Cloning and Characterization of Ovine Immunoglobulin G Fc Receptor II (Fcgrii)§ Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
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Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 133 (2010) 243–249 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/vetimm Short communication Cloning and characterization of ovine immunoglobulin G Fc receptor II (FcgRII)§ Yunchao Liu a,b, Aiping Wang b, Songlin Qiao a, Gaiping Zhang a,*, Jun Xi a, Leiming You a, Xiaohui Tian a, Qiaomu Li a, Lina Zhang a, Junqing Guo a a Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China b College of Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc receptors (FcgRs) bind to immune complexes through Received 31 December 2008 interactions with the Fc region of IgG to initiate or inhibit the defense mechanism of the Received in revised form 1 July 2009 leukocytes on which they are expressed. In this study, we describe the cloning, sequencing Accepted 9 July 2009 and characterization of ovine FcgRII. By screening a translated expression sequence tag (EST) database with the protein sequence of bovine IgG Fc receptor II, we identified a Keywords: putative ovine homologue. Using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), we isolated the Sheep cDNA encoding ovine FcgRII from peripheral blood leucocyte RNA. The ovine FcgRII cDNA FcgRII contains an 894 bp open-reading frame, encoding a 297 amino acid transmembrane Inhibitory receptor Expression glycoprotein composed of two immunoglobulin-like extracellular domains, a transmem- brane region and a cytoplasmic tail with an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM). The glycoprotein encoded by the cloned cDNA was then expressed on the surface of COS-7 cells and immunoglobulin-binding assays show that it binds ovine IgG1, but not IgG2. Identification of the ovine FcgRII will aid in the understanding of the molecular basis of IgG–FcgR interaction. ß 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Several structurally related but functionally distinct classes of FcgRs have been extensively characterized in Receptors for the Fc domain of IgG (FcgRs) are central the human and mouse. FcgRII (CD64) is a highly affinity Fc mediators of antibody triggered effector functions. By receptor with three extracellular Ig-like domains, while binding to the antibody Fc-portion, they provide a link FcgRII (CD32) and FcgRII (CD16) have lower affinities for between the specificity of the adaptive immune system their ligands, effectively binding IgG immune complexes, and the powerful effector functions triggered by innate and have two extracellular domains (Ravetch and Bolland, immune effector cells (Nimmerjahn and Ravetch, 2007a). 2001). FcgRIV is a novel FcgR which was found only in mouse with intermediate affinity and restricted subclass specificity (Nimmerjahn et al., 2005). § The GenBank accession no. of the nucleotide sequence reported here According to their functions, FcgRs can be divided into is EU589389. two general classes: the activation receptors, character- Abbreviations: FcgRs, IgG Fc receptors; RACE, rapid amplification of ized by the presence of a cytoplasmic immunoreceptor cDNA ends; ITIM, immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif; tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) as in the case of DMEM, Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s minimal essential medium; PAM, human FcgRIIA (a receptor not found in the mouse) or pulmonary alveolar macrophages; EST, expression sequence tag. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 0371 65711364; more commonly, as part of an associated subunit, the g or fax: +86 0371 65729031. z chain, as in FcgRI, FcgRIII and FcgRIV and the inhibitory E-mail address: [email protected] (G. Zhang). FcgR, characterized by a ligand-binding extracellular 0165-2427/$ – see front matter ß 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.07.020 244 Y. Liu et al. / Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 133 (2010) 243–249 domain highly homologous to its activation counterparts, protein-A sepharose (Pharmacia) using the method but containing the distinctive inhibitory or immunor- described previously (Goudswaard et al., 1978; Schmerr eceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM) sequence and Goodwin, 1991). in its cytoplasmic domain (Ravetch and Bolland, 2001). The role of activating FcgRs function in providing a 2.3. Isolation of ovine immunocytes and preparation critical link between ligands and effector cells in type II of their cDNA and type III inflammation is well established (Dijstel- bloem et al., 2001). The inhibitory FcgRs function in the Ovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and maintenance of peripheral tolerance, in regulating the polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMN) were purified threshold of activation responses, and ultimately in from the peripheral blood of sheep by density centrifuga- terminating IgG mediated effector stimulation (Katz, tion on lymphoprep (Nycomed). After PBMCs had been 2002; Ravetch and Bolland, 2001). One of the most harvested, monocytes were recovered by plastic adher- important features of FcgR system is the co-expression of ence, and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were activating and inhibitory receptors on the same cell, recovered from media. PMN cells were recovered from there by setting thresholds for cell activation (Nimmer- the red cell pellet by isotonic lysis. Pulmonary alveolar jahn and Ravetch, 2007b). Additionally, it has recently macrophages (PAMs) were collected by lung lavage using been appreciated that the IgG Fc receptors display ice-cold phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). Cell preparations substantial differences in their affinity for individual that were less than 90% viable prior to experimentation antibody isotypes, rendering certain isotypes more were not used. Ovine mRNA was isolated using Micro strictly regulated than others (Fukuyama et al., 2005). mRNA Purification Kit (TAKARA) according to the manu- For this reason, a better understanding of ovine FcgRs on facturer’s instructions, and cDNA was subsequently the immune effector cells should conduce to comprehend synthesized using an olig-dT-3sites adaptor primer the pathway of immunoregulation. (TAKARA). In contrast to the detailed information available on the structure and function of human and mouse FcgRs, little is 2.4. Amplification, cloning, and sequencing of ovine FcgRII known about equivalent structure in ruminant animals (Kacskovics, 2004). Previously, we identified four distinct Blood samples were collected from a 6-month-old, classes of FcgRs in cattle, three of them are homologous to crossbred sheep from a commercial farm. Ovine peripheral those identified in humans and mice (Zhang et al., 1994, blood leucocytes were isolated by centrifugation of 1995; Yan et al., 2000a,b). The novel type of FcgR is the peripheral blood anticoagulated with ethylenediamine bovine IgG2 Fc receptor (boFcg2R), which is genetically tetraacetic acid (EDTA) and hypotonic lysis of erythrocytes more closely related to a novel family of human proteins as suggested (Carlson and Kaneko, 1973). Ovine PBL mRNA that includes FcaR, killer cell Ig-like receptor. Although it was extracted from approximately 107 cells using Micro shows a high level of amino acid identity with FcaR within mRNA Purification Kit (TAKARA) according to the manu- the EC domains, boFcg2R binds only bovine IgG2 but not facturer’s instruction and cDNA was subsequently synthe- IgG1 nor IgA (Zhang et al., 1995). Regarding livestock sized using an oligo-dt-3sites adaptor primer (TAKARA). animals, the FcgRII has also been cloned and characterized The resultant cDNA was then subjected to 30-RACE using in pig (Qiao et al., 2006). In this report, we describe the the adapter primer and a gene-specific primer SH0 (All cloning, sequencing and characterization of ovine FcgRII. primers used in this paper were listed in Table 1.) designed The comparative analysis of this FcgR has allowed us to from an EST (GenBank accession no. EE755662) identified begin an exploration of some immunological characteristic as being highly homologous to bovine FcgRII. The resulting of ruminants. PCR product was isolated, cloned and sequenced. The 50- full RACE system (TAKARA) were then used to obtain the putative full-length ovine cDNA with the 50RACE primers 2. Materials and methods and a gene-specific primer SH1. The obtained fragment 2.1. Cell culture was subsequently cloned and sequenced. According to the newly obtained sequence for the full-length cDNA, a pair of COS-7 cells were maintained in Dulbecco’s modified primers SHE-F and SHE-R was designed to amplify the Eagle’s minimal essential medium (DMEM) (Invitrogen) sequence covering the ORF (open-reading fragment) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. Table 1 2.2. Immunoglobulin G preparations The primers used in this study. Primer Sequence 50–30 Ovine IgGl and IgG2 were purified from hyperimmune serum collected from a sheep that had been inoculated SH0 AGGGATGCATTAGAAGGAGGATTCA with chicken erythrocytes and used to specifically SH1 TGA ATCCTCCTTCTAATGCATCCCT SHE-F CCTAAGCTTTCCAGGAGGTGATGGG sensitize erythrocytes. The total IgG was precipitated with SHE-R AAGACAGAATTCCCTGGCCTCTACGAAT ammonium sulphate ((NH4)2SO4) from the sheep’s hyper- SHQ-F CTCCATCCATACCCAGAACCA immune serum and further repurified by DEAE chromato- SHQ-R AGCCAGTCAGAAATCACATCCA graphy (Temponi et al., 1989). The IgG subclasses were GAPDH-F AGCAGTTGGTGGTGCAGGAG GAPDH-R ATGTTTGTGATGGCCGTGAA