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. 2024 Nov 28;12(12):1347. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12121347

Table 1.

A cumulative summary of the three major pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) types identified in teleost fish according to the current and up-to-date literature. It is evident that the teleost fish species is an important parameter in the presence or absence of certain PRRs, as well as in their associated ligands. Homologues of mammalian PRRs have been characterized in a plethora of teleost fish species. This table includes some indicative ones for reference [26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41].

Toll-like Receptors (TLRs)
Receptor Associated Ligands Indicative Teleost Fish Species
TLR1 Lipopeptides Rainbow Trout, Large Yellow Croaker, Carp, Pufferfish,
Orange-Spotted Grouper,
European Sea Bass, Turbot
TLR2 Lipopeptides, PGN, LTA, Pam3CSK4 Carp, Catfish,
Orange-Spotted Grouper,
European Sea Bass, Turbot,
Gilthead Seabream
TLR3 dsRNA, poly(I:C) Carp, Pufferfish, Zebrafish
TLR4 Unknown Carp, Catfish,
Rare Minnow, Zebrafish
TLR5 Flagellin Atlantic Salmon, Japanese Flounder,
Channel Catfish,
Gilthead Seabream,
Rainbow Trout, Pufferfish, Zebrafish, Turbot
TLR7 ssRNA Channel Catfish, Grass Carp,
Pufferfish, Rainbow Trout, Zebrafish, Turbot
TLR8 ssRNA Atlantic Salmon, Channel Catfish, Pufferfish, Rainbow Trout, Turbot
TLR9 CpG motifs Atlantic Salmon, Cobia,
Japanese Flounder, Rainbow Trout, Zebrafish, European Seabass,
Gilthead Seabream, Turbot
TLR13 rRNA Atlantic Salmon, Channel Catfish,
Orange-Spotted Grouper
TLR14 Unknown Japanese Flounder, Orange-Spotted Grouper, Pufferfish
TLR18 Unknown Channel Catfish, Grass Carp, Zebrafish
TLR19 dsRNA Channel Catfish, Grass Carp, Zebrafish
TLR20 Unknown Carp, Channel Catfish, Zebrafish
TLR21 CpG motifs Channel Catfish, Grass Carp,
Orange-Spotted Grouper,
Zebrafish, Turbot
TLR22 dsRNA, poly(I:C) Atlantic Cod, Channel Catfish, Grass Carp, Pufferfish, Zebrafish,
European Seabass, Turbot,
Gilthead Seabream
TLR23 Unknown Atlantic Cod, Pufferfish
TLR25 Unknown Channel Catfish, Fathead Minnow, Nile Tilapia
TLR26 LPS, poly(I:C) Channel Catfish, Yellow Catfish
TLR28 LPS, poly(I:C) Brown Croaker
NOD-like Receptor (NLR) Superfamilies
NLR-A LPS, PGN (iE-DAP, MDP), Poly (I:C) Grass Carp, Nile Tilapia,
Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish, Zebrafish
NLR-B Unknown Grass Carp
NLR-C Unknown Grass Carp, Brown Croaker
RIG-1-like Receptors (RLRs)
RIG-1 dsRNA Zebrafish
MDA5 dsRNA Grass Carp
LGP2 dsRNA Grass Carp