Multiple toll-like receptors (TLRs) display differential bacterial and ligand specificity in the earthworm, Eisenia andrei
- Authors
- Park, Beom Jun; Yoon, Yoo Bin; Park, Soon Cheol; Shin, Geun-Seup; Kwak, Hee-Jin; Lee, Dong Ho; Choi, Min Young; Kim, Jung-Woong; Cho, Sung-Jin
- Issue Date
- Nov-2023
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc.
- Keywords
- Bacterial challenges; Differential inducibility; Earthworm; Ligand specificity; Toll-like receptors
- Citation
- Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, v.201
- Journal Title
- Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
- Volume
- 201
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/68727
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jip.2023.108010
- ISSN
- 0022-2011
1096-0805
- Abstract
- Toll-like receptors (TLRs), an ancient and well-conserved group of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), recognize conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns. TLRs consist of three domains: the extracellular N-terminal domain, containing one or more leucine-rich repeats (LRRs), responsible for the recognizing and binding of antigens; the type-I transmembrane domain; and the intracellular domain known as the Toll/Interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain required for the downstream signaling pathway. We identified six new full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) sequences, Ean-TLR1/2/3/4/5/6. The deduced amino acid sequences indicate that Ean-TLRs consist of one signal peptide, one LRR N-terminal domain (Ean-TLR4/5), varying numbers of LRRs, one (Ean-TLR1/2/3/4/5) or two (Ean-TLR6) LRR C-terminal domains, one type-I transmembrane domain, and a TIR domain. In addition, a TIR domain alignment revealed that three conserved motifs, designated as Box 1, Box 2, and Box 3, contain essential amino acid residues for downstream signaling activity. Phylogenetic analysis of earthworm TLRs generated two separate evolutionary branches representing single (sccTLR) and multiple (mccTLR) cysteine cluster TLRs. Ean-TLR1/2/3/4 (sccTLR type) and Ean-TLR6 (mccTLR type) were clustered with corresponding types of previously reported earthworm TLRs as well as TLRs from Clitellata and Polychaete. As PRRs, earthworm TLRs should be capable of sensing a diverse range of pathogens. Except for Ean-TLR3, which was not responsive to any bacteria, earthworm TLR expression was significantly induced by Gram-positive but not Gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, it is likely that earthworms can differentiate between different species of Gram-positive bacteria via their TLR responses. The ligand specificity of earthworm TLRs suggests that their pathogenic ligand recognition is likely to be as specific and diverse as the mammalian TLR pathogen-sensing system. © 2023
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