CDB25:0003967 NAMPT — TLR4

Experimentally validated in Human, Mixed species; Orthology-inferred in Human, Mouse, Rat, Frog, Chicken, Macaque, Pig, Dog, Cow, Chimp, Horse, Marmoset, Sheep

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Abstract

Unique Toll-Like Receptor 4 Activation by NAMPT/PBEF Induces NFκB Signaling and Inflammatory Lung Injury.

Scientific reports, 2015; PubMed, Homo sapiens NAMPT — Homo sapiens TLR4

ABSTRACT: Ventilator-induced inflammatory lung injury (VILI) is mechanistically linked to increased NAMPT transcription and circulating levels of nicotinamide phosphoribosyl-transferase (NAMPT/PBEF). Although VILI severity is attenuated by reduced NAMPT/PBEF bioavailability, the precise contribution of NAMPT/PBEF and excessive mechanical stress to VILI pathobiology is unknown. We now report that NAMPT/PBEF induces lung NFκB transcriptional activities and inflammatory injury via direct ligation of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Computational analysis demonstrated that NAMPT/PBEF and MD-2, a TLR4-binding protein essential for LPS-induced TLR4 activation, share ~30% sequence identity and exhibit striking structural similarity in loop regions critical for MD-2-TLR4 binding. Unlike MD-2, whose TLR4 binding alone is insufficient to initiate TLR4 signaling, NAMPT/PBEF alone produces robust TLR4 activation, likely via a protruding region of NAMPT/PBEF (S402-N412) with structural similarity to LPS. The identification of this unique mode of TLR4 activation by NAMPT/PBEF advances the understanding of innate immunity responses as well as the untoward events associated with mechanical stress-induced lung inflammation.

Basic Information on NAMPT

Ligand Name: nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase

Other Symbols: PBEF1, PBEF

Ligand Location: secreted based on hpa, perplexity, uniprot

HGNC Gene Symbol Report: NAMPT

GeneCards: NAMPT

HGNC Gene Group: unknown

Functional Annotations for NAMPT

Gene Ontologies: PAN-GO, AmiGO 2

Expression Profile: Human Protein Atlas (RNA and protein), Human Cell Atlas (RNA), GEPIA cancer vs normal (RNA), GeneCards (RNA and protein)

Disease Annotations: MalaCards, OMIM, Open Targets Platform, DISEASES (text mining), AI summary (LLM)

Interactions with other Receptors for NAMPT

Basic Information on TLR4

Receptor Name: toll like receptor 4

Other Symbols: hToll, CD284, TLR-4, ARMD10

Receptor Location: cell membrane based on hpa, perplexity, uniprot

HGNC Gene Symbol Report: TLR4

GeneCards: TLR4

HGNC Gene Group: TIR domain containing, CD molecules

Functional Annotations for TLR4

Gene Ontologies: PAN-GO, AmiGO 2

Expression Profile: Human Protein Atlas (RNA and protein), Human Cell Atlas (RNA), GEPIA cancer vs normal (RNA), GeneCards (RNA and protein)

Disease Annotations: MalaCards, OMIM, Open Targets Platform, DISEASES (text mining), AI summary (LLM)

Interactions with other Ligands for TLR4

BGN — TLR4 ・ DEFB4A — TLR4 ・ HSP90B1 — TLR4 ・ HSPA1A — TLR4 ・ S100A8 — TLR4 ・ S100A9 — TLR4 ・ SFTPD — TLR4 ・ ZG16B — TLR4 ・ DCN — TLR4 ・ FGA — TLR4 ・ FGB — TLR4 ・ FGG — TLR4 ・ PRG4 — TLR4 ・ AHSG — TLR4 ・ ANXA2 — TLR4 ・ CCN1 — TLR4 ・ CIRBP — TLR4 ・ CXCL10 — TLR4 ・ FCN2 — TLR4 ・ HMGB1 — TLR4 ・ HP — TLR4 ・ HSPA4 — TLR4 ・ LGALS9 — TLR4 ・ MMP9 — TLR4 ・ RBP4 — TLR4 ・ RETN — TLR4 ・ S100A1 — TLR4 ・ S100A12 — TLR4 ・ S100A4 — TLR4 ・ SAA1 — TLR4 ・ SFTPA1 — TLR4 ・ TNC — TLR4 ・ WNT5A — TLR4