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Conservation and divergence in Toll-like receptor 4-regulated gene expression in primary human versus mouse macrophages
Abstract
Evolutionary change in gene expression is generally considered to be a major driver of phenotypic differences between species. We investigated innate immune diversification by analyzing interspecies differences in the transcriptional responses of primary human and mouse macrophages to the Toll-like receptor (TLR)–4 agonist lipopolysaccharide (LPS). By using a custom platform permitting cross-species interrogation coupled with deep sequencing of mRNA 5′ ends, we identified extensive divergence in LPS-regulated orthologous gene expression between humans and mice (24% of orthologues were identified as “divergently regulated”). We further demonstrate concordant regulation of human-specific LPS target genes in primary pig macrophages. Divergently regulated orthologues were enriched for genes encoding cellular “inputs” such as cell surface receptors (e.g., TLR6, IL-7Rα) and functional “outputs” such as inflammatory cytokines/chemokines (e.g., CCL20, CXCL13). Conversely, intracellular signaling components linking inputs to outputs were typically concordantly regulated. Functional consequences of divergent gene regulation were confirmed by showing LPS pretreatment boosts subsequent TLR6 responses in mouse but not human macrophages, in keeping with mouse-specific TLR6 induction. Divergently regulated genes were associated with a large dynamic range of gene expression, and specific promoter architectural features (TATA box enrichment, CpG island depletion). Surprisingly, regulatory divergence was also associated with enhanced interspecies promoter conservation. Thus, the genes controlled by complex, highly conserved promoters that facilitate dynamic regulation are also the most susceptible to evolutionary change.
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- Schroder, K., Irvine, K. M., Taylor, M. S., Bokil, N. J., Le Cao, K.-A., Masterman, K.-A., Labzin, L. I., Semple, C. A., Kapetanovic, R., Fairbairn, L., Akalin, A., Faulkner, G. J., Baillie, J. K., Gongora, M., Daub, C. O., Kawaji, H., McLachlan, G. J., Goldman, N., Grimmond, S. M., Carninci, P., Suzuki, H., Hayashizaki, Y., Lenhard, B., Hume, D. A., & Sweet, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia;
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom;
- Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom;
- Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom;
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065;
- RIKEN Omics Science Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan;
- Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2012-03-26
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 16
- ISSN
- 0027-8424
- 1091-6490
- Cited by
- 308
- References
- 54
- Language
- en
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