Journal: Nat Commun / Year: 2022 Title: Structure and dynamics of Toll immunoreceptor activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Authors: Yoann Saucereau / Thomas H Wilson / Matthew C K Tang / Martin C Moncrieffe / Steven W Hardwick / Dimitri Y Chirgadze / Sandro G Soares / Maria Jose Marcaida / Nicholas J Gay / Monique Gangloff / Abstract: Aedes aegypti has evolved to become an efficient vector for arboviruses but the mechanisms of host-pathogen tolerance are unknown. Immunoreceptor Toll and its ligand Spaetzle have undergone ...Aedes aegypti has evolved to become an efficient vector for arboviruses but the mechanisms of host-pathogen tolerance are unknown. Immunoreceptor Toll and its ligand Spaetzle have undergone duplication which may allow neofunctionalization and adaptation. Here we present cryo-EM structures and biophysical characterisation of low affinity Toll5A complexes that display transient but specific interactions with Spaetzle1C, forming asymmetric complexes, with only one ligand clearly resolved. Loop structures of Spaetzle1C and Toll5A intercalate, temporarily bridging the receptor C-termini to promote signalling. By contrast unbound receptors form head-to-head homodimers that keep the juxtamembrane regions far apart in an inactive conformation. Interestingly the transcriptional signature of Spaetzle1C differs from other Spaetzle cytokines and controls genes involved in innate immunity, metabolism and tissue regeneration. Taken together our results explain how upregulation of Spaetzle1C in the midgut and Toll5A in the salivary gland shape the concomitant immune response.
Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Support film - Film thickness: 12.0 nm
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Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 95 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK I / Details: Blotting force 0.
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Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Average exposure time: 2.0 sec. / Average electron dose: 51.1 e/Å2
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Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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