Original Ligand for LTβR Is LIGHT: Insight into Evolution of the LT/LTβR System

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
Tomoki MaedaToshiaki Miyadai

Abstract

The lymphotoxin (LT)/LTβ receptor (LTβR) axis is crucial for the regulation of immune responses and development of lymphoid tissues in mammals. Despite the importance of this pathway, the existence and function of LT and LTβR remain obscure for nonmammalian species. In this study, we report a nonmammalian LTβR and its ligand. We demonstrate that TNF-New (TNFN), which has been considered orthologous to mammalian LT, was expressed on the cell surface as a homomer in vitro. This different protein structure indicates that TNFN is not orthologous to mammalian LTα and LTβ. Additionally, we found that LTβR was conserved in teleosts, but the soluble form of recombinant fugu LTβR did not bind to membrane TNFN under the circumstance tested. Conversely, the LTβR recombinant bound to another ligand, LIGHT, similar to that of mammals. These findings indicate that teleost LTβR is originally a LIGHT receptor. In the cytoplasmic region of fugu LTβR, recombinant fugu LTβR bound to the adaptor protein TNFR-associated factor (TRAF) 2, but little to TRAF3. This difference suggests that teleost LTβR could potentially activate the classical NF-κB pathway with a novel binding domain, but would have little ability to activate an alternative one. Colle...Continue Reading

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