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Wang Y, Chen W, Ding S, Wang W, Wang C. Pentraxins in invertebrates and vertebrates: From structure, function and evolution to clinical applications. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 149:105064. [PMID: 37734429 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2023.105064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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The immune system is divided into two broad categories, consisting of innate and adaptive immunity. As recognition and effector factors of innate immunity and regulators of adaptive immune responses, lectins are considered to be important defense chemicals against microbial pathogens, cell trafficking, immune regulation, and prevention of autoimmunity. Pentraxins, important members of animal lectins, play a significant role in protecting the body from pathogen infection and regulating inflammatory reactions. They can recognize and bind to a variety of ligands, including carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and their complexes, and protect the host from pathogen invasion by activating the complement cascade and Fcγ receptor pathways. Based on the primary structure of the subunit, pentraxins are divided into short and long pentraxins. The short pentraxins are comprised of C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid P (SAP), and the most important member of the long pentraxins is pentraxin 3 (PTX3). The CRP and SAP exist in both vertebrates and invertebrates, while the PTX3 may be present only in vertebrates. The major ligands and functions of CRP, SAP and PTX3 and three activation pathways involved in the complement system are summarized in this review. Their different characteristics in various animals including humans, and their evolutionary trees are analyzed. The clinical applications of CRP, SAP and PTX3 in human are reviewed. Some questions that remain to be understood are also highlighted.
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- Yuying Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, People's Republic of China; Yantai Productivity Promotion Center, Yantai, 264003, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, People's Republic of China.
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is an evolutionarily conserved protein. From arthropods to humans, CRP has been found in every organism where the presence of CRP has been sought. Human CRP is a pentamer made up of five identical subunits which binds to phosphocholine (PCh) in a Ca2+-dependent manner. In various species, we define a protein as CRP if it has any two of the following three characteristics: First, it is a cyclic oligomer of almost identical subunits of molecular weight 20–30 kDa. Second, it binds to PCh in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Third, it exhibits immunological cross-reactivity with human CRP. In the arthropod horseshoe crab, CRP is a constitutively expressed protein, while in humans, CRP is an acute phase plasma protein and a component of the acute phase response. As the nature of CRP gene expression evolved from a constitutively expressed protein in arthropods to an acute phase protein in humans, the definition of CRP became distinctive. In humans, CRP can be distinguished from other homologous proteins such as serum amyloid P, but this is not the case for most other vertebrates and invertebrates. Literature indicates that the binding ability of CRP to PCh is less relevant than its binding to other ligands. Human CRP displays structure-based ligand-binding specificities, but it is not known if that is true for invertebrate CRP. During evolution, changes in the intrachain disulfide and interchain disulfide bonds and changes in the glycosylation status of CRP may be responsible for different structure-function relationships of CRP in various species. More studies of invertebrate CRP are needed to understand the reasons behind such evolution of CRP. Also, CRP evolved as a component of and along with the development of the immune system. It is important to understand the biology of ancient CRP molecules because the knowledge could be useful for immunodeficient individuals.
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- Asmita Pathak
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United States
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Ng PM, Zhenxiao Jin, Tan SS, Ho B, Ding JL. C-reactive protein: a predominant LPS-binding acute phase protein responsive to Pseudomonas infection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/09680519040100030301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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As a structural component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, endotoxin, also known as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exhibits strong immunostimulatory properties, rendering it a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Gram-negative septicaemia. Our attempt to identify LPS-binding proteins from the hemolymph of the horseshoe crab led to the isolation and identification of C-reactive protein (CRP) as the predominant LPS-recognition protein during Pseudomonas infection. CRP is an evolutionarily ancient member of a superfamily of `pentraxins'. It is a major protein in acute phase of infection in humans. Our investigation of CRP response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa unveiled a robust innate immune system in the horseshoe crab, which displays rapid suppression of a dosage of 106 CFU of bacteria in the first hour of infection and effected complete clearance of the pathogen by 3 days. Such a high dose would have been lethal to mice. Full-length CRP cDNA was cloned. Analysis of the untranslated regions suggests their crucial role in post-transcriptional regulation of CRP transcript levels. Northern blot analysis demonstrated an acute up-regulation of CRP by about 60-fold in 6—48 h of Pseudomonas infection. Taken together, our results provide new insights into the importance of CRP as a conserved molecule for pathogen recognition.
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- Patricia M.L. Ng
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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Chen R, Qi J, Yuan H, Wu Y, Hu W, Xia C. Crystal structures for short-chain pentraxin from zebrafish demonstrate a cyclic trimer with new recognition and effector faces. J Struct Biol 2015; 189:259-68. [PMID: 25592778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Short-chain pentraxins (PTXs), including CRP and SAP, are innate pattern recognition receptors that play vital roles in the recognition and elimination of various pathogenic bacteria by triggering the classical complement pathway through C1q. Similar to antibodies, pentraxins can also activate opsonisation and phagocytosis by interacting with Fc receptors (FcRs). Various structural studies on human PTXs have been performed, but there are no reports about the crystal structure of bony fish pentraxins. Here, the crystal structures of zebrafish PTX (Dare-PTX-Ca and Dare-PTX) are presented. Both Dare-PTX-Ca and Dare-PTX are cyclic trimers, which are new forms of crystallised pentraxins. The structures reveal that the ligand-binding pocket (LBP) in the recognition face of Dare-PTX is deep and narrow. Homology modelling shows that LBPs from different Dare-PTX loci differ in shape, reflecting their specific recognition abilities. Furthermore, in comparison with the structure of hCPR, a new C1q binding mode was identified in Dare-PTX. In addition, the FcR-binding sites of hSAP are partially conserved in Dare-PTX. These results will shed light on the understanding of a primitive PTX in bony fish, which evolved approximately 450 million years ago.
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- Rong Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology Immunology (CASPMI), Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China.
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Armstrong PB. Comparative Biology of the Pentraxin Protein Family: Evolutionarily Conserved Component of Innate Immune System. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 316:1-47. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Jasensky AK, Bondzio A, Murugaiyan J, Siebert U, Roesler U, Kohn B, Einspanier R. Characterization of the native C-reactive protein (cCRP) and the corresponding liver mRNA in dogs. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 452:462-7. [PMID: 25159841 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.08.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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C-reactive protein (CRP) plays an important role in the acute phase reaction in humans and dogs. For the canine CRP (cCRP) only an in silico deduced preliminary transcript and amino acid sequence is available. The objective of this study was to further characterize the native cCRP protein and its corresponding liver mRNA. Furthermore, immunological similarities of serum CRP in related animal species were investigated. Native cCRP protein was isolated from dog-sera by affinity chromatography and further analyzed by immunodetection, protein sequencing (mass spectrometry and N-terminal Edman sequencing), 2D-gel electrophoresis, and glycoprotein analysis. Furthermore, cCRP cDNA sequence was determined from dog liver total RNA by RT-PCR. Gel electrophoresis, immunodetection and glycoprotein detection revealed two cCRP isotypes with different molecular weights (22 and 25kDa) with the upper band being glycosylated. Selective glycoprotein analysis showed sialic acid terminally linked (2-6) to galactose or N-acetylgalactosamine and subsequent PNGase F treatment identified N-terminal linkage. Mass spectrometry confirmed approximately 45% of the cCRP predicted amino acid sequence and N-terminal amino acid sequencing revealed a shorter native cCRP than expected (204 amino acids). The new canine CRP mRNA sequence confirms 100% of the formerly deduced sequence. Immunological homologies to the canine CRP protein were found in selected dog-related species. This study contributes major molecular details to the knowledge about canine CRP. Such structural information may assist in developing new diagnostic tools for inflammatory-based diseases in dogs as well as other dog-related species.
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- A K Jasensky
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
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- Clinic of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.
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Falco A, Cartwright JR, Wiegertjes GF, Hoole D. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of two new C-reactive protein genes from common carp (Cyprinus carpio). DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 37:127-138. [PMID: 22079493 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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C-Reactive protein (CRP) plays an important role in the acute phase response. Transcripts encoding two new CRP-like molecules (ccCRP1 and ccCRP2) from European common carp have been characterized which has enabled seven CRP-like genes to be identified in zebrafish. 79.3% (ccCRP1) and 74.5% (ccCRP2) identity to CRP from East-Asian common carp occurs and fish CRP genes form a distinct clade. ccCRP2 gene organization comprises four exons and three introns, in contrast to the two exons/one intron organization of mammalian CRP genes. Gene expression assays showed both ccCRP-like molecules are constitutively expressed in liver, skin, gill, gut, muscle, kidney, spleen and blood. Protein levels of ccCRP in serum and spleen were significantly different from other organs analyzed, and levels were greatest in the liver. It is proposed that the two carp CRP genes defined differ in their expression profiles which may suggest differences in their biological activities.
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- Alberto Falco
- School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
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Gisladottir B, Gudmundsdottir S, Brown L, Jonsson ZO, Magnadottir B. Isolation of two C-reactive protein homologues from cod (Gadus morhua L.) serum. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 26:210-219. [PMID: 19081733 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Revised: 03/18/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Pentraxins are important molecules in innate defence and play a role in the acute phase response of both mammals and fish. Isolation of cod pentraxins by affinity chromatography using phosphorylcholine agarose revealed two pentraxin-like proteins, referred to as PI and PII proteins. These varied in their overall charge, pentameric and subunit molecular size, glycosylation and N-terminal amino acid sequences. The PI protein was homologous with the CRP-like pentraxin previously described in cod whereas the PII protein was a new CRP homologue, which was characterized by substantial individual heterogeneity with regard to subunit size and relative density. The results indicate considerable genetic variations in the cod pentraxins.
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- Berglind Gisladottir
- Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur v. Vesturlandsveg, 112 Reykjavik, Iceland
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Tharia HA, Shrive AK, Mills JD, Arme C, Williams GT, Greenhough TJ. Complete cDNA sequence of SAP-like pentraxin from Limulus polyphemus: implications for pentraxin evolution. J Mol Biol 2002; 316:583-97. [PMID: 11866519 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The serum amyloid P component (SAP)-like pentraxin Limulus polyphemus SAP is a recently discovered, distinct pentraxin species, of known structure, which does not bind phosphocholine and whose N-terminal sequence has been shown to differ markedly from the highly conserved N terminus of all other known horseshoe crab pentraxins. The complete cDNA sequence of Limulus SAP, and the derived amino acid sequence, the first invertebrate SAP-like pentraxin sequence, have been determined. Two sequences were identified that differed only in the length of the 3' untranslated region. Limulus SAP is synthesised as a precursor protein of 234 amino acid residues, the first 17 residues encoding a signal peptide that is absent from the mature protein. Phylogenetic analysis clusters Limulus SAP pentraxin with the horseshoe crab C-reactive proteins (CRPs) rather than the mammalian SAPs, which are clustered with mammalian CRPs. The deduced amino acid sequence shares 22% identity with both human SAP and CRP, which are 51% identical, and 31-35% with horseshoe crab CRPs. These analyses indicate that gene duplication of CRP (or SAP), followed by sequence divergence and the evolution of CRP and/or SAP function, occurred independently along the chordate and arthropod evolutionary lines rather than in a common ancestor. They further indicate that the CRP/SAP gene duplication event in Limulus occurred before both the emergence of the Limulus CRP variants and the mammalian CRP/SAP gene duplication. Limulus SAP, which does not exhibit the CRP characteristic of calcium-dependent binding to phosphocholine, is established as a pentraxin species distinct from all other known horseshoe crab pentraxins that exist in many variant forms sharing a high level of sequence homology.
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- Hazel A Tharia
- School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
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Magor BG, Magor KE. Evolution of effectors and receptors of innate immunity. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 25:651-682. [PMID: 11602189 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(01)00029-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The bony fishes are derived from one of the earliest divergent vertebrate lineages to have both innate and acquired immune systems. They are considered by some to be an ideal model to study the underpinnings of immune systems precisely because of their phylogenetic position and the fact that their adaptive immune systems have not been elaborated to the extent seen in mammals. By the same token, examination of innate immune systems in invertebrates and early chordates can provide insight into how homologous systems operate in fish and higher vertebrates. Herein, we provide an overview of the molecular evidence that we hope helps clarify the evolutionary relationships of innate immune molecules identified in bony fishes. The innate immune systems being considered include select chemokines (CC and CXC chemokines and their receptors), cytokines (IL-1, IL-8, interferons, TGF-beta, TNF-alpha), acute phase proteins (SAA, SAP, CRP, alpha2M, and the complement components--C3-C9, MASP, MBL, Bf), NK cell receptors, and molecules upstream and downstream of the Toll signaling pathways.
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- B G Magor
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E5, Canada.
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Fujiki K, Bayne CJ, Shin DH, Nakao M, Yano T. Molecular cloning of carp (Cyprinus carpio) C-type lectin and pentraxin by use of suppression subtractive hybridisation. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 11:275-279. [PMID: 11394694 DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2000.0331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- K Fujiki
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Hahn UK, Bender RC, Bayne CJ. Production of reactive oxygen species by hemocytes of Biomphalaria glabrata: carbohydrate-specific stimulation. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2000; 24:531-541. [PMID: 10831788 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(00)00017-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Recognition of specific carbohydrate structures, which occur commonly on the surfaces of invading pathogens, is thought to elicit internal defense mechanisms in invertebrates. To investigate the nature of carbohydrates that evoke a defensive response in hemocytes of the gastropod Biomphalaria glabrata, we tested eight different carbohydrates, conjugated to bovine serum albumin (BSA), for generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Six of the carbohydrate moieties tested are thought to be present on the S. mansoni sporocyst surface (mannose, galactose, fucose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, N-acetyl-galactosamine, and lactose); the other two carbohydrates tested were glucose and melibiose. ROS generation was measured using the fluorescent probe - 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein-diacetate (DCFH-DA). Hemocytes were derived from two different strains of B. glabrata: one of the strains used (MO) is susceptible to infection by the trematode Schistosoma mansoni (PR-1 strain), while the other snail strain (13-16-R1) is resistant to infection with PR-1. Three of the BSA-carbohydrate conjugates (BSA-galactose, BSA-mannose, and BSA-fucose), stimulated generation of reactive oxygen species in the molluscan hemocytes. The responses of the hemocytes were similar whether they were derived from susceptible or resistant snails. If the carbohydrate structures we found, to stimulate ROS generation are involved in parasite recognition, our results suggest that parasite killing may involve either qualitative differences in production of reactive oxygen species, or additional factors.
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- U K Hahn
- Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, OR 97331, Corvallis, USA.
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Shrive AK, Metcalfe AM, Cartwright JR, Greenhough TJ. C-reactive protein and SAP-like pentraxin are both present in Limulus polyphemus haemolymph: crystal structure of Limulus SAP. J Mol Biol 1999; 290:997-1008. [PMID: 10438598 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component are members of the pentraxin family of oligomeric serum proteins which has been conserved through evolution. In humans both have pentameric structures and both play complex roles in the immune response, C-reactive protein being the classical acute-phase reactant produced in response to tissue damage and inflammation. An invertebrate SAP-like pentraxin has not previously been identified and it has been postulated that C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component are products of a gene duplication event within vertebrate evolution. We have isolated serum amyloid P component from the haemolymph of the phylogenetically ancient "living fossil", the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus and determined the three-dimensional structure by X-ray crystallography. The structure of the previously undiscovered Limulus serum amyloid P component, the first invertebrate lectin structure to be determined, reveals the pentraxin fold and a novel doubly stacked octameric ring. The crystal structure and the discovery that both prototypic pentraxins are present in Limulus raises the possibility that both were present in the common ancestors of arthropods and chordates over 500 million years ago. The impact of the results on our understanding of the origins and evolution of pentraxins and innate immunity is discussed.
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- A K Shrive
- Structural Biology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
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Liu TY, Chen YW, Chiou ST. Human and Limulus Blood: Opportunity for Development of A Medical Biotechnology Project in Taiwan. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.199900042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Melo Coutinho CM, Cavalcanti GH, Bonaldo MC, Mortensen RF, Araújo-Jorge TC. Trypanosoma cruzi: detection of a surface antigen cross-reactive to human C-reactive protein. Exp Parasitol 1998; 90:143-53. [PMID: 9769244 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase protein secreted by liver hepatocytes, and is also found on the surface of lymphocytes and as a membrane-associated protein expressed on rat liver macrophages and human monocytes. C-reactive protein levels increase in the sera of children infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, during the acute phase of Chagas' disease, but its role in the course of this infection is unknown. Experiments designed to detect the binding of CRP to circulating forms of T. cruzi failed to observe it because anti-human CRP antibodies bind to the parasite. The present work intended to further clarify this novel question related to the anti-CRP cross-reactivity with the parasite. Indirect immunofluorescence, immunoenzymatic, flow cytometry, and Western blot assays showed that three different polyclonal anti-human CRP antibody preparations bind to T. cruzi surface. This binding is dose-dependent, saturable, and is inhibited when anti-CRP antibodies from different species were allowed to compete, indicating the specificity of the reactivity. The antibodies recognized a protein band below 23 kDa in Western blot analysis of parasite extracts. The divalent cation chelators EDTA and EGTA impaired the antigen recognition by the antibodies. The binding to parasite surface was also observed with some available monoclonal antibodies raised against human CRP. A polyclonal anti-human CRP presented an inhibitory effect on invasion of heart muscle cells by T. cruzi. Our results indicate that a molecule antigenically related to CRP, a possible CRP-like molecule, is expressed on the surface of T. cruzi.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Binding, Competitive/drug effects
- Binding, Competitive/immunology
- Blotting, Western
- C-Reactive Protein/immunology
- Calcium/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cross Reactions
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Goats
- Heart/parasitology
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Humans
- Magnesium/pharmacology
- Mice
- Myocardium/cytology
- Rabbits
- Sheep
- Trypanosoma cruzi/immunology
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- C M Melo Coutinho
- Depto. Ultra-estrutura e Biologia Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil.
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Lund V, Olafsen JA. A comparative study of pentraxin-like proteins in different fish species. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 1998; 22:185-194. [PMID: 9639088 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(97)00051-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Pentraxins are a family of pentameric serum proteins that have been conserved in evolution and share sequence homology, similar subunit assembly and the capacity for calcium-dependent ligand binding. The classical pentraxins are human C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid P component (SAP). The sequence homology and gene organization indicate that they arose from a gene duplication of an ancestral pentraxin gene. They are usually isolated based on their affinity for phosphorylcholine and agarose, respectively. We have used this method for isolation of pentraxin-like proteins from normal serum of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), common wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), cod (Gadus morhua) and halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Although pentraxin structures have not been verified, the isolated proteins all appear to be pentraxin-like based on their binding specificity, molecular weight of subunits, cross-reactivity with antibodies to human pentraxins and N-terminal amino acid sequences. However, with the described method only one pentraxin-like protein was detected in each of the fish species.
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- V Lund
- Department of Marine Biochemistry, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø.
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Lund V, Olafsen JA. Atypical phosphorylcholine-reactive protein from Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 119:471-7. [PMID: 9734331 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(98)00007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A phosphorylcholine-reactive protein was isolated from serum of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) by affinity chromatography on a phosphorylcholine-conjugated Sepharose column followed by elution with phosphorylcholine. Based on the method used we describe the isolated protein as salmon phosphorylcholine-reactive protein (salmon PRP). Salmon PRP has calcium-independent binding to phosphorylcholine. The protein exists in a monomeric and dimeric form with molecular weight of approximately 80 and 160 kD, respectively. Separation of the protein preparation on SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions resulted in disappearance of the 80 and 160 kD bands and appearance of a major protein band of approximately 100 kD. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the non-reduced 80 and 160 kD bands and the reduced 100 kD band were identical. Apart from the dimeric form, the molecular weight of salmon PRP and its appearance on SDS-PAGE is similar to human plasminogen. Comparison of the sequence in a protein database resulted in approximately 50% identity with human and bovine plasminogen. In addition, cross-reactivity between antibodies to human plasminogen and salmon PRP was demonstrated. Thus, salmon PRP appears to be different from other phosphorylcholine-reactive proteins which are mostly reported to be CRP-like proteins with calcium-dependent binding to phosphorylcholine, pentameric ring-structure and sequence homology between species. Whether salmon PRP is a new type of phosphorylcholine-binding protein with an unknown function or a plasminogen-like protein with binding specificity for phosphorylcholine calls for further investigation.
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- V Lund
- Department of Marine Biochemistry, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway.
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Richardson SJ, Dziegielewska KM, Andersen NA, Frost S, Schreiber G. The acute phase response of plasma proteins in the polyprotodont marsupial Monodelphis domestica. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 119:183-8. [PMID: 9530819 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(97)00304-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In eutherians, patterns of plasma protein levels in blood change during the acute phase response to trauma and inflammation. Until now, such an acute phase response has not been characterised in a noneutherian species. Here we describe the acute phase response in a marsupial species, the South American polyprotodont marsupial Monodelphis domestica, after brain surgery or injection of lipopolysaccharide. Several days after brain surgery, transthyretin was not detected in plasma. For 48 hr following injection of lipopolysaccharide, the concentration of haptoglobin in plasma increased, that of transthyretin decreased, and the concentration of albumin in plasma did not change significantly. The American polyprotodont marsupials are probably more closely related to the common ancestor marsupial than the Australian marsupials are. It is most likely that the transthyretin gene was not expressed in the liver of this common ancestor. As the transthyretin gene is expressed in the liver of M. domestica, it seems that as soon as transthyretin is synthesised by the liver, it is under negative acute phase control.
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- S J Richardson
- Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Bottazzi B, Vouret-Craviari V, Bastone A, De Gioia L, Matteucci C, Peri G, Spreafico F, Pausa M, D'Ettorre C, Gianazza E, Tagliabue A, Salmona M, Tedesco F, Introna M, Mantovani A. Multimer formation and ligand recognition by the long pentraxin PTX3. Similarities and differences with the short pentraxins C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:32817-23. [PMID: 9407058 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.52.32817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 297] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PTX3 is a prototypic long pentraxin consisting of a C-terminal 203-amino acid pentraxin-like domain coupled with an N-terminal 178-amino acid unrelated portion. The present study was designed to characterize the structure and ligand binding properties of human PTX3, in comparison with the classical pentraxins C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component. Sequencing of Chinese hamster ovary cell-expressed PTX3 revealed that the mature secreted protein starts at residue 18 (Glu). Lectin binding and treatment with N-glycosidase F showed that PTX3 is N-glycosylated, sugars accounting for 5 kDa of the monomer mass (45 kDa). Circular dichroism analysis indicated that the protein consists predominantly of beta-sheets with a minor alpha-helical component. While in gel filtration the protein is eluted with a molecular mass of congruent with900 kDa, gel electrophoresis using nondenaturing, nonreducing conditions revealed that PTX3 forms multimers predominantly of 440 kDa apparent molecular mass, corresponding to decamers, and that disulfide bonds are required for multimer formation. The ligand binding properties of PTX3 were then examined. As predicted based on modeling, inductive coupled plasma/atomic emission spectroscopy showed that PTX3 does not have coordinated Ca2+. Unlike the classical pentraxins CRP and SAP, PTX3 did not bind phosphoethanolamine, phosphocholine, or high pyruvate agarose. PTX3 in solution, bound to immobilized C1q, but not C1s, and, reciprocally, C1q bound to immobilized PTX3. Binding of PTX3 to C1q is specific and saturable with a Kd 7.4 x 10(-8) M as determined by solid phase binding assay. The Chinese hamster ovary cell-expressed pentraxin domain bound C1q when multimerized. Thus, as predicted on the basis of computer modeling, the prototypic long pentraxin PTX3 forms multimers, which differ from those formed by classical pentraxins in terms of protomer composition and requirement for disulfide bonds, and does not recognize CRP/SAP ligands. The capacity to bind C1q, mediated by the pentraxin domain, is consistent with the view that PTX3, produced in tissues by endothelial cells or macrophages in response to interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor, may act as a local regulator of innate immunity.
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- B Bottazzi
- From the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri," Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
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Jensen LE, Petersen TE, Thiel S, Jensenius JC. Isolation of a pentraxin-like protein from rainbow trout serum. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 1995; 19:305-314. [PMID: 8617401 DOI: 10.1016/0145-305x(95)00010-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Serum amyloid P-component (SAP) is a glycoprotein consisting of five or ten noncovalently associated identical subunits of molecular weight 19,000-30,000. Herein we report the isolation and partial characterization of a SAP-like protein from rainbow trout serum. The protein was isolated by calcium-dependent binding to Sepharose followed by ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography. Rabbit antibody against human SAP reacted with the trout protein and the NH2-terminal sequence of 16 amino acids showed 60% identity with the first 15 residues of human SAP. SDS-PAGE and endoglycosidase treatment indicated that the trout protein is a glycoprotein in which five or six subunits are linked by disulphide bonds. The subunits have a molecular weight of 37,000 of which approximately 13% is due to carbohydrate. We propose to name the trout protein sulphide linked SAP (SL-SAP).
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- L E Jensen
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Over the past two years, the three-dimensional structure of the serum amyloid P component was defined by X-ray diffraction, the first such visualization of a pentraxin. Binding sites for calcium, ligands and complement were identified. New fusion proteins with amino acid sequence homology to the pentraxins were described, and new insights were gained into pentraxin phylogeny, biosynthesis, ligands, complement activation, leukocyte reactivity and biological functions in vivo.
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- H Gewurz
- Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Il 60612, USA
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Liu TY, Minetti CA, Fortes-Dias CL, Liu T, Lin L, Lin Y. C-reactive proteins, limunectin, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, and coagulin. Molecules with lectin and agglutinin activities from Limulus polyphemus. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1994; 712:146-54. [PMID: 8192328 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb33569.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In 1964, Levin and Bang discovered that gram-negative bacterial endotoxin could rapidly induce gelation of Limulus amebocyte lysate. This observation has led to the development of the most sensitive and specific method for the detection of bacterial endotoxin in pharmaceuticals and drugs intended for human use. Over 10 years ago, Bang injected endotoxin into young horseshoe crabs and observed a time and dose-dependent coagulation of the whole hemolymph. Limunectin, LEBP-PI, and Limulus CRP are found together with coagulin as part of the hemolymph clot at the time of endotoxin-induced exocytosis of amebocytes. In this manner, these molecules with agglutinin/lectin activities could work in concert to assist in the recognition and eventual removal of invading microorganisms from the circulating system. Although the mechanism of endotoxin-induced clot formation is to a large extent understood, the mechanism of clot dissolution and removal in the Limulus hemolymph remains to be clarified.
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- T Y Liu
- Division of Allergenic Products and Parasitology, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20852-1448
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