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Sparling BA, Ng TT, Carlo-Allende A, McCarthy FM, Taylor RL, Drechsler Y. Immunoglobulin-like receptors in chickens: identification, functional characterization, and renaming to cluster homolog of immunoglobulin-like receptors. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103292. [PMID: 38100950 PMCID: PMC10764270 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103292] [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: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
The cluster homolog of immunoglobulin-like receptors (CHIRs), previously known as the "chicken homolog of immunogloublin-like receptors," represents is a large group of transmembrane glycoproteins that direct the immune response. However, the full repertoire of putatively activating, inhibitory, or dual function CHIRA, CHIRB, and CHIRAB on chickens' immune responses is poorly understood. Herein, the study objective was to determine the genes encoding CHIR proteins and predict their function by searching canonical protein structure. A bioinformatics pipeline based on previous work was employed to search for the CHIRs from the newly updated broiler and layer genomes. The categorization into CHIRA, CHIRB, and CHIRAB types was assigned through motif searches, multiple sequence alignment, and phylogeny. In total, 150 protein-encoding genes on Chromosome 31 were identified as CHIRs. Gene members of each functional group (CHIRA, CHIRB, CHIRAB) were classified in accordance with previously recognized proteins. The genes were renamed to "cluster homolog of immunoglobulin-like receptors" (CHIRs) to allow for the naming of orthologous genes in other avian species. Additionally, expression analysis of the classified CHIRs across various reinforces their importance as immune regulators and activation in inflammatory tissues. Furthermore, over 1,000 diverse and rare CHIRs variants associated with differential Marek's disease response (P < 0.05) emphasize the impact of CHIRs on shaping avian immune responses in diverse contexts. The practical applications of these findings encompass advancing immunology, improving poultry health management, optimizing breeding programs for disease resistance, and enhancing overall animal health through a deeper understanding of the roles and functions of CHIRA, CHIRB, and CHIRAB types in avian immune responses.
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- Brandi A Sparling
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA; Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
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- School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA; Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
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Compared to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of typical mammals, the chicken BF/BL region is small and simple, with most of the genes playing central roles in the adaptive immune response. However, some genes of the chicken MHC are almost certainly involved in innate immunity, such as the complement component C4 and the lectin-like receptor/ligand gene pair BNK and Blec. The poorly expressed classical class I molecule BF1 is known to be recognised by natural killer (NK) cells and, analogous to mammalian immune responses, the classical class I molecules BF1 and BF2, the CD1 homologs and the butyrophilin homologs called BG may be recognised by adaptive immune lymphocytes with semi-invariant receptors in a so-called adaptate manner. Moreover, the TRIM and BG regions next to the chicken MHC, along with the genetically unlinked Y and olfactory/scavenger receptor regions on the same chromosome, have multigene families almost certainly involved in innate and adaptate responses. On this chicken microchromosome, the simplicity of the adaptive immune gene systems contrasts with the complexity of the gene systems potentially involved in innate immunity.
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Kaufman J. From Chickens to Humans: The Importance of Peptide Repertoires for MHC Class I Alleles. Front Immunol 2020; 11:601089. [PMID: 33381122 PMCID: PMC7767893 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.601089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In humans, killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), expressed on natural killer (NK) and thymus-derived (T) cells, and their ligands, primarily the classical class I molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) expressed on nearly all cells, are both polymorphic. The variation of this receptor-ligand interaction, based on which alleles have been inherited, is known to play crucial roles in resistance to infectious disease, autoimmunity, and reproduction in humans. However, not all the variation in response is inherited, since KIR binding can be affected by a portion of the peptide bound to the class I molecules, with the particular peptide presented affecting the NK response. The extent to which the large multigene family of chicken immunoglobulin-like receptors (ChIRs) is involved in functions similar to KIRs is suspected but not proven. However, much is understood about the two MHC-I molecules encoded in the chicken MHC. The BF2 molecule is expressed at a high level and is thought to be the predominant ligand of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), while the BF1 molecule is expressed at a much lower level if at all and is thought to be primarily a ligand for NK cells. Recently, a hierarchy of BF2 alleles with a suite of correlated properties has been defined, from those expressed at a high level on the cell surface but with a narrow range of bound peptides to those expressed at a lower level on the cell surface but with a very wide repertoire of bound peptides. Interestingly, there is a similar hierarchy for human class I alleles, although the hierarchy is not as wide. It is a question whether KIRs and ChIRs recognize class I molecules with bound peptide in a similar way, and whether fastidious to promiscuous hierarchy of class I molecules affect both T and NK cell function. Such effects might be different from those predicted by the similarities of peptide-binding based on peptide motifs, as enshrined in the idea of supertypes. Since the size of peptide repertoire can be very different for alleles with similar peptide motifs from the same supertype, the relative importance of these two properties may be testable.
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- Jim Kaufman
- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.,Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kurokawa A, Yamamoto Y. Immunohistochemical identification of T and B lymphocytes in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded chicken tissues using commercial antibodies. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2020; 228:110088. [PMID: 32688059 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2020.110088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Immunohistochemical method to detect avian lymphocytes is an efficient and reliable tool for accurate diagnosis, and immunological analysis of avian diseases. However, there are scarce studies reporting immunohistochemistry (IHC) using commercially available antibodies in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) chicken tissues. In the present study, we established an immunohistochemical method to identify chicken T and B lymphocytes in FFPE chicken tissues using commercial antibodies against chicken or human antigens. For this IHC method, the five tested anti-T lymphocyte antibodies reacted with chicken T lymphocytes on the FFPE sections. Further, 10 commercial anti-B lymphocyte antibodies were tested; of these, three successfully detected chicken B lymphocytes for IHC. In particular, anti-human CD3 (clone F7.2.38) antibody was most suitable for the detection of chicken T lymphocytes, whereas anti-chicken B cell activating factor receptor (BAFF-R) antibody (clone 2C4) was most suitable for the detection of chicken B lymphocytes under our IHC staining conditions. These two antibodies reacted with numerous lymphocytes of all representative lymphoid tissues without problematic background staining and nonspecific reactions. Our results indicate that T and B lymphocytes in FFPE chicken tissues can be immunohistochemically detected using commercial antibodies.
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- Aoi Kurokawa
- National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan.
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- National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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Meziane EK, Potts ND, Viertlboeck BC, Løvlie H, Krupa AP, Burke TA, Brown S, Watson KA, Richardson DS, Pizzari T, Göbel TW, Kaufman J. Bi-Functional Chicken Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors With a Single Extracellular Domain (ChIR-AB1): Potential Framework Genes Among a Relatively Stable Number of Genes Per Haplotype. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2222. [PMID: 31620133 PMCID: PMC6760009 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The leukocyte receptor complex (LRC) in humans encodes many receptors with immunoglobulin-like (Ig-like) extracellular domains, including the killer Ig-like receptors (KIRs) expressed on natural killer (NK) cells among others, the leukocyte Ig-like receptors (LILRs) expressed on myeloid and B cells, and an Fc receptor (FcR), all of which have important roles in the immune response. These highly-related genes encode activating receptors with positively-charged residues in the transmembrane region, inhibitory receptors with immuno-tyrosine based motifs (ITIMs) in the cytoplasmic tail, and bi-functional receptors with both. The related chicken Ig-like receptors (ChIRs) are almost all found together on a microchromosome, with over 100 activating (A), inhibitory (B), and bi-functional (AB) genes, bearing either one or two extracellular Ig-like domains, interspersed over 500-1,000 kB in the genome of an individual chicken. Sequencing studies have suggested rapid divergence and little overlap between ChIR haplotypes, so we wished to begin to understand their genetics. We chose to use a hybridization technique, reference strand-mediated conformational analysis (RSCA), to examine the ChIR-AB1 family, with a moderate number of genes dispersed across the microchromosome. Using fluorescently-labeled references (FLR), we found that RSCA and sequencing of ChIR-AB1 extracellular exon gave two groups of peaks with mobility correlated with sequence relationship to the FLR. We used this system to examine widely-used and well-characterized experimental chicken lines, finding only one or a few simple ChIR haplotypes for each line, with similar numbers of peaks overall. We found much more complicated patterns from a broiler line from a commercial breeder and a flock of red junglefowl, but trios of parents and offspring from another commercial chicken line show that the complicated patterns are due to heterozygosity, indicating a relatively stable number of peaks within haplotypes of these birds. Some ChIR-AB1 peaks were found in all individuals from the commercial lines, and some of these were shared with red junglefowl and the experimental lines derived originally from egg-laying chickens. Overall, this analysis suggests that there are some simple features underlying the apparent complexity of the ChIR locus.
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- El Kahina Meziane
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Animal Physiology, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, IFM Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Western Bank, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Institute for Animal Physiology, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Fu Y, Yang Z, Huang J, Cheng X, Wang X, Yang S, Ren L, Lian Z, Han H, Zhao Y. Identification of Two Nonrearranging IgSF Genes in Chicken Reveals a Novel Family of Putative Remnants of an Antigen Receptor Precursor. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 202:1992-2004. [PMID: 30770416 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study, we identified a pair of nonrearranging VJ-joined Ig superfamily genes, termed putative remnants of an Ag receptor precursor (PRARP) genes, in chicken. Both genes encode a single V-set Ig domain consisting of a canonical J-like segment and a potential immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory or switch motif in the cytoplasmic region. In vitro experiments showed that both genes were expressed at the cell surface as membrane proteins, and their recombinant products formed a monomer and a disulfide-linked homodimer or a heterodimer. These two genes were mainly expressed in B and T cells and were upregulated in response to stimulation with poly(I:C) in vitro and vaccination in vivo. Orthologs of PRARP have been identified in bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, and other birds, and a V-C1 structure similar to that of Ig or TCR chains was found in all these genes, with the exception of those in avian species, which appear to contain degenerated C1 domains or divergent Ig domains. Phylogenetic analyses suggested that the newly discovered genes do not belong to any known immune receptor family and appear to be a novel gene family. Further elucidation of the functions of PRARP and their origin might provide significant insights into the evolution of the immune system of jawed vertebrates.
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- Yanbin Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China; and
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China;
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The concept of co-evolution (or co-adaptation) has a long history, but application at molecular levels (e.g., 'supergenes' in genetics) is more recent, with a consensus definition still developing. One interesting example is the chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC). In contrast to typical mammals that have many class I and class I-like genes, only two classical class I genes, two CD1 genes and some non-classical Rfp-Y genes are known in chicken, and all are found on the microchromosome that bears the MHC. Rarity of recombination between the closely linked and polymorphic genes encoding classical class I and TAPs allows co-evolution, leading to a single dominantly expressed class I molecule in each MHC haplotype, with strong functional consequences in terms of resistance to infectious pathogens. Chicken tapasin is highly polymorphic, but co-evolution with TAP and class I genes remains unclear. T-cell receptors, natural killer (NK) cell receptors, and CD8 co-receptor genes are found on non-MHC chromosomes, with some evidence for co-evolution of surface residues and number of genes along the avian and mammalian lineages. Over even longer periods, co-evolution has been invoked to explain how the adaptive immune system of jawed vertebrates arose from closely linked receptor, ligand, and antigen-processing genes in the primordial MHC.
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- Jim Kaufman
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Sperling B, Viertlboeck BC, Göbel TW. Chicken CD300a homolog is found on B lymphocytes, various leukocytes populations and binds to phospholipids. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 50:121-128. [PMID: 25681077 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The chicken CD300 cluster contains three genes that encode inhibitory, activating and soluble forms. In the present study, we have generated a monoclonal antibody against the inhibitory CD300L-B1 molecule. The mab 1D4 was specific for the CD300L-B1 form and showed no crossreactivity with the related CD300L-X1. Virtually all bursal cells expressed CD300L-B1, whereas only a small positive subset was found in thymus that was identified as thymic B cell subpopulation. In peripheral tissues, CD300L-B1 was found to be expressed on lymphocyte subpopulations in blood and spleen. Double immunofluorescence analysis with B- and T-cell specific markers identified these subsets as B lymphocytes. In addition, analysis of PBMC revealed that CD300L-B1 was also present on monocytes, heterophils, blood NK cells and in vitro differentiated macrophages. We utilized a reporter cell line in order to identify potential ligands of CD300L-B1. When several phospholipids were tested, only phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine were found to trigger strong reaction of the reporter cells. The two phospholipids elicited a response only in CD300L-B1 reporter cells, but not in CD300L-X1 reporter cells. Moreover the interaction could be blocked with the specific mab. In conclusion, we provide evidence for the expression of chicken CD300L-B1 on immature and mature B cells, monocytes, heterophils, macrophages and NK cells and identify phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine as CD300L-B1 ligands.
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- Beatrice Sperling
- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, Munich 80539, Germany
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- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, Munich 80539, Germany
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- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, Munich 80539, Germany.
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Neulen ML, Viertlboeck BC, Straub C, Göbel TW. Identification of novel chicken CD4⁺ CD3⁻ blood population with NK cell like features. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 49:72-78. [PMID: 25445913 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Chicken NK cells have been defined in embryonic spleen and intestinal epithelium as CD8(+) lymphoid cells that lack BCR and TCR, whereas blood NK cells have not been phenotypically defined. Here we employed the mab, 8D12 directed against CHIR-AB1, a chicken Fc receptor, to define a previously uncharacterized lymphoid cell population in the blood. Although CHIR-AB1 expression was found on several cell populations, cells with extraordinary high CHIR-AB1 levels ranged between 0.4 and 2.8% in five different chicken lines. The widespread applicability of the CHIR-AB1 mab was unexpected, since CHIR-AB1-like genes form a polygenic and polymorphic subfamily. Surprisingly the CHIR-AB1 high cells coexpressed low MHCII, low CD4 and CD5, while other T cell markers CD3 and CD8, the B cell marker Bu1, the macrophage marker KUL01 were absent. Moreover, they stained with the mab 28-4, 20E5 and 1G7, which define chicken NK cells and they also expressed CD25, CD57, CD244 and the vitronectin receptor (αVβ3 integrin). In functional assays, PMA stimulation led to high levels of IFNγ release, while spontaneous cytotoxicity was not detectable. The expression of typical NK cell markers in the absence of characteristic B- or T-cell markers, and their IFNγ release is suggestive of a yet unidentified NK like population.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- CD4 Antigens/immunology
- CD4 Antigens/metabolism
- CD5 Antigens/immunology
- CD5 Antigens/metabolism
- CD57 Antigens/immunology
- CD57 Antigens/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Chickens/blood
- Chickens/immunology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay
- Flow Cytometry
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/immunology
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/drug effects
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, Vitronectin/immunology
- Receptors, Vitronectin/metabolism
- Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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- Marie-Luise Neulen
- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany.
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Straub C, Neulen ML, Sperling B, Windau K, Zechmann M, Jansen CA, Viertlboeck BC, Göbel TW. Chicken NK cell receptors. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 41:324-333. [PMID: 23542703 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Natural killer cells are innate immune cells that destroy virally infected or transformed cells. They recognize these altered cells by a plethora of diverse receptors and thereby differ from other lymphocytes that use clonally distributed antigen receptors. To date, several receptor families that play a role in either activating or inhibiting NK cells have been identified in mammals. In the chicken, NK cells have been functionally and morphologically defined, however, a conclusive analysis of receptors involved in NK cell mediated functions has not been available. This is partly due to the low frequencies of NK cells in blood or spleen that has hampered their intensive characterization. Here we will review recent progress regarding the diverse NK cell receptor families, with special emphasis on novel families identified in the chicken genome with potential as chicken NK cell receptors.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Chickens/genetics
- Chickens/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genome/immunology
- Immunity, Innate
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type/classification
- Lectins, C-Type/genetics
- Lectins, C-Type/immunology
- Ligands
- Mammals/immunology
- Phylogeny
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell/classification
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell/immunology
- Signal Transduction
- Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1
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- Christian Straub
- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Germany
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Murai A, Murota R, Doi K, Yoshida T, Aoyama H, Kobayashi M, Horio F. Avian IgY is selectively incorporated into the egg yolks of oocytes by discriminating Fc amino acid residues located on the Cυ3/Cυ4 interface. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 39:378-387. [PMID: 23276880 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In avian species, maternal IgY is selectively incorporated into the egg yolks of maturing oocytes, but the relevance of receptor-mediated uptake is unclear. Here we investigated the critical amino acid residues of IgY required for egg yolk transport by conducting mutational analyses of selected residues located along the Cυ3 and Cυ4 domains of chicken IgY. Recombinant wild-type IgY-Fc (WT) and its mutants were synthesized, and their uptakes into the egg yolks of quail were determined. Among the 17 amino acid residues located on the Cυ3/Cυ4 interface, the substitution of Y363 at the Cυ3 domain to alanine abolished the IgY-Fc uptake into egg yolks. The comprehensive substitution of Y363 with other amino acids revealed that the residue at 363 needs to be allocated with aromatic amino acids to maintain the high transport ability. The deglycosylation of the N-linked carbohydrate chain by substituting N407 at the Cυ3 domain with alanine also caused a marked reduction of IgY-Fc uptake. The microscopic detection of the injected WT and Y363A mutant in ovarian follicles showed that the WT was concentrically accumulated in yolk granules, whereas the Y363A mutant was hardly accumulated in yolk granules, but it had infiltrated into the granulosa cell layer, suggesting that a major hurdle disturbing the infiltration of the Y363A mutant lies on the inside of the granulosa cell layer. The identification of important amino acid residues required for efficient IgY transport enhances our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying IgY transport through a specific IgY receptor in ovarian follicles.
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- Atsushi Murai
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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The Turkey Ig-like receptor family: identification, expression and function. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59577. [PMID: 23527222 PMCID: PMC3601082 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The chicken leukocyte receptor complex located on microchromosome 31 encodes the chicken Ig-like receptors (CHIR), a vastly expanded gene family which can be further divided into three subgroups: activating CHIR-A, bifunctional CHIR-AB and inhibitory CHIR-B. Here, we investigated the presence of CHIR homologues in other bird species. The available genome databases of turkey, duck and zebra finch were screened with different strategies including BLAST searches employing various CHIR sequences, and keyword searches. We could not identify CHIR homologues in the distantly related zebra finch and duck, however, several partial and complete sequences of CHIR homologues were identified on chromosome 3 of the turkey genome. They were designated as turkey Ig-like receptors (TILR). Using cDNA derived from turkey blood and spleen RNA, six full length TILR could be amplified and further divided according to the typical sequence features into one activating TILR-A, one inhibitory TILR-B and four bifunctional TILR-AB. Since the TILR-AB sequences all displayed the critical residues shown to be involved in binding to IgY, we next confirmed the IgY binding using a soluble TILR-AB1-huIg fusion protein. This fusion protein reacted with IgY derived from various gallinaceous birds, but not with IgY from other bird species. Finally, we tested various mab directed against CHIR for their crossreactivity with either turkey or duck leukocytes. Whereas no staining was detectable with duck cells, the CHIR-AB1 specific mab 8D12 and the CHIR-A2 specific mab 13E2 both reacted with a leukocyte subpopulation that was further identified as thrombocytes by double immunofluorescence employing B-cell, T-cell and thrombocyte specific reagents. In summary, although the turkey harbors similar LRC genes as the chicken, their distribution seems to be distinct with predominance on thrombocytes rather than lymphocytes.
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Neulen ML, Göbel TW. Chicken CD56 defines NK cell subsets in embryonic spleen and lung. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 38:410-415. [PMID: 22922589 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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NK cells have been widely investigated in various mammalian species, but their characterization in non-mammalian vertebrates has been hampered by the lack of appropriate markers. Here, we tested the suitability of a novel anti-chicken CD56 mab as a marker on NK cells. The entire CD56 extracellular domain was cloned into a vector providing a FLAG epitope as well as the CD8 transmembrane and CD3ζ cytoplasmic domain. This construct was used to stably transfect the chicken 2D8 B cell line as monitored by anti-FLAG staining. BALB/c mice were repeatedly immunized with this cell line before generation of hybridomas and screening of supernatants on the transfected cell line versus untransfected cells. The 4B5 hybridoma was further selected due to its reactivity with transfected cells only. Staining of various cell preparations isolated from blood, spleen, embryonic spleen, lung and intestine revealed a CD56 positive subpopulation in lung and embryonic spleen, whereas no reactivity could be observed with other cells. In two colour immunofluorescence, some of the CD56(+) lung cells coexpressed CD8, while they were largely negative for the markers 28-4 and 20E5. CD8 expression was also observed for a subset of CD56(+) embryonic splenocytes and 28-4 was found to be coexpressed on about half of the CD56(+) embryonic splenocytes. CD56 is therefore expressed on a subset of chicken NK cells predominantly found in embryonic spleen and lung.
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- Marie-Luise Neulen
- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Zhang L, Katselis GS, Moore RE, Lekpor K, Goto RM, Hunt HD, Lee TD, Miller MM. MHC class I target recognition, immunophenotypes and proteomic profiles of natural killer cells within the spleens of day-14 chick embryos. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 37:446-456. [PMID: 22446732 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Chicken natural killer (NK) cells are not well defined, so little is known about the molecular interactions controlling their activity. At day 14 of embryonic development, chick spleens are a rich source of T-cell-free CD8αα(+), CD3(-) cells with natural killing activity. Cell-mediated cytotoxicity assays revealed complex NK cell discrimination of MHC class I, suggesting the presence of multiple NK cell receptors. Immunophenotyping of freshly isolated and recombinant chicken interleukin-2-stimulated d14E CD8αα(+) CD3(-) splenocytes provided further evidence for population heterogeneity. Complex patterns of expression were found for CD8α, chB6 (Bu-1), CD1-1, CD56 (NCAM), KUL01, CD5, and CD44. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics revealed an array of NK cell proteins, including the NKR2B4 receptor. DAVID and KEGG analyses and additional immunophenotyping revealed NK cell activation pathways and evidence for monocytes within the splenocyte cultures. This study provides an underpinning for further investigation into the specificity and function of NK cells in birds.
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- Lei Zhang
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010-3000, USA
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Schreiner B, Viertlboeck BC, Göbel TW. A striking example of convergent evolution observed for the ggFcR:IgY interaction closely resembling that of mammalian FcR:IgG. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 36:566-571. [PMID: 21986582 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We have recently identified a novel IgY specific chicken FcR (ggFcR) on chromosome 20, a region where no FcR gene is present in mammals. Serially deleted IgY fusion proteins were tested in a reporter assay to identify C(H) domains involved in ggFcR binding. Single C(H) domains did not bind to ggFcR, whereas Fcυ2 to Fcυ4 induced good and the Fcυ3 to Fcυ4 domains moderate activity. When IgY from diverse birds were assayed, only IgY from gallinaceous birds showed binding, which enabled us to pinpoint several potential contact sites by a sequence comparison and molecular modelling. Point mutations of critical residues at these sites revealed the Fcυ2 and Fcυ3 domains as major ggFcR:IgY binding sites similar to mammalian IgG. These results demonstrate that ggFcR has a contact site to IgY which closely resembles that of human IgG bound to FcR.
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- Barbara Schreiner
- Institute for Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Munich, Veterinärstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Identification of a chicken CLEC-2 homologue, an activating C-type lectin expressed by thrombocytes. Immunogenetics 2011; 64:389-97. [PMID: 22205394 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-011-0591-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Receptors on natural killer (NK) cells are classified as C-type lectins or as Ig-like molecules, and many of them are encoded by two genomic clusters designated natural killer gene complex (NKC) and leukocyte receptor complex, respectively. Here, we describe the analysis of an NKC-encoded chicken C-type lectin, previously annotated as homologue to CD94 and NKG2 and thus designated chicken CD94/NKG2. To further elucidate its potential function on NK cells, we produced a specific mab by immunizing with stably transfected HEK293 cells expressing this lectin. Staining of various chicken tissues revealed minimal reactivity with bursal, or thymus cells. In peripheral blood mononuclear cell and spleen, however, the mab reacted with virtually all thrombocytes, whereas most NK cells in organs such as embryonic spleen, lung and intestine were found to be negative. These findings indicate that the gene may not resemble CD94/NKG2, but rather a CLEC-2 homologue, a claim further supported by sequence features such as an additional extracellular cysteine residue and the presence of a cytoplasmic motif known as a hem immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif, found in C-type lectins such as Dectin-1, CLEC-2, but not CD94/NKG2. The biochemical analyses demonstrated that CLEC-2 is present on the cell surface as heavily glycosylated homodimer, which upon mab crosslinking induced thrombocyte activation, as measured by CD107 expression. These analyses reveal that the chicken NKC may not encode NK cell receptor genes, in particular not CD94 or NKG2 genes, and identifies a chicken CLEC-2 homologue.
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Viertlboeck BC, Göbel TW. The chicken leukocyte receptor cluster. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2011; 144:1-10. [PMID: 21794927 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Receptors of the immunoglobulin-like superfamily are critically involved in virtually every aspect of immune responses. One large chromosomal area encoding such immunoregulatory receptors is the leukocyte receptor cluster. Here we review various aspects of the chicken Ig-like receptor (CHIR) family, located on microchromosome 31, an orthologous position to the mammalian leukocyte receptor cluster. The CHIR family has been massively expanded with over hundred CHIR genes that are further distinguished into activating, inhibitory and bifunctional receptors. Comparisons of various features such as amino acid motifs, genomic structure, expression and associated adaptor molecules reveal the homology of CHIR to both the killer Ig-like and the leukocyte Ig-like receptor families, with most pronounced correlation of certain CHIR to the NK cell receptor KIR2DL4. To date the CHIR ligands remain largely obscure with the exception of CHIR-AB1 that binds to chicken IgY. Detailed analyses of CHIR-AB1, its crystal structure, the interaction to IgY and functional capabilities allow us to draw conclusions regarding Fc receptor phylogeny and function.
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- Birgit C Viertlboeck
- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU München, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539 München, Germany
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The phylogenetic origins of natural killer receptors and recognition: relationships, possibilities, and realities. Immunogenetics 2010; 63:123-41. [PMID: 21191578 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-010-0506-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Accepted: 12/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells affect a form of innate immunity that recognizes and eliminates cells that are infected with certain viruses or have undergone malignant transformation. In mammals, this recognition can be mediated through immunoglobulin- (Ig) and/or lectin-type NK receptors (NKRs). NKR genes in mammals range from minimally polymorphic single-copy genes to complex multigene families that exhibit high levels of haplotypic complexity and exhibit significant interspecific variation. Certain single-copy NKR genes that are present in one mammal are present as expanded multigene families in other mammals. These observations highlight NKRs as one of the most rapidly evolving eukaryotic gene families and likely reflect the influence of pathogens, especially viruses, on their evolution. Although well characterized in human and mice, cytotoxic cells that are functionally similar to NK cells have been identified in species ranging from birds to reptiles, amphibians and fish. Although numerous receptors have been identified in non-mammalian vertebrates that share structural relationships with mammalian NKRs, functionally defining these lower vertebrate molecules as NKRs is confounded by methodological and interpretive complexities. Nevertheless, several lines of evidence suggest that NK-type function or its equivalent has sustained a long evolutionary history throughout vertebrate species.
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