TIRAP in the mechanism of inflammation
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Journal Article
Abstract
The Toll-interleukin-1 Receptor (TIR) domain-containing adaptor protein (TIRAP) represents a key intracellular signalling molecule regulating diverse immune responses. Its capacity to function as an adaptor molecule has been widely investigated in relation to Toll-like Receptor (TLR)-mediated innate immune signalling. Since the discovery of TIRAP in 2001, initial studies were mainly focused on its role as an adaptor protein that couples Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) with TLRs, to activate MyD88-dependent TLRs signalling. Subsequent studies delineated TIRAP’s role as a transducer of signalling events through its interaction with non-TLR signalling mediators. Indeed, the ability of TIRAP to interact with an array of intracellular signalling mediators suggests its central role in various immune responses. Therefore, continued studies that elucidate the molecular basis of various TIRAP-protein interactions and how they affect the signalling magnitude, should provide key information on the inflammatory disease mechanisms. This review summarizes the TIRAP recruitment to activated receptors and discusses the mechanism of interactions in relation to the signalling that precede acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Furthermore, we highlighted the significance of TIRAP-TIR domain containing binding sites for several intracellular inflammatory signalling molecules. Collectively, we discuss the importance of the TIR domain in TIRAP as a key interface involved in protein interactions which could hence serve as a therapeutic target to dampen the extent of acute and chronic inflammatory conditions.
Date Issued
2021-07
Date Acceptance
2021-06-23
Citation
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021, 12, pp.1-12
ISSN
1664-3224
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Immunology
Volume
12
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Rajpoot, Wary, Ibbott, Liu, Saqib, Thurston and Baig. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Identifier
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.697588/full
Grant Number
BB/R011834/1
Subjects
TIRAP (TIR domain-containing adaptor protein)
TLR signaling
inflammation
inflammatory disease
protein-protein interaction (PPI)
1107 Immunology
1108 Medical Microbiology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
697588
Date Publish Online
2021-07-08