Identification and Characterization of Zebrafish Tlr4 Coreceptor Md-2.
Identification and Characterization of Zebrafish Tlr4 Coreceptor Md-2.
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10.4049/jimmunol.1901288
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2021-03-01
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Harms MJ
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Loes AN;Hinman MN;Farnsworth DR;Miller AC;Guillemin K;Harms MJ
The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a powerful model organism for studies of the innate immune system. One apparent difference between human and zebrafish innate immunity is the cellular machinery for LPS sensing. In amniotes, the protein complex formed by Toll-like receptor 4 and myeloid differentiation factor 2 (Tlr4/Md-2) recognizes the bacterial molecule lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and triggers an inflammatory response. It is believed that zebrafish have neither Md-2 nor Tlr4: Md-2 has not been identified outside of amniotes, while the zebrafish tlr4 genes appear to be paralogs, not orthologs, of amniote TLR4s. We revisited these conclusions. We identified a zebrafish gene encoding Md-2, ly96. Using single-cell RNA-Seq, we found that ly96 is transcribed in cells that also transcribe genes diagnostic for innate immune cells, including the zebrafish tlr4-like genes. In larval zebrafish, ly96 is expressed in a small number of macrophage-like cells. In a functional assay, zebrafish Md-2 and Tlr4ba form a complex that activates NF-κB signaling in response to LPS. In larval zebrafish ly96 loss-of-function mutations perturbed LPS-induced cytokine production but gave little protection against LPS toxicity. Finally, by analyzing the genomic context of tlr4 genes in eleven jawed vertebrates, we found that tlr4 arose prior to the divergence of teleosts and tetrapods. Thus, an LPS-sensitive Tlr4/Md-2 complex is likely an ancestral feature shared by mammals and zebrafish, rather than a de novo invention on the tetrapod lineage. We hypothesize that zebrafish retain an ancestral, low-sensitivity Tlr4/Md-2 complex that confers LPS-responsiveness to a specific subset of innate immune cells.
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