J 2014

First evidence of independent pseudogenization of Toll-like receptor 5 in passerine birds

BAINOVÁ, Hana; Tereza KRÁLOVÁ; Anna BRYJOVÁ; Tomáš ALBRECHT; Josef BRYJA et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

First evidence of independent pseudogenization of Toll-like receptor 5 in passerine birds

Autoři

BAINOVÁ, Hana; Tereza KRÁLOVÁ; Anna BRYJOVÁ; Tomáš ALBRECHT; Josef BRYJA a Michal VINKLER

Vydání

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY, England, 2014, 0145-305X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.815

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00082007

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

EID Scopus

Klíčová slova anglicky

Birds; Expression; Innate immunity; Toll-like receptor 5; Pseudogene; Flagellin

Štítky

Změněno: 8. 3. 2018 14:15, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) is a Pattern-recognition receptor responsible for microbial flagellin detection in vertebrates and, hence, recognition of potentially pathogenic bacteria. Herein, we report emergence of TLR5 pseudogene in several phylogenetic lineages of passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes). Out of 47 species examined in this study 18 possessed a TLR5 pseudogene. Phylogenetic analysis together with the type of mutation responsible for pseudogenization indicate that TLR5 pseudogene emerged at least seven times independently in passerines. Lack of any functional copy of the gene has been verified based on TLR5 mRNA blood expression in four species representing the four main passerine lineages possessing the TLR5 pseudogene. Our results suggest that the non-functional TLR5 variant is fixed in those lineages or, at least, that individuals homozygote in the TLR5 pseudogene are frequent in the investigated species. Further research is needed to assess the impact of the TLR5 loss on immunological performance in birds.