摘要
InsectshavealargefamilyofC-typelectinsinvolvedincelladhesion,pathogenrecognitionandactivationofimmuneresponses.Inthisstudy,32transcriptsencodingC-typelectindomainproteins(CTLDPs)wereidentifiedfromtheThitarodesxiaojinensistranscriptome.Accordingtotheirdomainstructures,sixCTLDPswithonecarbohydraterecognitiondomain(CRD)wereclassifiedintotheCTL-Ssubfamily.Theother23CTLDPswithtwoCRDsweregroupedintotheimmulectin(IML)subfamily.TheremainingthreewithextraregulatorydomainsweresortedintotheCTL-Xsubfamily.PhylogeneticanalysisshowedthatCTL-SandCTL-Xmembersfromdifferentinsectscouldformorthologousgroups.Incontrast,noT.xiaojinensisIMLorthologueswerefoundinotherinsects.Remarkablelineage-specificexpansioninthissubfamilywasobservedreflectingthattheseCTLDPs,asimportantreceptors,haveevolveddiversifiedmembersinresponsetoavarietyofmicrobes.PredictionofbindingligandsrevealedthatT.xiaojinensis,acoldadaptedspecies,conservedtheabilityofCRDstocombinewithCa^2+tokeepitsreceptorsfromfreezing.ComparativeanalysisofinductionofCTLDPgenesafterdifferentimmunechallengesindicatedthatIMLsmightplaycriticalrolesinimmunedefenses.ThisstudyexaminedT.xiaojinensisCTLDPsandprovidesabasisforfurtherstudiesoftheircharacteristics.
出版日期
2019年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
