5′) | NS | Dscam1 (46 bp 3′) | Expression. Required in hemocytes for efficient phagocytosis and binds to E. coli (gram-negative) [70]. |
FBti0062242 | BS (non-LTR) | 3R: 16041234 | 102 bp (T: 5′) | NS | Pnr (3′UTR) | Expression. pnr is a modifier of the Toll pathway and RNAi mutants show Imd pathway hyperactivation when infected with E. cloacae (gram-negative) and M. luteus and E. faecalis (gram-positive) [71]. |
tdn4 | BS (non-LTR) | 2R: 18807871 | 800 bp (T: 5′) | NA | CG15096 (479 bp 3′) | Expression. Downregulated in Oregon R and Rel-mutant flies with microbiota compared to axenic flies [72], and after P. entomophila infection [41]. |
tdn8 | Transpac (LTR) | 3 L: 12863675 | 5500 bp (FL) | NA | CG10943 (816 bp 5′) | Expression. Upregulated in Oregon R and Rel-mutant flies with microbiota compared to axenic flies [72], 24 h after infection with O. muscaedomesticae (protozoan) [64], and after P. entomophila infection [41]. |
tdn17 | pogo (DNA) | X: 21399382 | 2067 bp (FL) | NA | lcs (2,067 bp 5′) | Expression. Involved in virus response, downregulated in males infected with sigma virus [73]. Upregulated in young fly guts [72]. |
FBti0019386 | invader4 (LTR) | 3R: 16189464 | 347 bp (T: solo LTR) | CL test, TajimaD, Phenotypic [74] | Bin1 (5′UTR) | Survival. Mutant larvae are more sensitive to fungal A. fumigatus (fungi) infection [75]. |
FBti0019985 | roo (LTR) | 2R: 9871090 | 434 bp (T: solo LTR) | TajimaD, iHS, H12, Phenotypic [76] | cbx (first intron) | Survival. Mutant flies are more sensitive to S. aureus (gram-positive) septic infection, but not to S. typhimurium (gram-negative) infection [77]. |
FBti0019564 | mdg1 (LTR) | X: 3785867 | 189 bp (T: LTR) | TajimaD [78] | tlk (intron) | Survival. Involved in antimicrobial humoral response to gram-negative [57]. tlk knockdown, together with other five genes knocked-down, reduces phagocytosis of E. coli (gram-negative) and S. aureus (gram-positive) in S2 cells [79]. |
FBti0020119 | S (DNA) | 3 L: 15554974 | 1732 bp (FL) | NS | AGO2 (first intron) | Survival. Involved in defense response to virus infections [80, 81], and interacts with Imd pathway proteins during gram-negative infection [82]. |
FBti0020137 | S (DNA) | 3 L: 17799864 | 1732 bp (FL) | NS | NUCB1 (first intron) | Survival. Mutants are more resistant to V. cholerae (gram-negative) oral infection [83]. |
FBti0061506 | 1360 (DNA) | 2 L: 17432071 | 48 bp (T: TIR) | iHS [52] | Dif (first intron) | Survival and expression. Transcription factor involved in defense response to fungus and gram-positive bacteria and mediates Toll pathway activation [84,85,86,87,88]. Dif mutants are susceptible to fungi and gram-positive bacterial infection [88, 89]. Upregulated in guts from P. entomophila infected flies [41]. |
FBti0018877 | BS (non-LTR) | 2R: 9945496 | 131 bp (T: 5′) | NS | Mef2 (first intron) | Survival and expression. Adult Mef2 mutant males are more sensitive to E. cloacae (gram-negative) and M. marinum (gram-positive) septic infection [90]. Upregulated after 4 h of infection with P. entomophila (gram-negative) [41]. |
FBti0018868 | 297 (LTR) | 2R: 23877783 | 414 bp (T: LTR) | NS | TM4SF (1 bp 5′) | A tetraspanin transmembrane protein, which modulate immune-signaling in Drosophila [53]. |
ken (340 bp 3′) | JAK-STAT. Member of JAK-STAT pathway [91]. JAK-STAT pathway plays a role in immune response in D. melanogaster [54]. |