Table 1 TLRs and their ligands, adaptor usage, and cytokine production

From: Negative regulatory approaches to the attenuation of Toll-like receptor signaling

 

Ligands

  

Receptor

PAMPs

DAMPs

Signal adaptor

Production

TLR1/

TLR2

Lipoproteins/

triacyl lipoproteins (Pam3CSK4)

Not determined

MAL/MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines

TLR2/

TLR6

Diacylated lipoproteins, lipoteichoic acid, zymosan

Heat-shock proteins such as HSP60, HSP70, and Gp96; HMGB1; ECM fragments such as versican and hyaluronic acid

MAL/MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines

TLR3

dsRNA (poly I:C)

mRNA

TRIF

Proinflammatory cytokines, type I IFNs

TLR4

Lipopolysaccharides, viral envelope proteins

Heat-shock proteins such as HSP22, HSP 60, HSP70, HSP72, and Gp96; HMGB1; ECM fragments such as versican, hyaluronic acid, heparin sulfate and fibronectin; tenascin-C; oxidized phospholipids; β-defensin 2

MAL/MyD88

TRAM/TRIF

Proinflammatory cytokines

Type I IFNs

TLR5

Flagellin

Not determined

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines

TLR6/

TLR4

Not determined

Amyloid-β, oxidized low-density lipoprotein

MyD88

TRIF

Proinflammatory cytokines

Type I IFNs

TLR7

ssRNA, imidazoquinolines (R848), guanosine analogs (loxoribine)

ssRNA (immune complex)

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines, type I IFNs

TLR8

ssRNA, imidazoquinolines (R848)

ssRNA (immune complex)

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines, type I IFNs

TLR9

Unmethylated CpG DNA, CpG oligodinucleotides, hemozoin

Chromatin IgG complex

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines, type I IFNs

TLR10

Profilin-like molecule

Not determined

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines

TLR11

Profilin-like molecule, uropathogenic bacteria

Not determined

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines

TLR13

Bacterial 23S rRNA

Not determined

MyD88

Proinflammatory cytokines

  1. Abbreviations: DAMP, danger-associated molecular patterns; dsRNA, double-stranded RNA; ECM, extracellular matrix; Gp96, glycoprotein 96; HMGB1, high-mobility group box 1; HSP, heat-shock protein; IFN, interferon; IgG, immunoglobin G; MAL, MyD88 adaptor like; MyD88, myeloid differentiation 88; PAMP, pathogen-associated molecular patterns; poly(I:C), polyinosinic–polycytidylic acid; ssRNA, single-stranded RNA; TLR, Toll-like receptors; TRAM; TRIF-related adaptor molecule; TRIF, TIR-domain-containing adaptor-inducing interferon-β.