Medical Biotechnology Master’s Programmes
at the University of Pécs and at the University of Debrecen
Identification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
SIGNALING IN THE INNATE IMMUNE
SYSTEM PRR SIGNALING
Tímea Berki and Ferenc Boldizsár Signal transduction
Medical Biotechnology Master’s Programmes
at the University of Pécs and at the University of Debrecen
Identification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
PAMPs
The microbe-specific molecules that are recognized by a given Pattern Recognition Receptor (PRR) are called Pathogen-
Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs):
• Bacterial carbohydrates (e.g. lipopolysaccharide or LPS mannose)
• Nucleic acids (e.g. bacterial or viral DNA or RNA),
• Bacterial peptides (flagellin, ax21)
• Peptidoglycans
• Lipotechoic acids (from Gram positive bacteria)
• N-formylmethionine, lipoproteins and fungal glucans
• Endogenous stress signals are called DAMPs (danger- associated molecular patterns) and include uric acid
Endocytic Pattern-Recognition Receptors
• Mannose receptors of phagocytes are C-type lectins bind mannose-rich glycans with mannose or fructose as the terminal sugar that are commonly found in microbial glycoproteins and glycolipids.
• Scavenger receptors bind to bacterial cell wall components such as LPS, peptidoglyan and teichoic acids and stressed, infected, or injured cells. Scavenger receptors include
CD36, CD68, and SRB-1.
• Opsonin receptors bind microbes to phagocytes.
• N-formyl Met receptors bind N-formyl methionine, the first amino acid produced in bacterial proteins.
Signaling Pattern-Recognition Receptors
• Cell surface /Extracellular TLRs: TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, TLR5, and TLR6
• Signaling PRRs found in the membranes of the endosomes /phagolysosomes: TLR3, TLR7, TLR8, and TLR9
• Signaling PRRs found in the cytoplasm: NOD1, and 2 (CARD-containing proteins)
Signaling PRRs found in the membranes of the endosomes/phagolysosomes
• TLR-3, 7 and 8 bind single- or double-stranded viral RNA
• TLR-9 binds unmethylated cytosine-guanine dinucleotide sequences (CpG DNA)
• Most of the TLRs that bind to viral components trigger the synthesis of interferons that block viral replication within infected host cells
Toll-like receptors (TLRs)
• They are single, membrane-spanning, non-catalytic
receptors that recognize structurally conserved molecules derived from microbes
• They receive their name from their similarity to the protein coded by the Toll gene identified in Drosophila in 1985 by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. The gene in question, when mutated, makes the Drosophila flies look unusual, or 'weird'.
The researchers were so surprised that they spontaneously shouted out in German "Das ist ja toll!" which translates as
"That´s wild!"
Toll-like receptors-pattern recognition
Peptidoglycan (G+) Lipoprotein
Lipoarabinomannan (Mycobacteria) LPS (Leptospira)
LPS (Porphyromonas) GPI (Trypanosoma cruzi)
Yymosan (Yeast) dsRNA Flagellin
Unmethylated CpG DNA
TLR2
TLR1 TLR2 TLR6 TLR3 TLR5 TLR9
Lipoteichoic acids (G+) RVS F protein
LPS (G-)
TLR4 CD14 MD-2
The horseshoe structure of TLR3
TLR3 structure showing attached
sugars (spheres) and internal structures
(wires, arrows, and helixes)
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MyD88 TRIF TLR3 TLR7
TLR2
PKA TAK1 PKR
p38 JNK
MKKs lkB
p50 p65 MyD88
LPS
TLR4
MyD88 MD2 LBP
dsRNA
TBK1 IKKe
MDA-5 RIG-1
IPS1 TLR9
JAK2
mTOR PI3K CD14
TLR types
TLR signaling
Induces potent innate immune responses that signal through adaptor molecules:
• Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88)
• Toll/interleukin (IL)-1 receptor (TIR) domain containing adaptor protein (TIRAP)
• TIR domain containing adaptor inducing interferon (IFN) (TRIF)
• TRIF-related adaptor molecule (TRAM) to activate
TLR signaling
TAB2
TLR4 MD2
LBP
TRAF6
TRIF TBK1 IRAK1
IRAK4 RIP
PI3K
Akt ERK1/2 MEK1/2
p38 MKK3/6 MAP3Ks
JNK MKK4/7
AP-1 TAK1
TRAP TRAM
IRF3
IRF3 IKKs
IkB NFkB
NFkB
MyD88
IKKe CD14
Nucleus Cytoplasm Plasma membrane
TLR related transcription factors
• Nuclear factor (NFkB)
• Activator protein 1 (AP-1)
• Interferon regulatory factors (IRFs)
to induce antibacterial and antiviral responses
Toll-like receptor inhibitors
MyD88 TRIF
TLR3 TLR7
TLR2
PKA
SP600125 SB203580
U0126 PD98059 H-89
Celastrol Bay11-7082 2-Aminopurine PepinhTRIF PepinhMYD
TAK1 PKR
p38 JNK
MKKs lkB
p50 p65 MyD88
Polymixin B
CLI095 LPS
TLR4
MyD88 MD2 LBP
dsRNA
BX795 TBK1
IKKe
MDA-5 RIG-1
IPS1 TLR9
Chloroquine
JAK2
Wortmannin
Rapamycin LY294002
AG490
mTOR PI3K CD14
OxPAPC
Inflammatory cytokines
• Interleukin-1 (IL-1)
• Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)
• Interleukin-12 (IL-12)
• Chemokines such as interleukin-8 (IL-8), MCP-1, and RANTES
Opsonins
• Acute phase proteins like mannose-binding lectin (MBL), C- reactive protein (CRP)
• C3b C4b complement factors
• Surfactant proteins in the alveoli SP-A and SP-D
• The antibody molecule IgG can function as an opsonin
Secreted PRRs
• Complement receptors
• Collectins
• Pentraxin proteins such as serum amyloid and C-reactive protein
• Lipid transferases
• Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRs)
• LRR, XA21D
• One very important collectin is mannan-binding lectin (MBL), a major PRR of the innate immune system that binds to a wide
range of bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. MBL predominantly recognizes certain sugar groups on the surface of
microorganisms but also binds phospholipids, nucleic acids and non-glycosylated proteins.
Complement receptors
CR1 CR2 CR3 CR4
CR2 CR3 CR4 CRIg
SIGNR1 C3aR C5aR C1qR
CD46 CD55 CD59
C3aR
C5aR
C1qRP Antigen recognition
and uptake
Pathogen recognition and/or clearance
Modulation of TH1/TH2 commitment Antigen recognition and uptake
Cytokine modulation and APC maturation
CR1 Inhibits cell proliferation Expressed on <15%
Unknown
Expressed on <5%
Cytokine modulation Expressed on activation T-cell trafficking
Upregulated by activation
Cytokine modulation
CD46 CD55 CD59
Activation/proliferation, cytokine modulation and lineage commitment
APC T cell
Overview of complement receptor
(CR) and Toll-like receptor signaling
TLR
CR3 C5aR
C3b
gC1qR C1q
CD46 iC3b
C5
Bacteria Viruses
Erk1/2 PI3K
TLR4-induced IL-12 inhibited by posttranscriptional mechanism
Nucleus
IL-12p35 IL-12/IL-23p40 IL-23p19 IL-27p28 IRF-1,
IRF-8
C5a