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Rebl A, Goldammer T. Under control: The innate immunity of fish from the inhibitors' perspective. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 77:328-349. [PMID: 29631025 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2018.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The innate immune response involves a concerted network of induced gene products, preformed immune effectors, biochemical signalling cascades and specialised cells. However, the multifaceted activation of these defensive measures can derail or overshoot and, if left unchecked, overwhelm the host. A plenty of regulatory devices therefore mediate the fragile equilibrium between pathogen defence and pathophysiological manifestations. Over the past decade in particular, an almost complete set of teleostean sequences orthologous to mammalian immunoregulatory factors has been identified in various fish species, which prove the remarkable conservation of innate immune-control concepts among vertebrates. This review will present the current knowledge on more than 50 teleostean regulatory factors (plus additional fish-specific paralogs) that are of paramount importance for controlling the clotting cascade, the complement system, pattern-recognition pathways and cytokine-signalling networks. A special focus lies on those immunoregulatory features that have emerged as potential biomarker genes in transcriptome-wide research studies. Moreover, we report on the latest progress in elucidating control elements that act directly with immune-gene-encoding nucleic acids, such as transcription factors, hormone receptors and micro- and long noncoding RNAs. Investigations into the function of teleostean inhibitory factors are still mainly based on gene-expression profiling or overexpression studies. However, in support of structural and in-vitro analyses, evidence from in-vivo trials is also available and revealed many biochemical details on piscine immune regulation. The presence of multiple gene copies in fish adds a degree of complexity, as it is so far hardly understood if they might play distinct roles during inflammation. The present review addresses this and other open questions that should be tackled by fish immunologists in future.
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- Alexander Rebl
- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Genome Biology, Fish Genetics Unit, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Genome Biology, Fish Genetics Unit, Dummerstorf, Germany
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Morgan BP, Boyd C, Bubeck D. Molecular cell biology of complement membrane attack. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 72:124-132. [PMID: 28647534 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The membrane attack complex (MAC) is the pore-forming toxin of the complement system, a relatively early evolutionary acquisition that confers upon complement the capacity to directly kill pathogens. The MAC is more than just a bactericidal missile, having the capacity when formed on self-cells to initiate a host of cell activation events that can have profound consequences for tissue homeostasis in the face of infection or injury. Although the capacity of complement to directly kill pathogens has been recognised for over a century, and the pore-forming killing mechanism for at least 50 years, there remains considerable uncertainty regarding precisely how MAC mediates its killing and cell activation activities. A recent burst of new information on MAC structure provides context and opportunity to re-assess the ways in which MAC kills bacteria and modulates cell functions. In this brief review we will describe key aspects of MAC evolution, function and structure and seek to use the new structural information to better explain how the MAC works.
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- B Paul Morgan
- Systems Immunity University Research Institute, Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF144XN, UK.
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, 506 Sir Ernst Chain Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, 506 Sir Ernst Chain Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Boshra H, Zelek WM, Hughes TR, Rodriguez de Cordoba S, Morgan BP. Absence of CD59 in Guinea Pigs: Analysis of the Cavia porcellus Genome Suggests the Evolution of a CD59 Pseudogene. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 200:327-335. [PMID: 29167230 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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CD59 is a membrane-bound regulatory protein that inhibits the assembly of the terminal membrane attack complex (C5b-9) of complement. From its original discovery in humans almost 30 years ago, CD59 has been characterized in a variety of species, from primates to early vertebrates, such as teleost fish. CD59 is ubiquitous in mammals; however, we have described circumstantial evidence suggesting that guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) lack CD59, at least on erythrocytes. In this study, we have used a combination of phylogenetic analyses with syntenic alignment of mammalian CD59 genes to identify the only span of genomic DNA in C. porcellus that is homologous to a portion of mammalian CD59 and show that this segment of DNA is not transcribed. We describe a pseudogene sharing homology to exons 2 through 5 of human CD59 present in the C. porcellus genome. This pseudogene was flanked by C. porcellus homologs of two genes, FBXO3 and ORF91, a relationship and orientation that were consistent with other known mammalian CD59 genes. Analysis using RNA sequencing confirmed that this segment of chromosomal DNA was not transcribed. We conclude that guinea pigs lack an intact gene encoding CD59; to our knowledge, this is the first report of a mammalian species that does not express a functional CD59. The pseudogene we describe is likely the product of a genomic deletion event during its evolutionary divergence from other members of the rodent order.
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- Hani Boshra
- Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom; and
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- Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom; and
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- Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biological Research, and Center for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom; and
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Devitt Møller H, Ralfkjær U, Cremers N, Frankel M, Troelsgaard Pedersen R, Klingelhöfer J, Yanagisawa H, Grigorian M, Guldberg P, Sleeman J, Lukanidin E, Ambartsumian N. Role of Fibulin-5 in Metastatic Organ Colonization. Mol Cancer Res 2011; 9:553-63. [DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-11-0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Papanastasiou AD, Georgaka E, Zarkadis IK. Cloning of a CD59-like gene in rainbow trout. Mol Immunol 2007; 44:1300-6. [PMID: 16876248 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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CD59, the major inhibitor of the complement membrane attack complex, is an 18-20 kDa glycoprotein, linked to the membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor. It restricts binding of C9 to the C5b-8 complex, preventing the formation of the complement membrane attack complex C5b-9. In this study we report the cloning of a second CD59-like gene in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (referred to as CD59-2 and the previously deposited trout CD59-like gene as CD59-1). Trout CD59-2 is 56% identical to CD59-1 at the amino acid level. Both of trout CD59s show the highest identity score (54%) with putative CD59-like molecules from other teleost, and the overall identity with their mammalian orthologs is less than 30%. Trout CD59s are expressed in brain, heart, intestine, kidney, liver and spleen. Particularly, CD59-2 is abundant in trout brain, while CD59-1 seems to be absent in the trout spleen. Moreover, both of trout CD59 genes seems to be present as a single copy in trout genome.
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Nonaka M, Kimura A. Genomic view of the evolution of the complement system. Immunogenetics 2006; 58:701-13. [PMID: 16896831 PMCID: PMC2480602 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0142-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/19/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The recent accumulation of genomic information of many representative animals has made it possible to trace the evolution of the complement system based on the presence or absence of each complement gene in the analyzed genomes. Genome information from a few mammals, chicken, clawed frog, a few bony fish, sea squirt, fruit fly, nematoda and sea anemone indicate that bony fish and higher vertebrates share practically the same set of complement genes. This suggests that most of the gene duplications that played an essential role in establishing the mammalian complement system had occurred by the time of the teleost/mammalian divergence around 500 million years ago (MYA). Members of most complement gene families are also present in ascidians, although they do not show a one-to-one correspondence to their counterparts in higher vertebrates, indicating that the gene duplications of each gene family occurred independently in vertebrates and ascidians. The C3 and factor B genes, but probably not the other complement genes, are present in the genome of the cnidaria and some protostomes, indicating that the origin of the central part of the complement system was established more than 1,000 MYA.
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- Masaru Nonaka
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
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With the exception of cyclostomes, all vertebrates share the common immune strategy of adaptive, highly specific immunity, based on the products of recombination-activating genes and recombined noninherited receptors for antigens. In addition, they have retained ancient vectors of innate immunity, such as antimicrobial peptides, which are widespread in all eukaryotic organisms and show a high degree of structural homology across most animal taxa. Recently, these substances have become the objects of intensive study for their outstanding bioactive properties with the aim to be applied as very efficient antibiotics, antimicrobials, and even cancerostatics in clinical practice.
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- P Síma
- Division of Immunology and Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague, Czechia.
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Complement, an important component of the innate immune system, is comprised of about 35 individual proteins. In mammals, activation of complement results in the generation of activated protein fragments that play a role in microbial killing, phagocytosis, inflammatory reactions, immune complex clearance, and antibody production. Fish appear to possess activation pathways similar to those in mammals, and the fish complement proteins identified thus far show many homologies to their mammalian counterparts. Because information about complement proteins, regulatory proteins, and complement receptors in fish is far from complete, it is unclear whether all the complement functions that have been identified in mammals also occur in fish. However, it has been clearly demonstrated that fish complement can lyse foreign cells and opsonise foreign organisms for destruction by phagocytes. There are also indications that complement fragments participate in inflammatory reactions. Fish possess multiple isoforms of several complement proteins, such as C3 and factor B. It has been hypothesised that the function of this diversity in complement proteins serves to expand their innate immune recognition capacity and response. Understanding the functions of complement in fish and the roles the individual proteins, including the various isoforms, play in host defence, is important not only for understanding the evolution of this system but also for the development of new strategies in fish health management.
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- M Claire H Holland
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 401 Stellar Chance Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA 19014, USA
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Zarkadis IK, Mastellos D, Lambris JD. Phylogenetic aspects of the complement system. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 25:745-762. [PMID: 11602194 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(01)00034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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During evolution two general systems of immunity have emerged: innate or, natural immunity and adaptive (acquired), or specific immunity. The innate system is phylogenetically older and is found in some form in all multicellular organisms, whereas the adaptive system appeared about 450 million years ago and is found in all vertebrates except jawless fish. The complement system in higher vertebrates plays an important role as an effector of both the innate and the acquired immune response, and also participates in various immunoregulatory processes. In lower vertebrates complement is activated by the alternative and lectin pathways and is primarily involved in the opsonization of foreign material. The Agnatha (the most primitive vertebrate species) possess the alternative and lectin pathways while cartilaginous fish are the first species in which the classical pathway appears following the emergence of immunoglobulins. The rest of the poikilothermic species, ranging from teleosts to reptilians, appear to contain a well-developed complement system resembling that of the homeothermic vertebrates. It seems that most of the complement components have appeared after the duplication of primordial genes encoding C3/C4/C5, fB/C2, C1s/C1r/MASP-1/MASP-2, and C6/C7/C8/C9 molecules, in a process that led to the formation of distinct activation pathways. However, unlike homeotherms, several species of poikilotherms (e.g. trout) have recently been shown to possess multiple forms of complement components (C3, factor B) that are structurally and functionally more diverse than those of higher vertebrates. We hypothesize that this remarkable diversity has allowed these animals to expand their innate capacity for immune recognition and response. Recent studies have also indicated the possible presence of complement receptors in protochordates and lower vertebrates. In conclusion, there is considerable evidence suggesting that the complement system is present in the entire lineage of deuterostomes, and regulatory complement components have been identified in all species beyond the protochordates, indicating that the mechanisms of complement activation and regulation have developed in parallel.
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- I K Zarkadis
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Rion, Patra, Greece
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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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