Interactions of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and TNF receptor family members in the mouse and human.
Ligands of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF) (4-1BBL, APRIL, BAFF, CD27L, CD30L, CD40L, EDA1, EDA2, FasL, GITRL, LIGHT, lymphotoxin alpha, lymphotoxin alphabeta, OX40L, RANKL, TL1A, TNF, TWEAK, and TRAIL) bind members of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF). A comprehensive survey of ligand-receptor interactions was performed using a flow cytometry-based assay. All ligands engaged between one and five receptors, whereas most receptors only bound one to three ligands. The receptors DR6, RELT, TROY, NGFR, and mouse TNFRH3 did not interact with any of the known TNFSF ligands, suggesting that they either bind other types of ligands, function in a ligand-independent manner, or bind ligands that remain to be identified. The study revealed that ligand-receptor pairs are either cross-reactive between human and mouse (e.g. Tweak/Fn14, RANK/RANKL), strictly species-specific (GITR/GITRL), or partially species-specific (e.g. OX40/OX40L, CD40/CD40L). Interestingly, the receptor binding patterns of lymphotoxin alpha and alphabeta are redundant in the human but not in the mouse system. Ligand oligomerization allowed detection of weak interactions, such as that of human TNF with mouse TNFR2. In addition, mouse APRIL exists as two different splice variants differing by a single amino acid. Although human APRIL does not interact with BAFF-R, the shorter variant of mouse APRIL exhibits weak but detectable binding to mouse BAFF-R.
Biochemistry Department, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
Claudia
C
Bossen
Karine
K
Ingold
Aubry
A
Tardivel
Jean-Luc
JL
Bodmer
Olivier
O
Gaide
Sylvie
S
Hertig
Christine
C
Ambrose
Jürg
J
Tschopp
Pascal
P
Schneider
D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
D008024:Ligands; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors