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  2. Orphan receptor IL-17RD regulates Toll-like receptor signalling via SEFIR/TIR interactions

Orphan receptor IL-17RD regulates Toll-like receptor signalling via SEFIR/TIR interactions

  • Nat Commun. 2015 Mar 26;6:6669. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7669.
Mark Mellett 1 Paola Atzei 1 Ronan Bergin 1 Alan Horgan 1 Thomas Floss 2 Wolfgang Wurst 2 John J Callanan 3 Paul N Moynagh 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Biology, Institute of Immunology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.
  • 2 Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Munich, Neuherberg 85764, Germany.
  • 3 UCD School of Veterinary Medicine &Conway Institute of Biomolecular &Biomedical Research, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
  • 4 1] Department of Biology, Institute of Immunology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland [2] Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7AE, UK.
Abstract

Receptor families of the innate immune response engage in 'cross-talk' to tailor optimal immune responses against invading pathogens. However, these responses are subject to multiple levels of regulation to keep in check aberrant inflammatory signals. Here, we describe a role for the orphan receptor interleukin-17 receptor D (IL-17RD) in negatively regulating Toll-like Receptor (TLR)-induced responses. Deficiency of IL-17RD expression in cells leads to enhanced pro-inflammatory signalling and gene expression in response to TLR stimulation, and Il17rd(-/-) mice are more susceptible to TLR-induced septic shock. We demonstrate that the intracellular Sef/IL-17R (SEFIR) domain of IL-17RD targets TIR adaptor proteins to inhibit TLR downstream signalling thus revealing a paradigm involving cross-regulation of members of the IL-17R and TLR families.

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