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Tao X, Yuan S, Chen F, Gao X, Wang X, Yu W, Liu S, Huang Z, Chen S, Xu A. Functional requirement of terminal inverted repeats for efficient ProtoRAG activity reveals the early evolution of V(D)J recombination. Natl Sci Rev 2020; 7:403-417. [PMID: 34692056 PMCID: PMC8289069 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The discovery of ProtoRAG in amphioxus indicated that vertebrate RAG recombinases originated from an ancient transposon. However, the sequences of ProtoRAG terminal inverted repeats (TIRs) were obviously dissimilar to the consensus sequence of mouse 12/23RSS and recombination mediated by ProtoRAG or RAG made them incompatible with each other. Thus, it is difficult to determine whether or how 12/23RSS persisted in the vertebrate RAG system that evolved from the TIRs of ancient RAG transposons. Here, we found that the activity of ProtoRAG is highly dependent on its asymmetric 5′TIR and 3′TIR, which are composed of conserved TR1 and TR5 elements and a partially conserved TRsp element of 27/31 bp to separate them. Similar to the requirements for the recombination signal sequences (RSSs) of RAG recombinase, the first CAC in TR1, the three dinucleotides in TR5 and the specific length of the partially conserved TRsp are important for the efficient recombination activity of ProtoRAG. In addition, the homologous sequences flanking the signal sequences facilitate ProtoRAG- but not RAG-mediated recombination. In addition to the diverged TIRs, two differentiated functional domains in BbRAG1L were defined to coordinate with the divergence between TIRs and RSSs. One of these is the CTT* domain, which facilitates the specific TIR recognition of the BbRAGL complex, and the other is NBD*, which is responsible for DNA binding and the protein stabilization of the BbRAGL complex. Thus, our findings reveal that the functional requirement for ProtoRAG TIRs is similar to that for RSS in RAG-mediated recombination, which not only supports the common origin of ProtoRAG TIRs and RSSs from the asymmetric TIRs of ancient RAG transposons, but also reveals the development of RAG and RAG-like machineries during chordate evolution.
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- Xin Tao
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.,School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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Covello JM, Bird S, Morrison RN, Bridle AR, Battaglene SC, Secombes CJ, Nowak BF. Isolation of RAG-1 and IgM transcripts from the striped trumpeter (Latris lineata), and their expression as markers for development of the adaptive immune response. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 34:778-788. [PMID: 23291253 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
A partial sequence of the recombination activating gene-1 (RAG-1) and several full length sequences of the immunoglobulin M (IgM) heavy chain mRNA were obtained from the striped trumpeter (Latris lineata). The RAG-1 fragment consisted of 205 aa and fell within the core region of the open reading frame. The complete IgM heavy chain sequences translated into peptides ranging between 581 and 591 aa. Both genes showed good homology to other vertebrate sequences. The expression of the two genes was assessed throughout the early developmental stages of striped trumpeter larvae (5-100 dph) and used as markers to follow the ontogeny of the adaptive immune response. Using RT-PCR, RAG-1 mRNA expression was detectable at 5 dph and remained so until 80 dph, before becoming undetectable at 100 dph. IgM expression was also detectable at 5 dph, and remained so throughout. These patterns of expression may suggest that the striped trumpeter possess mature B cells with surface IgM at 100 dph. However, complete immunological competence is likely not reached until some time later. The early detection of IgM mRNA at 5 dph led to the investigation of its presence in oocytes. Both RAG-1 and IgM mRNA transcripts were detected in unfertilized oocytes, suggesting that they are maternally transferred. The biological significance of such a phenomenon remains to be investigated.
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- J M Covello
- National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 1370, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia.
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Magadán-Mompó S, Sánchez-Espinel C, Gambón-Deza F. Immunoglobulin heavy chains in medaka (Oryzias latipes). BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:165. [PMID: 21676244 PMCID: PMC3141427 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bony fish present an immunological system, which evolved independently from those of animals that migrated to land 400 million years ago. The publication of whole genome sequences and the availability of several cDNA libraries for medaka (Oryzias latipes) permitted us to perform a thorough analysis of immunoglobulin heavy chains present in this teleost. RESULTS We identified IgM and IgD coding ESTs, mainly in spleen, kidney and gills using published cDNA libraries but we did not find any sequence that coded for IgT or other heavy chain isotypes described in fish. The IgM - ESTs corresponded with the secreted and membrane forms and surprisingly, the latter form only presented two constant heavy chain domains. This is the first time that this short form of membrane IgM is described in a teleost. It is different from that identified in Notothenioid teleost because it does not present the typical splicing pattern of membrane IgM. The identified IgD-ESTs only present membrane transcripts, with Cμ1 and five Cδ exons. Furthermore, there are ESTs with sequences that do not have any VH which disrupt open reading frames. A scan of the medaka genome using transcripts and genomic short reads resulted in five zones within a region on chromosome 8 with Cμ and Cδ exons. Some of these exons do not form part of antibodies and were at times interspersed, suggesting a recombination process between zones. An analysis of the ESTs confirmed that no antibodies are expressed from zone 3. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the IGH locus duplication is very common among teleosts, wherein the existence of a recombination process explains the sequence homology between them.
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- Susana Magadán-Mompó
- Oceanographic Center of Vigo, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Subida a Radio Faro 50, 36390 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Shared Unit of Immunology, University of Vigo - Vigo University Hospital Complex (Hospital Meixoeiro), Edificio de Ciencias Experimentales, Rua das Abeleiras, Campus As LagoasMarcosende, Vigo 36310, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Unidad de Inmunología, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Servizo Galego de Saude (SERGAS), Carretera de Madrid s/n, Vigo 36210, Pontevedra, Spain
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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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