TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of the pentraxin family
T2 - The new entry PTX4
AU - De La Torre, Yeny Martinez
AU - Fabbri, Marco
AU - Jaillon, Sebastien
AU - Bastone, Antonio
AU - Nebuloni, Manuela
AU - Vecchi, Annunciata
AU - Mantovani, Alberto
AU - Garlanda, Cecilia
PY - 2010/5/1
Y1 - 2010/5/1
N2 - Pentraxins (PTXs) are a superfamily of multifunctional conserved proteins, some of which are components of the humoral arm of innate immunity and behave as functional ancestors of Abs. They are divided into short (C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component) and long pentraxins (PTX3 and neuronal pentraxins). Based on a search for pentraxin domain-containing sequences in databases, a phylogenetic analysis of the pentraxin family from mammals to arthropods was conducted. This effort resulted in the identification of a new long pentraxin (PTX4) conserved from mammals to lower vertebrates, which clusters alone in phylogenetic analysis. The results indicated that the pentraxins consist of five clusters: short pentraxins, which can be found in chordate and arthropods; neuronal pentraxins; the prototypic long pentraxin PTX3, which originated very early at the divergence of the vertebrates; the Drosophila pentraxin-like protein B6; and the long pentraxin PTX4 discovered in this study. Conservation of flanking genes in mammalian evolution indicates maintenance of synteny. Analysis of PTX4, in silico and by transcript expression, shows that the gene is well conserved from mammals to lower vertebrates and has a unique pattern of mRNA expression. Thus, PTX4 is a new unique member of the pentraxin superfamily, conserved in evolution.
AB - Pentraxins (PTXs) are a superfamily of multifunctional conserved proteins, some of which are components of the humoral arm of innate immunity and behave as functional ancestors of Abs. They are divided into short (C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component) and long pentraxins (PTX3 and neuronal pentraxins). Based on a search for pentraxin domain-containing sequences in databases, a phylogenetic analysis of the pentraxin family from mammals to arthropods was conducted. This effort resulted in the identification of a new long pentraxin (PTX4) conserved from mammals to lower vertebrates, which clusters alone in phylogenetic analysis. The results indicated that the pentraxins consist of five clusters: short pentraxins, which can be found in chordate and arthropods; neuronal pentraxins; the prototypic long pentraxin PTX3, which originated very early at the divergence of the vertebrates; the Drosophila pentraxin-like protein B6; and the long pentraxin PTX4 discovered in this study. Conservation of flanking genes in mammalian evolution indicates maintenance of synteny. Analysis of PTX4, in silico and by transcript expression, shows that the gene is well conserved from mammals to lower vertebrates and has a unique pattern of mRNA expression. Thus, PTX4 is a new unique member of the pentraxin superfamily, conserved in evolution.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.0901672
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.0901672
M3 - Article
C2 - 20357257
AN - SCOPUS:77954509191
VL - 184
SP - 5055
EP - 5064
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
SN - 0022-1767
IS - 9
ER -