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de Abreu Mello A, Motta Portal T, Allodi S, Nunes da Fonseca R, Monteiro de Barros C. Adrenoreceptor phylogeny and novel functions of nitric oxide in ascidian immune cells. J Invertebr Pathol 2024; 203:108057. [PMID: 38176675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2023.108057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a simple molecule involved in many biological processes and functions in the cardiovascular, neural, and immune systems. In recent years, NO has also been recognized as a crucial messenger in communication between the nervous and immune systems. Together with NO, catecholamines are the main group of neurotransmitters involved in cross-talk between the nervous and immune systems. Catecholamines such as noradrenaline, can act on immune cells through adrenoreceptors (ARs) present on the cell surface, and NO can cross the cell membrane and interact with secondary messengers, modulating catecholamine production. Here, we analyzed the mutual modulation by noradrenaline and NO in Phallusia nigra immune cells for specific subtypes of ARs. We also investigated the involvement of protein kinases A and C as secondary messengers to these specific subtypes of ARs in the adrenergic signaling pathway that culminates in NO modulation, and the phylogenetic distribution of ARs in deuterostome genomes. This analysis provided evidence for single-copy orthologs of α1, α2 and β-AR in ascidian genomes, suggesting that NO and NA act on a less diverse set of ARs in urochordates. Pharmacological assays showed that high levels of NO can induce ascidian immune cells to produce catecholamines. We also observed that protein kinases A and C are the secondary messengers involved in downstream modulation of NO production through an ancestral β-AR. Taken together, these results provide new information on NO as a modulator of immune cells, and reveal the molecules involved in the signaling pathway of ARs. The results also indicate that ARs may participate in NO modulation. Finally, our results suggest that the common ancestor of urochordates possessed a less complex system of ARs required for immune action and diverse pharmacological responses, since the α-ARs are phylogenetically more related to D1-receptors than are the β-ARs.
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- Andressa de Abreu Mello
- Laboratório Integrado de Biociências Translacionais, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, NUPEM, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Macaé, RJ, Brazil; Laboratório de Neurobiologia Comparativa e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Biociências Translacionais, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, NUPEM, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Macaé, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neurobiologia Comparativa e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Ciências Morfofuncionais, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade- NUPEM, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus UFRJ-Macaé, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório Integrado de Biociências Translacionais, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, NUPEM, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Macaé, RJ, Brazil.
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Janes ME, Kinlein A, Flajnik MF, Du Pasquier L, Ohta Y. Genomic view of the origins of cell-mediated immunity. Immunogenetics 2023; 75:479-493. [PMID: 37735270 PMCID: PMC11019866 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-023-01319-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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NKp30 is an activating natural killer cell receptor (NKR) with a single-exon variable (VJ)-type immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain. Such VJ-IgSF domains predate the emergence of the antigen receptors (immunoglobulin and T cell receptor), which possess the same domain but undergo gene rearrangement. NCR3, the gene encoding NKp30, is present in jawed vertebrates from sharks to mammals; thus, unlike most NKR that are highly divergent among vertebrate taxa, NKp30 is uniquely conserved. We previously hypothesized that an ancestral NCR3 gene was encoded in the proto-major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the region where many immune-related genes have accumulated. Herein, we searched in silico databases to identify NCR3 paralogues and examined their genomic locations. We found a paralogue, NCR3H, in many vertebrates but was lost in mammals. Additionally, we identified a set of voltage-gated sodium channel beta (SCNB) genes as NCR3-distantly-related genes. Like NCR3, both NCR3H and SCNB proteins contain a single VJ-IgSF domain followed by a transmembrane region. These genes map to MHC paralogous regions, originally described in an invertebrate, along with genes encoding cell adhesion molecules involved in NK cell recognition networks. Other genes having no obvious relationship to immunity also map to these paralogous regions. These gene complexes were traced to several invertebrates, suggesting that the foundation of these cellular networks emerged before the genome-wide duplications in early gnathostome history. Here, we propose that this ancestral region was involved in cell-mediated immunity prior to the emergence of adaptive immunity and that NCR3 piggybacked onto this primordial complex, heralding the emergence of vertebrate NK cell/T cells.
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- Morgan E Janes
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology, University of Basel, Vesalgasse 1, 4051, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Longo V, Parrinello D, Longo A, Parisi MG, Parrinello N, Colombo P, Cammarata M. The conservation and diversity of ascidian cells and molecules involved in the inflammatory reaction: The Ciona robusta model. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 119:384-396. [PMID: 34687879 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ascidians are marine invertebrate chordates belonging to the earliest branch (Tunicata) in the chordate phylum, therefore, they are of interest for studying the evolution of immune systems. Due to the known genome, the non-colonial Ciona robusta, previously considered to be C. intestinalis type A, is a model species for the study of inflammatory response. The internal defense of ascidians mainly relies on hemocytes circulating in the hemolymph and pharynx. Hemocytes can be in vivo challenged by LPS injection and various granulocyte and vacuolated cell populations differentiated to produce and release inflammatory factors. Molecular biology and gene expression studies revealed complex defense mechanisms involving different inflammatory hemocytes. Furthermore, cloning procedures allowed sequence analyses and molecular studies disclose immune-related gene families including TOLL-like receptors, galectins, C-type lectins, collectins, interlectins, pentraxine-like, peroxinectins, complement factors-like, TNFα-like, IL-17-like, TGF-like, MIF-like. These genes are promptly upregulated by the inflammatory stimulus and show a time course of transcription similar to each other. Domains sequence similarity and phylogenetic relationships with the vertebrate counterparts are shedding some light on immune-related gene evolution. Selective bioassays as well as bioinformatic approaches have allowed the characterization of antimicrobial peptides and the identification of post transcriptional molecular mechanisms able of influencing dynamics of gene regulation are described. In synthesis, the purpose of this article is to further explore the topic of hemocyte and molecules related to internal defence of ascidians involved in the inflammatory reaction, as well as to discuss current and future study options through a detailed literature review.
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- Valeria Longo
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy.
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- Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Italy
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Zhang Z, Wei J, Ren R, Zhang X. Anti-virus effects of interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) identified in ascidian Ciona savignyi. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 106:273-282. [PMID: 32750546 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) are key transcription factors that function in the immune system via the interferon (IFN) pathway. In the current study, we identified and characterized three IRFs (CsIRFL1, CsIRFL2, and CsIRFL3) from ascidian Ciona savignyi. Phylogenetic analysis showed that CsIRFL1 was clustered with two IRFs from Ciona robusta and shrimp IRF apart from the vertebrate IRFs, whereas CsIRFL2 and CsIRFL3 were grouped with an unnamed protein from Oikopleura dioica into a sub-branch highly identifying with the vertebrate IRF4, IRF8, and IRF9. Gene expression analysis revealed that CsIRFL1 and CsIRFL2 expressed in all the examined adult tissues (stomach, intestines, eggs, hemocytes, gonad, heart, and pharynx) and predominantly in hemocytes. However, the expression of CsIRFL3 was undetectable in the tested adult tissues. Furthermore, in situ hybridization showed that CsIRFL1 and CsIRFL2 mainly expressed in immunocytes within hemolymph, including phagocytes, macrophage-like cells, morula cells, and amoebocytes, suggesting CsIRFL1 and CsIRFL2 were involved in ascidian immune responses. We then performed LPS and poly(I:C) challenge assay and found that CsIRFL1 highly expressed in the cultured hemocytes following LPS infection for 24 h. After viral analogue poly(I:C) stimulation, the expression of CsIRFL2 was dramatically upregulated from 12 to 24 h. Meanwhile, two critical components of the IFN signaling pathways, STAT and TBK1, showed the increased expression as well after poly(I:C) induction, indicating that CsIRFL2 and IFN pathways genes were activated under the infection of viral analogue. Thus, our findings suggested that CsIRFL2 was a potential transcriptional regulatory factor that participated in regulating the ascidian anti-virus immune response.
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- Zhaoxuan Zhang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China; Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266003, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China; Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
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Bayersdorf R, Fruscalzo A, Catania F. Linking autoimmunity to the origin of the adaptive immune system. EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 2018:2-12. [PMID: 29423226 PMCID: PMC5793817 DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoy001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In jawed vertebrates, the adaptive immune system (AIS) cooperates with the innate immune system (IIS) to protect hosts from infections. Although targeting non-self-components, the AIS also generates self-reactive antibodies which, when inadequately counter-selected, can give rise to autoimmune diseases (ADs). ADs are on the rise in western countries. Why haven’t ADs been eliminated during the evolution of a ∼500 million-year old system? And why have they become more frequent in recent decades? Self-recognition is an attribute of the phylogenetically more ancient IIS and empirical data compellingly show that some self-reactive antibodies, which are classifiable as elements of the IIS rather then the AIS, may protect from (rather than cause) ADs. Here, we propose that the IIS’s self-recognition system originally fathered the AIS and, as a consequence of this relationship, its activity is dampened in hygienic environments. Rather than a mere breakdown or failure of the mechanisms of self-tolerance, ADs might thus arise from architectural constraints.
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- Robert Bayersdorf
- Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany.,Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Franziskus Hospital, 59227 Ahlen, Germany.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Bonura A, Vizzini A, Vlah S, Gervasi F, Longo A, Melis MR, Schildberg FA, Colombo P. Ci8 short, a novel LPS-induced peptide from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, modulates responses of the human immune system. Immunobiology 2017; 223:210-219. [PMID: 29066254 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2017.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The selective modulation of immunity is an emerging concept driven by the vast advances in our understanding of this crucial host defense system. Invertebrates have raised researchers' interest as potential sources of new bioactive molecules owing to their antibacterial, anticancer and immunomodulatory activities. A LipoPolySaccharide (LPS) challenge in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis generates the transcript, Ci8 short, with cis-regulatory elements in the 3' UTR region that are essential for shaping innate immune responses. The derived amino acidic sequence in silico analysis showed specific binding to human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Class I and Class II alleles. The role of Ci8 short peptide was investigated in a more evolved immune system using human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) as in vitro model. The biological activities of this molecule include the activation of 70kDa TCR ζ chain Associated Protein kinase (ZAP-70) and T Cell Receptor (TCR) Vβ oligo clonal selection on CD4+ T lymphocytes as well as increased proliferation and IFN-γ secretion. Furthermore Ci8 short affects CD4+/CD25high induced regulatory T cells (iTreg) subset selection which co-expressed the functional markers TGF-β1/Latency Associated Protein (LAP) and CD39/CD73. This paper describes a new molecule that modulates important responses of the human adaptive immune system.
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- Angela Bonura
- Istituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare "Alberto Monroy" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy.
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- Marine Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Biological Chemical Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare "Alberto Monroy" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- U.O.S.D. Laboratorio Specialistico Oncologia, Ematologia e Colture Cellulari per Uso Clinico, ARNAS Civico, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare "Alberto Monroy" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare "Alberto Monroy" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Istituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare "Alberto Monroy" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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Koonin EV, Krupovic M. Evolution of adaptive immunity from transposable elements combined with innate immune systems. Nat Rev Genet 2014; 16:184-92. [PMID: 25488578 DOI: 10.1038/nrg3859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adaptive immune systems in prokaryotes and animals give rise to long-term memory through modification of specific genomic loci, such as by insertion of foreign (viral or plasmid) DNA fragments into clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) loci in prokaryotes and by V(D)J recombination of immunoglobulin genes in vertebrates. Strikingly, recombinases derived from unrelated mobile genetic elements have essential roles in both prokaryotic and vertebrate adaptive immune systems. Mobile elements, which are ubiquitous in cellular life forms, provide the only known, naturally evolved tools for genome engineering that are successfully adopted by both innate immune systems and genome-editing technologies. In this Opinion article, we present a general scenario for the origin of adaptive immunity from mobile elements and innate immune systems.
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- Eugene V Koonin
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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Suurväli J, Jouneau L, Thépot D, Grusea S, Pontarotti P, Du Pasquier L, Rüütel Boudinot S, Boudinot P. The Proto-MHC of Placozoans, a Region Specialized in Cellular Stress and Ubiquitination/Proteasome Pathways. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 193:2891-901. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Regulation of nitric-oxide production in hemocytes of the ascidian Phallusia nigra. Nitric Oxide 2014; 38:26-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zechmann M, Reese S, Göbel TW. Chicken CRTAM binds nectin-like 2 ligand and is upregulated on CD8+ αβ and γδ T lymphocytes with different kinetics. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81942. [PMID: 24339981 PMCID: PMC3858274 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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During a search for immunomodulatory receptors in the chicken genome, we identified a previously cloned chicken sequence as CRTAM homologue by its overall identity and several conserved sequence features. For further characterization, we generated a CRTAM specific mab. No staining was detectable in freshly isolated cell preparations from thymus, bursa, caecal tonsils, spleen, blood and intestine. Activation of splenocytes with recombinant IL-2 increased rapid CRTAM expression within a 2 h period on about 30% of the cells. These CRTAM+ cells were identified as CD8+ γδ T lymphocytes. In contrast, CRTAM expression could not be stimulated on PBL with IL-2, even within a 48 h stimulation period. As a second means of activation, T cell receptor (TCR) crosslinking using an anti-αβ-TCR induced CRTAM on both PBL and splenocytes. While CRTAM expression was again rapidly upregulated on splenocytes within 2 h, it took 48 h to reach maximum levels of CRTAM expression in PBL. Strikingly, albeit the stimulation of splenocytes was performed with anti-αβ-TCR, CRTAM expression after 2 h was mainly restricted to CD8+ γδ T lymphocytes, however, the longer anti-TCR stimulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) resulted in CRTAM expression on αβ T lymphocytes. In order to characterize the potential ligand we cloned and expressed chicken Necl-2, a member of the nectin and nectin-like family which is highly homologous to its mammalian counterpart. Three independent assays including a reporter assay, staining with a CRTAM-Ig fusion protein and a cell conjugate assay confirmed the interaction of CRTAM with Necl-2 which could also be blocked by a soluble CRTAM-Ig fusion protein or a CRTAM specific mab. These results suggest that chicken CRTAM represents an early activation antigen on CD8+ T cells which binds to Necl-2 and is upregulated with distinct kinetics on αβ versus γδ T lymphocytes.
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- Maria Zechmann
- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Hudson BD, Kulp KS, Loots GG. Prostate cancer invasion and metastasis: insights from mining genomic data. Brief Funct Genomics 2013; 12:397-410. [PMID: 23878130 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most commonly diagnosed malignancy in men in the Western world and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men worldwide. Although most cancers have the potential to metastasize under appropriate conditions, PCa favors the skeleton as a primary site of metastasis, suggesting that the bone microenvironment is conducive to its growth. PCa metastasis proceeds through a complex series of molecular events that include angiogenesis at the site of the original tumor, local migration within the primary site, intravasation into the blood stream, survival within the circulation, extravasation of the tumor cells to the target organ and colonization of those cells within the new site. In turn, each one of these steps involves a complicated chain of events that utilize multiple protein-protein interactions, protein signaling cascades and transcriptional changes. Despite the urgent need to improve current biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and drug resistance, advances have been slow. Global gene expression methods such as gene microarrays and RNA sequencing enable the study of thousands of genes simultaneously and allow scientists to examine molecular pathways of cancer pathogenesis. In this review, we summarize the current literature that explored high-throughput transcriptome analysis toward the advancement of biomarker discovery for PCa. Novel biomarkers are strongly needed to enable more accurate detection of PCa, improve prediction of tumor aggressiveness and facilitate the discovery of new therapeutic targets for tailored medicine. Promising molecular markers identified from gene expression profiling studies include HPN, CLU1, WT1, WNT5A, AURKA and SPARC.
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- Bryan D Hudson
- Biology and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, L-452, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
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Current status of biomarkers for prostate cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:11034-60. [PMID: 23708103 PMCID: PMC3709717 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140611034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related death of men globally. Since its introduction, there has been intense debate as to the effectiveness of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test as a screening tool for PCa. It is now evident that the PSA test produces unacceptably high rates of false positive results and is not prognostic. Here we review the current status of molecular biomarkers that promise to be prognostic and that might inform individual patient management. It highlights current efforts to identify biomarkers obtained by minimally invasive methods and discusses current knowledge with regard to gene fusions, mRNA and microRNAs, immunology, and cancer-associated microparticles.
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Zheng Y, Zha Y, Spaapen RM, Mathew R, Barr K, Bendelac A, Gajewski TF. Egr2-dependent gene expression profiling and ChIP-Seq reveal novel biologic targets in T cell anergy. Mol Immunol 2013; 55:283-91. [PMID: 23548837 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 03/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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T cell anergy is one of the mechanisms contributing to peripheral tolerance, particularly in the context of progressively growing tumors and in tolerogenic treatments promoting allograft acceptance. We recently reported that early growth response gene 2 (Egr2) is a critical transcription factor for the induction of anergy in vitro and in vivo, which was identified based on its ability to regulate the expression of inhibitory signaling molecules diacylglycerol kinase (DGK)-α and -ζ. We reasoned that other transcriptional targets of Egr2 might encode additional factors important for T cell anergy and immune regulation. Thus, we conducted two sets of genome-wide screens: gene expression profiling of wild type versus Egr2-deleted T cells treated under anergizing conditions, and a ChIP-Seq analysis to identify genes that bind Egr2 in anergic cells. Merging of these data sets revealed 49 targets that are directly regulated by Egr2. Among these are inhibitory signaling molecules previously reported to contribute to T cell anergy, but unexpectedly, also cell surface molecules and secreted factors, including lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (Lag3), Class-I-MHC-restricted T cell associated molecule (Crtam), Semaphorin 7A (Sema7A), and chemokine CCL1. These observations suggest that anergic T cells might not simply be functionally inert, and may have additional functional properties oriented towards other cellular components of the immune system.
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- Yan Zheng
- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Liong ML, Lim CR, Yang H, Chao S, Bong CW, Leong WS, Das PK, Loh CS, Lau BE, Yu CG, Ooi EJJ, Nam RK, Allen PD, Steele GS, Wassmann K, Richie JP, Liew CC. Blood-based biomarkers of aggressive prostate cancer. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45802. [PMID: 23071848 PMCID: PMC3461021 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose Prostate cancer is a bimodal disease with aggressive and indolent forms. Current prostate-specific-antigen testing and digital rectal examination screening provide ambiguous results leading to both under-and over-treatment. Accurate, consistent diagnosis is crucial to risk-stratify patients and facilitate clinical decision making as to treatment versus active surveillance. Diagnosis is currently achieved by needle biopsy, a painful procedure. Thus, there is a clinical need for a minimally-invasive test to determine prostate cancer aggressiveness. A blood sample to predict Gleason score, which is known to reflect aggressiveness of the cancer, could serve as such a test. Materials and Methods Blood mRNA was isolated from North American and Malaysian prostate cancer patients/controls. Microarray analysis was conducted utilizing the Affymetrix U133 plus 2·0 platform. Expression profiles from 255 patients/controls generated 85 candidate biomarkers. Following quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis, ten disease-associated biomarkers remained for paired statistical analysis and normalization. Results Microarray analysis was conducted to identify 85 genes differentially expressed between aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥8) and controls. Expression of these genes was qRT-PCR verified. Statistical analysis yielded a final seven-gene panel evaluated as six gene-ratio duplexes. This molecular signature predicted as aggressive (ie, Gleason score ≥8) 55% of G6 samples, 49% of G7(3+4), 79% of G7(4+3) and 83% of G8-10, while rejecting 98% of controls. Conclusion In this study, we have developed a novel, blood-based biomarker panel which can be used as the basis of a simple blood test to identify men with aggressive prostate cancer and thereby reduce the overdiagnosis and overtreatment that currently results from diagnosis using PSA alone. We discuss possible clinical uses of the panel to identify men more likely to benefit from biopsy and immediate therapy versus those more suited to an “active surveillance” strategy.
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- GeneNews (Malaysia), Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
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- GeneNews Ltd, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
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- GeneNews (Malaysia), Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
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- Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- GeneNews (Malaysia), Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- GeneNews Ltd, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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All life must survive their corresponding viruses. Thus antiviral systems are essential in all living organisms. Remnants of virus derived information are also found in all life forms but have historically been considered mostly as junk DNA. However, such virus derived information can strongly affect host susceptibility to viruses. In this review, I evaluate the role viruses have had in the origin and evolution of host antiviral systems. From Archaea through bacteria and from simple to complex eukaryotes I trace the viral components that became essential elements of antiviral immunity. I conclude with a reexamination of the 'Big Bang' theory for the emergence of the adaptive immune system in vertebrates by horizontal transfer and note how viruses could have and did provide crucial and coordinated features.
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Viral ancestors of antiviral systems. Viruses 2011; 3:1933-58. [PMID: 22069523 PMCID: PMC3205389 DOI: 10.3390/v3101933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Revised: 10/01/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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All life must survive their corresponding viruses. Thus antiviral systems are essential in all living organisms. Remnants of virus derived information are also found in all life forms but have historically been considered mostly as junk DNA. However, such virus derived information can strongly affect host susceptibility to viruses. In this review, I evaluate the role viruses have had in the origin and evolution of host antiviral systems. From Archaea through bacteria and from simple to complex eukaryotes I trace the viral components that became essential elements of antiviral immunity. I conclude with a reexamination of the ‘Big Bang’ theory for the emergence of the adaptive immune system in vertebrates by horizontal transfer and note how viruses could have and did provide crucial and coordinated features.
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Magnadottir B. Immunological control of fish diseases. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2010; 12:361-79. [PMID: 20352271 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9279-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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All metazoans possess innate immune defence system whereas parameters of the adaptive immune system make their first appearance in the gnathostomata, the jawed vertebrates. Fish are therefore the first animal phyla to possess both an innate and adaptive immune system making them very interesting as regards developmental studies of the immune system. The massive increase in aquaculture in recent decades has also put greater emphasis on studies of the fish immune system and defence against diseases commonly associated with intensive fish rearing. Some of the main components of the innate and adaptive immune system of fish are described. The innate parameters are at the forefront of immune defence in fish and are a crucial factor in disease resistance. The adaptive response of fish is commonly delayed but is essential for lasting immunity and a key factor in successful vaccination. Some of the inherent and external factors that can manipulate the immune system of fish are discussed, the main fish diseases are listed and the pathogenicity and host defence discussed. The main prophylactic measures are covered, including vaccination, probiotics and immunostimulation. A key element in the immunological control of fish diseases is the great variation in disease susceptibility and immune defence of different fish species, a reflection of the extended time the present day teleosts have been separated in evolution. Future research will probably make use of molecular and proteomic tools both to study important elements in immune defence and prophylactic measures and to assist with breeding programmes for disease resistance.
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- Bergljot Magnadottir
- Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur v. Vesturlandsveg, 112 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Guselnikov SV, Reshetnikova ES, Najakshin AM, Mechetina LV, Robert J, Taranin AV. The amphibians Xenopus laevis and Silurana tropicalis possess a family of activating KIR-related Immunoglobulin-like receptors. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 34:308-15. [PMID: 19896971 PMCID: PMC2813978 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2009] [Revised: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In this study, we searched the amphibian species Xenopus laevis and Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis for the presence of genes homologous to mammalian KIRs and avian CHIRs (KRIR family). By experimental and computational procedures, we identified four related ILR (Ig-like Receptors) genes in S. tropicalis and three in X. laevis. ILRs encode type I transmembrane receptors with 3-4 Ig-like extracellular domains. All predicted ILR proteins appear to be activating receptors. ILRs have a broad expression pattern, the gene transcripts were found in both lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues. Phylogenetic analysis shows that the amphibian KRIR family receptors evolved independently from their mammalian and avian counterparts. The only conserved structural element of tetrapod KRIRs is the NxxR motif-containing transmembrane domain that facilitates association with FcRgamma subunit. Our findings suggest that if KRIRs of various vertebrates have any common function at all, such a function is activating rather than inhibitory.
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- Sergey V Guselnikov
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Prospekt Lavrentyeva 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
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Because of their extreme importance to human health, we probably know more about the structure and function of antibodies than practically any other molecule. Despite all the knowledge that has been accrued in the understanding of antibodies, modern approaches, especially comparative genomics, continue to yield novel findings regarding their underlying biology and evolution. In this review, we describe recent research that led to these revelations, and discuss the broad evolutionary implications of these findings. We have restricted our discussion to three vignettes. Considerable attention has been paid to the recent discovery that the teleost IgH locus is highly similar in organization to the Tcra-Tcrd locus, implicating an evolutionary common ancestor and parallels between the functions of B and T cells during development. Second, we discuss how a new type of antibody, recently discovered in jawless vertebrates, composed not of immunoglobulins but leucine-rich repeats, sheds new light on the overall forces driving evolution of all adaptive antigen receptors. Lastly, we discuss how accumulation of genomic sequences of various human subpopulations leads to better understanding of the directionality of antibody evolution. There is always more to learn from the unfolding saga of antibodies.
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- Nadia Danilova
- Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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Origin and evolution of the vertebrate leukocyte receptors: the lesson from tunicates. Immunogenetics 2009; 61:463-81. [PMID: 19404636 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-009-0373-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 04/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Two selected receptor genes of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF), one CTX/JAM family member, and one poliovirus receptor-like nectin that have features of adhesion molecules can be expressed by Ciona hemocytes, the effectors of immunity. They can also be expressed in the nervous system (CTX/JAM) and in the ovary (nectin). The genes encoding these receptors are located among one set of genes, spread over Ciona chromosomes 4 and 10, and containing other IgSF members homologous to those encoded by genes present in a tetrad of human (1, 3 + X, 11, 21 + 19q) or bird chromosomes (1, 4, 24, 31) that include the leukocyte receptor complex. It is proposed that this tetrad is due to the two rounds of duplication that affected a single prevertebrate ancestral region containing a primordial leukocyte receptor complex involved in immunity and other developmental regulatory functions.
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The innate or natural immunity is the basis and key for all immune processes. Specific receptors on macrophages, dendrites, NK cells and natural antibodies producing B cells act as a first line defense and remove all 'foreign' and potentially harmful substances, that is, bacteria, viruses, cellular waste, modified molecules and, most importantly, cancer cells. Recognition and removal of transformed cells is a lifelong task of immune surveillance processes. Antibodies are hallmark components of this anti-cancer activity. To investigate their nature, specificity, and function, we used the human hybridoma technology for isolating antibodies from cancer patients. These were then tested with a panel of assays against cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Interestingly, all the tumor-specific antibodies we found were germ-line coded and belonged nearly exclusively to the IgM class. Furthermore, they all bound to new carbohydrates on post-translationally modified cell surface receptors on malignant cells. So far no affinity maturated immunoglobulins detecting tumor-specific peptides were found. However, only the presentation of peptide motifs can create an immunological memory. In general malignant cells are detected at very early precursor stages and manifest tumors can be considered as exceptional events. In addition, malignant cells are neither infectious nor hide intracellularly like viruses and some bacteria. Therefore, it makes sense that anti-tumor immunity seems to be solely a part of the natural immunity and a memory is not needed and therefore not induced. This indicates that the tumor immunity seems to be restricted to innate immune mechanisms and the instruments used by nature, like natural antibodies, are obviously excellent therapeutics.
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Yeh JH, Sidhu SS, Chan AC. Regulation of a late phase of T cell polarity and effector functions by Crtam. Cell 2008; 132:846-59. [PMID: 18329370 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Spatial organization of cellular proteins plays an important role in establishment of cellular polarity to regulate cell division, differentiation, migration, and organogenesis. Activation of T cells by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) results in the formation of an immunological synapse (IS), assembly of a signaling scaffold at the T cell receptor (TCR) contact, cytoskeletal reorganization, and generation of second messengers within the first hours following intercellular contact. We demonstrate here that Crtam (class-I MHC-restricted T-cell associated molecule), an immunoglobulin-superfamily transmembrane protein, coordinates a signaling complex anchored by the Scrib polarity protein to establish a later phase of T cell polarity on a subset of CD4+ T cells >6 hours following activation. Maintenance of this late cellular polarity results in the ability of CD4+Crtam+ T cells to selectively produce more IFNgamma and IL22. Crtam engagement thus modulates signals many hours beyond the initial activation event and dynamically influences the adaptive immune response.
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- Jung-Hua Yeh
- Department of Immunology, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Immunity is not only responsible for recognition and elimination of infectious particles, but also for removal of cellular waste, modified self structures and transformed cells. Innate or natural immunity acts as a first line defense and is also the link to acquired immunity and memory. A striking phenomenon of immunity against malignant cells is that neither in animals nor in humans affinity-maturated tumor-specific IgG antibodies have been detected so far. All tumor-specific isolated antibodies were germ-line coded natural IgM antibodies. It's also a fact that these IgM's preferentially bind to carbohydrate epitopes on post-transcriptionally modified surface receptors and that they all induce a cancer-specific apoptosis, by triggering the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. From an evolutionary point of view, this makes sense because cancer cells are not infectious, so there is no need for memory. Natural IgMs bind to conservative structures because they are coded by a limited set of genes and they use apoptosis, the "clean" way of killing, to avoid inflammatory processes.
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- H Peter Vollmers
- Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
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Ortutay C, Siermala M, Vihinen M. Molecular characterization of the immune system: emergence of proteins, processes, and domains. Immunogenetics 2007; 59:333-48. [PMID: 17294181 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-007-0191-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 01/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Many genes and proteins are required to carry out the processes of innate and adaptive immunity. For many studies, including systems biology, it is necessary to have a clear and comprehensive definition of the immune system, including the genes and proteins that take part in immunological processes. We have identified and cataloged a large portion of the human immunology-related genes, which we call the essential immunome. The 847 identified genes and proteins were annotated, and their chromosomal localizations were compared to the mouse genome. Relation to disease was also taken into account. We identified numerous pseudogenes, many of which are expressed, and found two putative new genes. We also carried out an evolutionary analysis of immune processes based on gene orthologs to gain an overview of the evolutionary past and molecular present of the human immune system. A list of genes and proteins were compiled. A comprehensive characterization of the member genes and proteins, including the corresponding pseudogenes is presented. Immunome genes were found to have three types of emergence in independent studies of their ontologies, domains, and functions.
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- Csaba Ortutay
- Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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Markov AV, Kulikov AM. The hypothesis of immune testing of partners—Friend/foe identification systems in historical perspective. BIOL BULL+ 2006. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359006040017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DeVries ME, Kelvin AA, Xu L, Ran L, Robinson J, Kelvin DJ. Defining the origins and evolution of the chemokine/chemokine receptor system. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:401-15. [PMID: 16365434 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.1.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The chemokine system has a critical role in mammalian immunity, but the evolutionary history of chemokines and chemokine receptors are ill-defined. We used comparative whole genome analysis of fruit fly, sea urchin, sea squirt, pufferfish, zebrafish, frog, and chicken to identify chemokines and chemokine receptors in each species. We report 127 chemokine and 70 chemokine receptor genes in the 7 species, with zebrafish having the most chemokines, 63, and chemokine receptors, 24. Fruit fly, sea urchin, and sea squirt have no identifiable chemokines or chemokine receptors. This study represents the most comprehensive analysis of the chemokine system to date and the only complete characterization of chemokine systems outside of mouse and human. We establish a clear evolutionary model of the chemokine system and trace the origin of the chemokine system to approximately 650 million years ago, identifying critical steps in their evolution and demonstrating a more extensive chemokine system in fish than previously thought.
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- Mark E DeVries
- Division of Experimental Therapeutics and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto General Research Institute, Ontario, Canada
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Danilova N. The evolution of immune mechanisms. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2006; 306:496-520. [PMID: 16619242 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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From early on in evolution, organisms have had to protect themselves from pathogens. Mechanisms for discriminating "self" from "non-self" evolved to accomplish this task, launching a long history of host-pathogen co-evolution. Evolution of mechanisms of immune defense has resulted in a variety of strategies. Even unicellular organisms have rich arsenals of mechanisms for protection, such as restriction endonucleases, antimicrobial peptides, and RNA interference. In multicellular organisms, specialized immune cells have evolved, capable of recognition, phagocytosis, and killing of foreign cells as well as removing their own cells changed by damage, senescence, infection, or cancer. Additional humoral factors, such as the complement cascade, have developed that co-operate with cellular immunity in fighting infection and maintaining homeostasis. Defensive mechanisms based on germline-encoded receptors constitute a system known as innate immunity. In jaw vertebrates, this system is supplemented with a second system, adaptive immunity, which in contrast to innate immunity is based on diversification of immune receptors and on immunological memory in each individual.Usually, each newly evolved defense mechanism did not replace the previous one, but supplemented it, resulting in a layered structure of the immune system. The immune system is not one system but rather a sophisticated network of various defensive mechanisms operating on different levels, ranging from mechanisms common for every cell in the body to specialized immune cells and responses at the level of the whole organism. Adaptive changes in pathogens have shaped the evolution of the immune system at all levels.
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- Nadia Danilova
- Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA.
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Pasquier LD. Germline and somatic diversification of immune recognition elements in Metazoa. Immunol Lett 2005; 104:2-17. [PMID: 16388857 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2005] [Revised: 11/22/2005] [Accepted: 11/22/2005] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The histories of the immune systems of Metazoa during evolution are envisaged like as many adaptations to the continuous diversification of immune receptors and effectors genes under the pressure of changing environments. A basic diversity of potential immune receptor genes existed in primitive Metazoa. Their subsequent recruitment into immunity, their diversification revolving around the conservation of signaling cascades was paralleled by cell specialization and the introduction of regulatory networks. Polymorphism, duplication and somatic mechanisms of diversification affected independently and still affect different gene families in many phyla, creating a greater variety of immune system exhibiting sometimes little homology but much analogy to one another. Diversity and multiplicity of receptors was generated by duplication and creation of multigene families. Independently in several phyla further diversity is created somatically by alternate splicing, somatic mutation, gene conversion and gene rearrangement. In several instances combinatorial usage of polypeptide chains or genes segments increases the repertoire of the recognition structures. Metazoa had to adapt to the conditions generated by this diversity: the control of expression of multiple genes and the risk of autoimmunity.
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- Louis Du Pasquier
- University of Basel, Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Vesalgassel, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland.
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Shi W, Levine M, Davidson B. Unraveling genomic regulatory networks in the simple chordate, Ciona intestinalis. Genome Res 2005; 15:1668-74. [PMID: 16339364 DOI: 10.1101/gr.3768905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The draft genome of the primitive chordate, Ciona intestinalis, was published three years ago. Since then, significant progress has been made in utilizing Ciona's genomic and morphological simplicity to better understand conserved chordate developmental processes. Extensive annotation and sequencing of staged EST libraries make the Ciona genome one of the best annotated among those that are publicly available. The formation of the Ciona tadpole depends on simple, well-defined cellular lineages, and it is possible to trace the lineages of key chordate tissues such as the notochord and neural tube to the fertilized egg. Electroporation methods permit the targeted expression of regulatory genes and signaling molecules in defined cell lineages, as well as the rapid identification of regulatory DNAs underlying cell-specific gene expression. The recent sequencing of a second Ciona genome (C. savignyi) permits the use of simple alignment algorithms for the identification of conserved noncoding sequences, including microRNA genes and enhancers. Detailed expression profiles are now available for almost every gene that encodes a regulatory protein or cell-signaling molecule. The combination of gene-expression profiles, comparative genome analysis, and gene-disruption assays should permit the determination of high-resolution genomic regulatory networks underlying the specification of basic chordate tissues such as the heart, blood, notochord, and neural tube.
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- Weiyang Shi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Genetics and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Phagocytosis, the process by which cells internalize large particulate materials from their milieu and sequester them in phagosomes, plays a role in a variety of cell functions ranging from nutrition in ameba to innate and adaptive immunity in mammals. Recent findings revealed unexpected characteristics of phagosomes, highlighting how this complex organelle may have evolved, from Dictyostelium to human, to become a key player in our ability to mount an efficient immune response against a variety of intracellular pathogens.
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- Michel Desjardins
- Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
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Phagocytosis, the process by which cells engulf large particles, requires a substantial contribution of membranes. Recent studies have revealed that intracellular compartments, including endocytic organelles and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), can engage in fusion events with the plasma membrane at the sites of nascent phagosomes. The finding that ER proteins are delivered to phagosomes, where degraded peptides are loaded onto major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules, has significantly enhanced our understanding of the immune functions associated with these organelles. Although it is well known that pathogens are killed in phagosomes, the contribution of ER proteins to phagosomes has provided a novel pathway for the loading of exogenous peptides onto MHC class I molecules, a process known as cross-presentation. Thus, phagocytosis has evolved from a nutritional function in unicellular organisms to play key roles in both innate and adaptive immunity in vertebrates.
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- Isabelle Jutras
- Département de pathologie et biologie cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Boles KS, Barchet W, Diacovo T, Cella M, Colonna M. The tumor suppressor TSLC1/NECL-2 triggers NK-cell and CD8+ T-cell responses through the cell-surface receptor CRTAM. Blood 2005; 106:779-86. [PMID: 15811952 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-02-0817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The tumor suppressor in lung cancer-1 (TSLC1) gene is frequently silenced in human lung carcinomas, and its expression suppresses tumorigenesis in nude mice. TSLC1 encodes a cell-surface protein called Necl-2 that belongs to the Nectin and Nectin-like (Necl) family of molecules. Necl-2 mediates epithelial cell junctions by homotypic contacts and/or heterotypic interactions with other Nectins and Necls. Thus, it inhibits tumorigenesis by ensuring that epithelial cells grow in organized layers. Here, we demonstrate that natural killer (NK) cells and CD8+ T cells recognize Necl-2 through a receptor known as class I-restricted T-cell-associated molecule (CRTAM), which is expressed only on activated cells. CRTAM-Necl-2 interactions promote cytotoxicity of NK cells and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) secretion of CD8+ T cells in vitro as well as NK cell-mediated rejection of tumors expressing Necl-2 in vivo. These results provide evidence for an additional mechanism of tumor suppression mediated by TSLC1 that involves cytotoxic lymphocytes. Furthermore, they reveal Necl-2 as one of the molecular targets that allows the immunosurveillance network to distinguish tumor cells from normal cells.
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- Kent S Boles
- Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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