Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 694-702Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.08.009
Keywords
Eisenia andrei; Innate immunity; Toll-like receptor; Invertebrates; PRR; LRR
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- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports [CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0055, CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0003]
- Institutional Research Concepts [RVO 61388971, RVO 60077344]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in defense responses to pathogens in invertebrates. Here we characterize the first TLR isolated from an oligochaete annelid, namely, Eisenia andrei (EaTLR) and show its expression pattern. The full-length EaTLR cDNA consists of 2615 bp encoding a putative protein of 675 amino acids. The predicted amino acid sequence comprises of an extracellular domain containing 31 amino acid signal peptide and seven leucine-rich repeats (LRR), capped with cysteine-rich N- and C-terminal LRRs followed by a transmembrane domain and cytoplasmic Toll/IL-1R domain (TIR). TIR domains of twenty individual earthworms were sequenced and the variability suggesting the presence of a high number of TLR genes in the genome of E. andrei was observed. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the highest similarity of EaTLR with polychaete annelid, capitella teleta and TLRs of mollusks and echinoderms. Finally, the highest constitutive expression of EaTLR was observed in the digestive tract. Gene expression was significantly increased in coelomocytes of E. andrei after the challenge with Gram-positive bacteria. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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