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SUBMITTER: Benova-Liszekova D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342421 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beňová-Liszeková Denisa D Mentelová Lucia L Babišová Klaudia K Beňo Milan M Pechan Tibor T Chase Bruce A BA Farkaš Robert R
Scientific reports 20210805 1
Apocrine secretion is a recently discovered widespread non-canonical and non-vesicular secretory mechanism whose regulation and purpose is only partly defined. Here, we demonstrate that apocrine secretion in the prepupal salivary glands (SGs) of Drosophila provides the sole source of immune-competent and defense-response proteins to the exuvial fluid that lies between the metamorphosing pupae and its pupal case. Genetic ablation of its delivery from the prepupal SGs to the exuvial fluid decrease ...[more]