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Mohamadnejad Sangdehi F, Jamsandekar MS, Enbody ED, Pettersson ME, Andersson L. Copy number variation and elevated genetic diversity at immune trait loci in Atlantic and Pacific herring. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:459. [PMID: 38730342 PMCID: PMC11088111 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10380-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Genome-wide comparisons of populations are widely used to explore the patterns of nucleotide diversity and sequence divergence to provide knowledge on how natural selection and genetic drift affect the genome. In this study we have compared whole-genome sequencing data from Atlantic and Pacific herring, two sister species that diverged about 2 million years ago, to explore the pattern of genetic differentiation between the two species. RESULTS The genome comparison of the two species revealed high genome-wide differentiation but with islands of remarkably low genetic differentiation, as measured by an FST analysis. However, the low FST observed in these islands is not caused by low interspecies sequence divergence (dxy) but rather by exceptionally high estimated intraspecies nucleotide diversity (π). These regions of low differentiation and elevated nucleotide diversity, termed high-diversity regions in this study, are not enriched for repeats but are highly enriched for immune-related genes. This enrichment includes genes from both the adaptive immune system, such as immunoglobulin, T-cell receptor and major histocompatibility complex genes, as well as a substantial number of genes with a role in the innate immune system, e.g. novel immune-type receptor, tripartite motif and tumor necrosis factor receptor genes. Analysis of long-read based assemblies from two Atlantic herring individuals revealed extensive copy number variation in these genomic regions, indicating that the elevated intraspecies nucleotide diversities were partially due to the cross-mapping of short reads. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that copy number variation is a characteristic feature of immune trait loci in herring. Another important implication is that these loci are blind spots in classical genome-wide screens for genetic differentiation using short-read data, not only in herring, likely also in other species harboring qualitatively similar variation at immune trait loci. These loci stood out in this study because of the relatively high genome-wide baseline for FST values between Atlantic and Pacific herring.
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
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Wcisel DJ, Dornburg A, McConnell SC, Hernandez KM, Andrade J, de Jong JLO, Litman GW, Yoder JA. A highly diverse set of novel immunoglobulin-like transcript (NILT) genes in zebrafish indicates a wide range of functions with complex relationships to mammalian receptors. Immunogenetics 2023; 75:53-69. [PMID: 35869336 PMCID: PMC9845131 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-022-01270-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Multiple novel immunoglobulin-like transcripts (NILTs) have been identified from salmon, trout, and carp. NILTs typically encode activating or inhibitory transmembrane receptors with extracellular immunoglobulin (Ig) domains. Although predicted to provide immune recognition in ray-finned fish, we currently lack a definitive framework of NILT diversity, thereby limiting our predictions for their evolutionary origin and function. In order to better understand the diversity of NILTs and their possible roles in immune function, we identified five NILT loci in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) genome, defined 86 NILT Ig domains within a 3-Mbp region of zebrafish (Danio rerio) chromosome 1, and described 41 NILT Ig domains as part of an alternative haplotype for this same genomic region. We then identified transcripts encoded by 43 different NILT genes which reflect an unprecedented diversity of Ig domain sequences and combinations for a family of non-recombining receptors within a single species. Zebrafish NILTs include a sole putative activating receptor but extensive inhibitory and secreted forms as well as membrane-bound forms with no known signaling motifs. These results reveal a higher level of genetic complexity, interindividual variation, and sequence diversity for NILTs than previously described, suggesting that this gene family likely plays multiple roles in host immunity.
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- Dustin J Wcisel
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, Comparative Medicine Institute, and Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27607, NC, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, 28223, NC, USA
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- Section of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Translational Data Science and Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Center for Research Informatics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Current Affiliation: Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, 90404, CA, USA
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- Section of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, St. Petersburg, 33701, FL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, Comparative Medicine Institute, and Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27607, NC, USA.
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Chen W, Huang J, Wang W, Wang Y, Chen H, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Yang D. Multi-tissue scRNA-seq reveals immune cell landscape of turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus). FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 2:550-561. [PMID: 38933994 PMCID: PMC11197760 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2021.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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In vertebrates, bony fishes possess not only innate immune cells but also T and B cells that are equivalent to those in mammals. However, the precise sub-cluster of immune cells in teleost fish remains largely unknown. Herein, we developed a dynamic bacterial infection model in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) and created a fish immune cell landscape (FICL) for a primary lymphoid organ (head kidney), a secondary lymphoid organ (spleen), and barrier tissues (gills and posterior intestine). Moreover, through comprehensive characterization of the expression profiles of 16 clusters, including dendritic cells-like (DCs-like), macrophages (MΦs), neutrophils, NK cells, as well as 12 sub-clusters of T and B cells, we found that CD8+ CTLs, CD4-CD8- T, Th17 and ILC3-2 like cells possess a bifunctional role associated with cytotoxicity and immunoregulation during bacterial infection. To our knowledge, these results could provide a useful resource for a better understanding of immune cells in teleost fish and could act as a comprehensive knowledge base for assessing the evolutionary mechanism of adaptive immunity in vertebrates.
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- Weijie Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Maricultured Animal Vaccines, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Maricultured Animal Vaccines, Shanghai 200237, China
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Dornburg A, Yoder JA. On the relationship between extant innate immune receptors and the evolutionary origins of jawed vertebrate adaptive immunity. Immunogenetics 2022; 74:111-128. [PMID: 34981186 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-021-01232-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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For over half a century, deciphering the origins of the genomic loci that form the jawed vertebrate adaptive immune response has been a major topic in comparative immunogenetics. Vertebrate adaptive immunity relies on an extensive and highly diverse repertoire of tandem arrays of variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) gene segments that recombine to produce different immunoglobulin (Ig) and T cell receptor (TCR) genes. The current consensus is that a recombination-activating gene (RAG)-like transposon invaded an exon of an ancient innate immune VJ-bearing receptor, giving rise to the extant diversity of Ig and TCR loci across jawed vertebrates. However, a model for the evolutionary relationships between extant non-recombining innate immune receptors and the V(D)J receptors of the jawed vertebrate adaptive immune system has only recently begun to come into focus. In this review, we provide an overview of non-recombining VJ genes, including CD8β, CD79b, natural cytotoxicity receptor 3 (NCR3/NKp30), putative remnants of an antigen receptor precursor (PRARPs), and the multigene family of signal-regulatory proteins (SIRPs), that play a wide range of roles in immune function. We then focus in detail on the VJ-containing novel immune-type receptors (NITRs) from ray-finned fishes, as recent work has indicated that these genes are at least 50 million years older than originally thought. We conclude by providing a conceptual model of the evolutionary origins and phylogenetic distribution of known VJ-containing innate immune receptors, highlighting opportunities for future comparative research that are empowered by this emerging evolutionary perspective.
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- Alex Dornburg
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, USA.
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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Holosteans contextualize the role of the teleost genome duplication in promoting the rise of evolutionary novelties in the ray-finned fish innate immune system. Immunogenetics 2021; 73:479-497. [PMID: 34510270 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-021-01225-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
Over 99% of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) are teleosts, a clade that comprises half of all living vertebrate species that have diversified across virtually all fresh and saltwater ecosystems. This ecological breadth raises the question of how the immunogenetic diversity required to persist under heterogeneous pathogen pressures evolved. The teleost genome duplication (TGD) has been hypothesized as the evolutionary event that provided the substrate for rapid genomic evolution and innovation. However, studies of putative teleost-specific innate immune receptors have been largely limited to comparisons either among teleosts or between teleosts and distantly related vertebrate clades such as tetrapods. Here we describe and characterize the receptor diversity of two clustered innate immune gene families in the teleost sister lineage: Holostei (bowfin and gars). Using genomic and transcriptomic data, we provide a detailed investigation of the phylogenetic history and conserved synteny of gene clusters encoding diverse immunoglobulin domain-containing proteins (DICPs) and novel immune-type receptors (NITRs). These data demonstrate an ancient linkage of DICPs to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and reveal an evolutionary origin of NITR variable-joining (VJ) exons that predate the TGD by at least 50 million years. Further characterizing the receptor diversity of Holostean DICPs and NITRs illuminates a sequence diversity that rivals the diversity of these innate immune receptor families in many teleosts. Taken together, our findings provide important historical context for the evolution of these gene families that challenge prevailing expectations concerning the consequences of the TGD during actinopterygiian evolution.
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A continuous genome assembly of the corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Genomics 2018; 110:399-403. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gao FX, Lu WJ, Wang Y, Zhang QY, Zhang YB, Mou CY, Li Z, Zhang XJ, Liu CW, Zhou L, Gui JF. Differential expression and functional diversification of diverse immunoglobulin domain-containing protein (DICP) family in three gynogenetic clones of gibel carp. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 84:396-407. [PMID: 29555550 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Diverse immunoglobulin (Ig) domain-containing protein (DICP) family is a novel bony fish-specific multi-gene family encoding diversified immune receptors. However, their function and the implication of binding partners remain unknown. In this study, we first identified 28 DICPs from three gibel carp gynogenetic clones and revealed their high variability and clone-specific feature. After crucian carp herpesvirus (CaHV) infection, these DICPs were significantly upregulated in head kidney, kidney and spleen. The up-regulation folds in clone A+, F and H were related to the susceptibility to CaHV, progressively increasing from resistant clone to susceptible clone. Overexpression of gibel carp DICPs inhibited interferon (IFN) and viperin promoter-driven luciferase activity. The additions of E. coli extracts and lipid A significantly enhanced the inhibition effect. In addition, gibel carp DICPs can interact with SHP-1 and SHP-2. These findings suggest that gible carp DICPs, as inhibitory receptors, might specifically recognize lipid A, and then interact with SHP-1 and SHP-2 to inhibit the induction of IFN and ISGs.
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- Fan-Xiang Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Wcisel DJ, Ota T, Litman GW, Yoder JA. Spotted Gar and the Evolution of Innate Immune Receptors. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2017; 328:666-684. [PMID: 28544607 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The resolution of the gar genome affords an opportunity to examine the diversification and functional specialization of immune effector molecules at a distant and potentially informative point in phylogenetic development. Although innate immunity is effected by a particularly large number of different families of molecules, the focus here is to provide detailed characterization of several families of innate receptors that are encoded in large multigene families, for which orthologous forms can be identified in other species of bony fish but not in other vertebrate groups as well as those for which orthologs are present in other vertebrate species. The results indicate that although teleost fish and the gar, as a holostean reference species, share gene families thought previously to be restricted to the teleost fish, the manner in which the members of the multigene families of innate immune receptors have undergone diversification is different in these two major phylogenetic radiations. It appears that both the total genome duplication and different patterns of genetic selection have influenced the derivation and stabilization of innate immune genes in a substantial manner during the course of vertebrate evolution.
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- Dustin J Wcisel
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.,Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.,Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Wcisel DJ, Yoder JA. The confounding complexity of innate immune receptors within and between teleost species. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 53:24-34. [PMID: 26997203 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Teleost genomes encode multiple multigene families of immunoglobulin domain-containing innate immune receptors (IIIRs) with unknown function and no clear mammalian orthologs. However, the genomic organization of IIIR gene clusters and the structure and signaling motifs of the proteins they encode are similar to those of mammalian innate immune receptor families such as the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs), leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors (LILRs), Fc receptors, triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells (TREMs) and CD300s. Teleost IIIRs include novel immune-type receptors (NITRs); diverse immunoglobulin domain containing proteins (DICPs); polymeric immunoglobulin receptor-like proteins (PIGRLs); novel immunoglobulin-like transcripts (NILTs) and leukocyte immune-type receptors (LITRs). The accumulation of genomic sequence data has revealed that IIIR gene clusters in zebrafish display haplotypic and gene content variation. This intraspecific genetic variation, as well as significant interspecific variation, frequently confounds the identification of definitive orthologous IIIR sequences between teleost species. Nevertheless, by defining which teleost lineages encode (and do not encode) different IIIR families, predictions can be made about the presence (or absence) of specific IIIR families in each teleost lineage. It is anticipated that further investigations into available genomic resources and the sequencing of a variety of multiple teleost genomes will identify additional IIIR families and permit the modeling of the evolutionary origins of IIIRs.
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- Dustin J Wcisel
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA; Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA; Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
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Estepa A, Coll J. Innate Multigene Family Memories Are Implicated in the Viral-Survivor Zebrafish Phenotype. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135483. [PMID: 26270536 PMCID: PMC4535885 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Since adaptive features such as memory were discovered in mammalian innate immunity, interest in the immunological status of primitive vertebrates after infections has grown. In this context, we used zebrafish (Danio rerio), a primitive vertebrate species suited to molecular and genetic studies to explore transcriptional memories of the immune system in long-term survivors of viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus infections. Immune-gene targeted microarrays designed in-house, multipath genes, gene set enrichment, and leading-edge analysis, reveal unexpected consistent correlations between the viral-survivor phenotype and several innate multigene families. Thus, here we describe in survivors of infections the upregulation of the multigene family of proteasome subunit macropains, zebrafish-specific novel gene sets, mitogen activated protein kinases, and epidermal growth factor. We also describe the downregulation of the multigene families of c-reactive proteins, myxovirus-induced proteins and novel immunoglobulin-type receptors. The strength of those immunological memories was reflected by the exceptional similarity of the transcriptional profiles of survivors before and after re-infection compared with primary infected fish. On the other hand, the high levels of neutralizing antibodies in the blood plasma of survivors contrasted with the depletion of transcripts specific for most cell types present in lymphoid organs. Therefore, long-term survivors maintained unexpected molecular/cellular memories of previous viral encounters by modulating the expression levels of innate multigene families as well as having specific adaptive antibodies. The implications of the so-called "trained immunity" for future research in this field are also discussed.
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- Amparo Estepa
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche (UMH), Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), Madrid, Spain
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Meng F, Wang R, Xu T. Identification of 21 novel immune-type receptors in miiuy croaker and expression pattern of three typical inhibitory members. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 45:269-277. [PMID: 24704213 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Novel immune-type receptor (NITR) genes belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily and are encoded by clusters of multigene families. NITRs encode type I transmembrane proteins and are only found in teleosts. In the current study, total 21 NITR genes are identified from miiuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy) and named as MmNITR1 to MmNITR21. Miiuy croaker NITR genes that encoded one or two extracellular immunoglobulin (Ig) domains, a transmembrane (TM) region, an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitor motif (ITIM) in the cytoplasmic (Cyt) region. The majority of MmNITRs possess cytoplasmic ITIM that can be classified as inhibitory receptors. However, a smaller number of NITRs (MmNITR8, MmNITR15 and MmNITR16) can be classified as activating receptors by the lack of cytoplasmic ITIMs and presence of a positively charged residue within their transmembrane domain. As typical inhibitory receptors, MmNITR1, MmNITR2 and MmNITR3 have different characteristics of the structure. In MmNITR1 gene, variable (V) and intermediate (I) domains are encoded by two separate exons. In contrast to MmNITR1, MmNITR3 gene encode V and I domains in a single exon. And MmNITR2 gene is characterized by the presence of only one Ig-like (V-type) extracellular domain and lack of J or J-like motifs. Also MmNITR2 gene displays an additional exon which is 48bp long between the V domain and the TM region. Two and four potential N-link giycosylation sites (N-X-S/T) are present in the extracellular Ig domains. Real-time RT-PCR results showed that upon induction with Vibrio anguillarum, NITR gene expressions were induced by bacteria in kidney, liver and spleen. Meanwhile, NITRs are also primarily detected in different tissues. Phylogenetic analyses of NITR V domains indicate that MmNITR1 and MmNITR2 are more similar than MmNITR3.
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- Fanqiang Meng
- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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- Laboratory of Fish Biogenetics & Immune Evolution, College of Marine Science, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China.
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Identification of natural killer cell receptor genes in the genome of the marsupial Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Immunogenetics 2012; 65:25-35. [PMID: 23007952 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0643-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Within the mammalian immune system, natural killer (NK) cells contribute to the first line of defence against infectious agents and tumours. Their activity is regulated, in part, by cell surface NK cell receptors. NK receptors can be divided into two unrelated, but functionally analogous superfamilies based on the structure of their extracellular ligand-binding domains. Receptors belonging to the C-type lectin superfamily are predominantly encoded in the natural killer complex (NKC), while receptors belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily are predominantly encoded in the leukocyte receptor complex (LRC). Natural killer cell receptors are emerging as a rapidly evolving gene family which can display significant intra- and interspecific variation. To date, most studies have focused on eutherian mammals, with significantly less known about the evolution of these receptors in marsupials. Here, we describe the identification of 43 immunoglobulin domain-containing LRC genes in the genome of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the largest remaining marsupial carnivore and only the second marsupial species to be studied. We also identify orthologs of NKC genes KLRK1, CD69, CLEC4E, CLEC1B, CLEC1A and an ortholog of an opossum NKC receptor. Characterisation of these regions in a second, distantly related marsupial provides new insights into the dynamic evolutionary histories of these receptors in mammals. Understanding the functional role of these genes is also important for the development of therapeutic agents against Devil Facial Tumour Disease, a contagious cancer that threatens the Tasmanian devil with extinction.
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Development and characterization of anti-nitr9 antibodies. Adv Hematol 2012; 2012:596925. [PMID: 23049557 PMCID: PMC3463160 DOI: 10.1155/2012/596925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The novel immune-type receptors (NITRs), which have been described in numerous bony fish species, are encoded by multigene families of inhibitory and activating receptors and are predicted to be functional orthologs to the mammalian natural killer cell receptors (NKRs). Within the zebrafish NITR family, nitr9 is the only gene predicted to encode an activating receptor. However, alternative RNA splicing generates three distinct nitr9 transcripts, each of which encodes a different isoform. Although nitr9 transcripts have been detected in zebrafish lymphocytes, the specific hematopoietic lineage(s) that expresses Nitr9 remains to be determined. In an effort to better understand the role of NITRs in zebrafish immunity, anti-Nitr9 monoclonal antibodies were generated and evaluated for the ability to recognize the three Nitr9 isoforms. The application of these antibodies to flow cytometry should prove to be useful for identifying the specific lymphocyte lineages that express Nitr9 and may permit the isolation of Nitr9-expressing cells that can be directly assessed for cytotoxic (e.g., NK) function.
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Cheng SF, Hu YH, Sun BG, Zhang M, Chi H, Sun L. A single immunoglobulin-domain IgSF protein from Sciaenops ocellatus regulates pathogen-induced immune response in a negative manner. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 38:117-127. [PMID: 22564857 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2011] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) is a large group of cell surface proteins that include various immunoregulatory receptors such as novel immune type receptors (NITRs), which are a family of diversified proteins found exclusively in bony fish. In this study, we identified and analyzed an IgSF protein, SoIgSF1, from red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). SoIgSF1 is composed of 225 amino acid residues and moderately related to teleost NITRs. In silico analysis indicated that SoIgSF1 is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein and contains an N-terminal signal peptide sequence, a single extracellular immunoglobulin V domain, a transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmic region. However, unlike most NITRs, the cytoplasmic region of SoIgSF1 exhibits no consensus inhibitory or stimulatory signaling sequences but has two tyrosine-containing motifs that conform to the right-half sequence of the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM). Quantitative real time RT-PCR analysis showed that SoIgSF1 expression occurred mainly in immune organs and was drastically induced by viral and bacterial infection. Immunofluorescence microscopy indicated that viral infection of head kidney (HK) leukocytes induced surface expression of SoIgSF1, which was able to interact with antibodies against recombinant SoIgSF1. Antibody cross-linking of SoIgSF1 on HK leukocytes inhibited the expression of immune relevant genes and promoted viral and bacterial infection. Taken together, these results indicate that SoIgSF1, though lacking canonical intracellular signaling motifs, is involved in regulation of host immune response during pathogen infection possibly by functioning as a negative signaling receptor through a novel mechanism.
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- Shun-feng Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Rd., Qingdao, China
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Sims R, Vandergon VO, Malone CS. The mouse B cell-specific mb-1 gene encodes an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) protein that may be evolutionarily conserved in diverse species by purifying selection. Mol Biol Rep 2011; 39:3185-96. [PMID: 21688146 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1085-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The B-lymphocyte accessory molecule Ig-alpha (Ig-α) is encoded by the mouse B cell-specific gene (mb-1), and along with the Ig-beta (Ig-β) molecule and a membrane bound immunoglobulin (mIg) makes up the B-cell receptor (BCR). Ig-α and Ig-β form a heterodimer structure that upon antigen binding and receptor clustering primarily initiates and controls BCR intracellular signaling via a phosphorylation cascade, ultimately triggering an effector response. The signaling capacity of Ig-α is contained within its immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM), which is also a key component for intracellular signaling initiation in other immune cell-specific receptors. Although numerous studies have been devoted to the mb-1 gene product, Ig-α, and its signaling mechanism, an evolutionary analysis of the mb-1 gene has been lacking until now. In this study, mb-1 coding sequences from 19 species were compared using Bayesian inference. Analysis revealed a gene phylogeny consistent with an expected species divergence pattern, clustering species from the primate order separate from lower mammals and other species. In addition, an overall comparison of non-synonymous and synonymous nucleotide mutational changes suggests that the mb-1 gene has undergone purifying selection throughout its evolution.
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- Richard Sims
- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA
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Sun L, Shao X, Wu Y, Li J, Zhou Q, Lin B, Bao S, Fu Z. Ontogenetic expression and 17β-estradiol regulation of immune-related genes in early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 30:1131-7. [PMID: 21362481 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may exert adverse effects on aquatic organisms via the modulation of immune competence in addition to the endocrine system. However, to date, most studies have been undertaken only on biochemical and histopathological endpoints, and few studies have addressed the role of immune response gene transcript abundance in response to estrogen. In the present study, the ontogenetic expression of immune-related genes, including three complement components (C3-1, C3-2 and Bf/C2), two cytokines (IL-21 and type I IFN [IFN]), lysozyme (LZM), novel immune-type receptor (NITR-18), Ikaros (IK) and ceruloplasmin (CP) were characterized during different developmental periods (from 0 to 28 d post-hatch [dph]) in Japanese medaka. Furthermore, the responses of these genes to natural estrogen (i.e., 17β-estradiol [E2]) were evaluated. E2 exposure at sublethal concentrations (0.1-10 μg/L) down-regulated the gene expression of C3-1, C3-2, Bf/C2, LZM and CP, while up-regulating the expression of IL-21, IFN, NITR-18 and IK. The results demonstrate a very different trend in gene expression in fish larvae exposed to E2 when compared with the ontogenetic changes in control, suggesting that exposure to environmental chemicals with estrogenic activities may interfere with immune-related genes and thus potentially influence the susceptibility of fish to opportunistic infections. These findings confirm the ability of exogenous estrogens to elicit changes in immune-related gene expression, and broaden our understanding about the mechanisms underlying the actions of EDCs. In addition, the expression profiles of immune-related genes can be developed for use as biomarkers for future immunotoxicological studies.
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- Liwei Sun
- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, PR China
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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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Ohashi K, Takizawa F, Tokumaru N, Nakayasu C, Toda H, Fischer U, Moritomo T, Hashimoto K, Nakanishi T, Dijkstra JM. A molecule in teleost fish, related with human MHC-encoded G6F, has a cytoplasmic tail with ITAM and marks the surface of thrombocytes and in some fishes also of erythrocytes. Immunogenetics 2010; 62:543-59. [PMID: 20614118 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-010-0460-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In teleost fish, a novel gene G6F-like was identified, encoding a type I transmembrane molecule with four extracellular Ig-like domains and a cytoplasmic tail with putative tyrosine phosphorylation motifs including YxN and an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM). G6F-like maps to a teleost genomic region where stretches corresponding to human chromosomes 6p (with the MHC), 12p (with CD4 and LAG-3), and 19q are tightly linked. This genomic organization resembles the ancestral "Ur-MHC" proposed for the jawed vertebrate ancestor. The deduced G6F-like molecule shows sequence similarity with members of the CD4/LAG-3 family and with the human major histocompatibility complex-encoded thrombocyte marker G6F. Despite some differences in molecular organization, teleost G6F-like and tetrapod G6F seem orthologous as they map to similar genomic location, share typical motifs in transmembrane and cytoplasmic regions, and are both expressed by thrombocytes/platelets. In the crucian carps goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) and ginbuna (Carassius auratus langsdorfii), G6F-like was found expressed not only by thrombocytes but also by erythrocytes, supporting that erythroid and thromboid cells in teleost fish form a hematopoietic lineage like they do in mammals. The ITAM-bearing of G6F-like suggests that the molecule plays an important role in cell activation, and G6F-like expression by erythrocytes suggests that these cells have functional overlap potential with thrombocytes.
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- Ken Ohashi
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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Cannon JP, Dishaw LJ, Haire RN, Litman RT, Ostrov DA, Litman GW. Recognition of additional roles for immunoglobulin domains in immune function. Semin Immunol 2009; 22:17-24. [PMID: 20004115 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 11/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Characterization of immune receptors found in phylogenetically disparate species at the genetic, structural and functional levels has provided unique insight into the evolutionary acquisition of immune function. The roles of variable- and intermediate-type immunoglobulin (Ig) domains in direct recognition of ligands and other functions are far wider than previously anticipated. Common mechanisms of multigene family diversification and expansion as well as unique adaptations that relate to function continue to provide unique insight into the numerous patterns, processes and complex interactions that regulate the host response to infectious challenge.
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- John P Cannon
- University of South Florida, Department of Pediatrics, USF/ACH Children's Research Institute, 140 Seventh Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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Ferraresso S, Kuhl H, Milan M, Ritchie DW, Secombes CJ, Reinhardt R, Bargelloni L. Identification and characterisation of a novel immune-type receptor (NITR) gene cluster in the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, reveals recurrent gene expansion and diversification by positive selection. Immunogenetics 2009; 61:773-88. [PMID: 19851764 PMCID: PMC2921055 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-009-0398-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 09/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In the last decade, a new gene family encoding non-rearranging receptors, called novel immune-type receptors (NITRs), has been discovered in teleost fish. NITRs belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily and represent an extraordinarily divergent and rapidly evolving gene complex. Genomic analysis of a region spanning 270 kb led to the discovery of a NITR gene cluster in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). In total, 27 NITR genes and three putative pseudogenes, organised in a tandemly arrayed cluster, were identified. Sea bass NITR genes maintain the three major genomic organisations that appear to be essentially conserved among fish species along with new features presumably involving processes of intron loss, exon deletion and acquisition of new exons. Comparative and evolutionary analyses suggest that these receptors have evolved following a “birth-and-death” model of gene evolution in which duplication events together with lineage-specific gain and loss of individual members contributed to the rapid diversification of individual gene families. In this study, we demonstrate that species-specific gene expansions provide the raw material for diversifying, positive Darwinian selection favouring the evolution of a highly diverse array of molecules.
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- Serena Ferraresso
- Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
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Cannon JP. Plasticity of the immunoglobulin domain in the evolution of immunity. Integr Comp Biol 2009; 49:187-96. [PMID: 21669857 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Immune receptors are omnipresent in multicellular organisms and comprise a vast array of molecular structures that serve to detect and eliminate pathogenic threats. The immunoglobulin (Ig) domain, a central structural feature of the antigen binding receptors that mediate adaptive immunity in jawed vertebrates, appears to play a particularly widespread role in metazoan immunity. Recent reports also have implicated Ig domains in the immune responses of protostomes such as flies and snails. Our research has focused on understanding the utilization of the Ig domain in the immunity of chordates and has identified numerous multigene families of Ig domain-containing receptors that appear to serve roles distinct from the adaptive antigen-binding receptors. Three families have received particular focus: novel immune-type receptors (NITRs) of bony fish, modular domain immune-type receptors (MDIRs) of cartilaginous fish and variable region-containing chitin-binding proteins (VCBPs) of amphioxus. NITRs and MDIRs are encoded in large multigene families of highly diversified forms and exhibit a striking dichotomy of an apparently ubiquitous presence but extensive diversification of sequence both within and among the particular taxonomic groups in which they are found. Crystal structures of VCBPs and NITRs demonstrate significant similarity to those of antigen-binding receptors but at the same time exhibit key differences that imply acquisition of separate and distinct ligand-binding functions. The tremendous plasticity of the Ig domain makes it a strong focus for studies of evolutionary events that have shaped modern integrated immune systems. Current data are consistent with a model of extremely rapid emergence and divergence of immune receptors, perhaps specific to individual species, as organisms contend with environments in which pathogens are continually selected for variation of their own molecular signatures.
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- John P Cannon
- Children's Research Institute, University of South Florida/All Children's Hospital, 140 Seventh Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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Yoder JA. Form, function and phylogenetics of NITRs in bony fish. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 33:135-144. [PMID: 18840463 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Novel immune-type receptors (NITRs) are encoded by clusters of multigene families and have been identified in multiple bony fish species. All NITRs possess one extracellular immunoglobulin (Ig) domain of the variable (V) type and recent crystal structures of NITR V domains demonstrate their high degree of similarity to V domains of antigen receptors. Many NITRs possess a second extracellular Ig domain of the intermediate (I) type which helps differentiate NITRs from other V domain receptors. The majority of NITRs are type I transmembrane receptors; however, a small number are predicted to encode secreted proteins. Based on their sequence and structure, NITRs have been proposed to be "functional orthologs" of mammalian natural killer receptors (NKRs). Like NKRs, most NITRs possess short functional motifs permitting their classification as inhibitory or activating. NITRs lacking these motifs are functionally ambiguous. Inhibitory and activating NKRs utilize opposing signaling mechanisms to influence the response of NK cells to target cells; studies employing recombinant NITRs suggest that these signaling pathways are conserved between NKRs and NITRs. An analysis of all published NITR sequences demonstrates the conserved nature of multiple residues within the NITR Ig domains permitting the identification of NITR ESTs from salmon, cod, halibut, lake whitefish and stickleback species. Complete data sets of NITRs from the sequencing of the zebrafish and medaka genomes provide insight into the evolution of the NITRs within bony fish species. It is likely that all teleost species encode NITRs which function within innate immunity to regulate cell mediated cytotoxicity.
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- Jeffrey A Yoder
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
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Recent Papers on Zebrafish and Other Aquarium Fish Models. Zebrafish 2008. [DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2008.9987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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