The Heterogeneous Allelic Repertoire of Human Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) Genes
The Heterogeneous Allelic Repertoire of Human Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) Genes
Toll-Like Receptors (TLR) are critical elements of the innate arm of the vertebrate immune system. They constitute a multigenic family of receptors which collectively bind a diverse array of--exogeneous as well as endogeneous--ligands. An exponential burst of knowledge has defined their biological role in fight against infections and generation/modulation of auto-immune disorders. Hence, they could at least be conceptually recognized--despite being structurally unrelated - as innate counterparts to Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules--equally recognizing antigenic ligands (albeit structurally more homogeneous i.e., peptides), again derived from self and/or non-self sources--preeminent this time in adaptive immunity. Our great disparities in face of infections and/or susceptibility to auto-immune diseases have provoked an intense search for genetic explanations, in part satisfied by the extraordinary MHC allelic repertoire. An equally in-depth and systematic analysis of TLR diversity is lacking despite numerous independent reports of a growing number of SNPs within these loci. The work described here aims at providing a preliminary picture of the allelic repertoire--and not purely SNPs--of all 10 human TLR coding sequences (with exception of TLR3) within a single cohort of up to 100 individuals. It appears from our work that TLR are unequally polymorphic: TLR2 (DNA alleles: 7/protein alleles: 3), 4 (4/3), 7 (6/3), 8 (9/2) and 9 (8/3) being comparatively least diverse whereas TLR1 (11/10), 5 (14/12), 6 (10/8) and 10 (15/10) show a substantial number of alleles. In addition to allelic assignment of a large number of SNPs, 10 new polymorphic positions were hereby identified. Hence this work depicts a first overview of the diversity of almost all human TLR genes, a prelude for large-scale population genetics as well as genetic association studies.
- University of Strasbourg France
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg France
- University of Strasbourg France
Models, Genetic, Science, Q, Toll-Like Receptors, R, Oligonucleotides, Genetic Variation, DNA, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Ligands, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Cohort Studies, Gene Frequency, Medicine, Humans, Cloning, Molecular, Dimerization, Alleles, Research Article
Models, Genetic, Science, Q, Toll-Like Receptors, R, Oligonucleotides, Genetic Variation, DNA, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Ligands, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Cohort Studies, Gene Frequency, Medicine, Humans, Cloning, Molecular, Dimerization, Alleles, Research Article
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