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TLR9

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Also known as CD289

Summary

TLR9 (toll like receptor 9, HGNC:15633) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 3p21.2, encoding Toll-like receptor 9 (Q9NR96). Key component of innate and adaptive immunity.

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family, which plays a fundamental role in pathogen recognition and activation of innate immunity. TLRs are highly conserved from Drosophila to humans and share structural and functional similarities. They recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that are expressed on infectious agents, and mediate the production of cytokines necessary for the development of effective immunity. Studies in mice and human indicate that this receptor mediates cellular response to unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in bacterial DNA to mount an innate immune response.

Source: NCBI Gene 54106 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 15
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 144 total — 1 likely-pathogenic
  • GTEx eGene: eQTL in 16 tissues, sQTL in 0 (q < 0.05)
  • Drug target: yes — 8 curated mechanism-of-action drugs; 5 molecules with ChEMBL bioactivity
  • Approved drugs (ChEMBL mechanism of action): 1 — Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate
  • Constraint (gnomAD): pLI 0.00 (LoF-tolerant), LOEUF 1.12 (unconstrained)
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_017442
  • Interaction hub: 2,800 STRING partners (top 3% of genes corpus-wide)
  • Notable: 144 clinical variants but no curated precision-oncology (CIViC) evidence yet

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:15633
Approved symbolTLR9
Nametoll like receptor 9
Location3p21.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesCD289
Ensembl geneENSG00000239732
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM605474
Entrez54106

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 2 — 2 protein_coding

MANE Select: ENST00000360658

Transcript support level (Ensembl TSL; 1 = fully mRNA-supported): TSL 1: 1

ENST00000360658, ENST00001144037

RefSeq mRNA: 1 — MANE Select: NM_017442 NM_017442

CCDS: CCDS2848

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000360658 — 2 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000014154255222552752225645
ENSE000019319615222108052224312

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 119 present calls, max score 76.24.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth tissue_specific, TPM avg 0.7463 / max 131.5319, expressed in 85 samples.

Highest expression (Bgee): blood, granulocyte, lymph node, bone marrow cell, spleen.

Genetic regulation across tissues (GTEx eQTL / sQTL)

TLR9 is an eGene in GTEx v10 — its expression is genetically regulated (eQTL) in 16 tissues and its splicing (sQTL) in 0 (q < 0.05). Strongest associations first; slope = normalized effect of the lead variant’s alternative allele.

16 significant tissue × QTL associations:

TissueQTLq-valueSlopeLead variant
Brain Cerebellar Hemisphereeqtl2.0e-09-0.573:52409264:A:G
Brain Cerebellumeqtl4.9e-09-0.713:52373789:T:C
Thyroideqtl6.6e-04+0.163:52240726:A:C
Artery Tibialeqtl1.8e-03-0.523:52221728:C:T
Esophagus Musculariseqtl2.2e-03+0.253:52474390:G:A
Colon Sigmoideqtl3.1e-03-0.313:52195079:C:G
Skin Sun Exposed Lower legeqtl7.6e-03+0.123:52433247:G:A
Lungeqtl1.5e-02+0.463:51413173:A:T
Nerve Tibialeqtl2.0e-02-0.413:51316888:T:C
Cells Cultured fibroblastseqtl2.0e-02+0.493:51409179:A:T
Spleeneqtl2.1e-02+1.123:52687222:G:T
Artery Aortaeqtl2.4e-02-0.733:52221728:C:T
Brain Amygdalaeqtl2.8e-02+0.353:52239405:G:A
Testiseqtl3.0e-02-0.143:52306620:GGGGCTGGATA:G
Adipose Visceral Omentumeqtl4.0e-02-0.113:52227015:A:G
Skin Not Sun Exposed Suprapubiceqtl4.0e-02+0.243:52434924:T:C

FANTOM5 promoters

2 alternative TSS:

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
424080.669782
424070.076641

Top tissues by expression

showing 100 of 128 tissues by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
bloodUBERON:000017876.24gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009469.54gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002968.21gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209266.24silver quality
spleenUBERON:000210664.07gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237164.04gold quality
monocyteCL:000057663.82gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224563.44gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203763.35gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212963.24gold quality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489063.02gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073862.85gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138862.56gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138361.58gold quality
skeletal muscle tissueUBERON:000113461.37gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425260.13gold quality
vermiform appendixUBERON:000115459.70gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162559.62gold quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234559.57gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211859.08gold quality
thoracic aortaUBERON:000151557.25gold quality
small intestine Peyer’s patchUBERON:000345457.15gold quality
ascending aortaUBERON:000149657.14gold quality
apex of heartUBERON:000209856.93gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211956.80gold quality
muscle tissueUBERON:000238556.53gold quality
ovaryUBERON:000099256.39gold quality
urinary bladderUBERON:000125555.99gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045855.85gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584155.83gold quality
small intestineUBERON:000210855.68gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580555.60gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583355.34gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347355.28gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985355.21gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211055.18gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225054.62gold quality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761054.55gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119954.22gold quality
myometriumUBERON:000129653.75gold quality
uterine cervixUBERON:000000253.62gold quality
vaginaUBERON:000099652.96gold quality
duodenumUBERON:000211452.73gold quality
fundus of stomachUBERON:000116052.71gold quality
intestineUBERON:000016052.46gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041452.46gold quality
colonUBERON:000115552.40gold quality
tonsilUBERON:000237252.13gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132352.12gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162651.98gold quality
adipose tissueUBERON:000101351.77gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224951.73gold quality
subcutaneous adipose tissueUBERON:000219051.62gold quality
transverse colonUBERON:000115750.99gold quality
multicellular organismUBERON:000046850.70gold quality
esophagusUBERON:000104350.33gold quality
lower esophagus mucosaUBERON:003583450.17gold quality
thoracic mammary glandUBERON:000520049.79gold quality
prostate glandUBERON:000236749.77gold quality
heart left ventricleUBERON:000208449.32gold quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895249.32gold quality
mucosa of transverse colonUBERON:000499148.48gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130248.43gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281048.32gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216748.18gold quality
placentaUBERON:000198747.58gold quality
right lobe of liverUBERON:000111447.52silver quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582747.14gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188247.11gold quality
fallopian tubeUBERON:000388947.00gold quality
brainUBERON:000095546.96gold quality
heartUBERON:000094846.78gold quality
C1 segment of cervical spinal cordUBERON:000646946.66gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204646.63gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123346.57gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983546.38gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 9UBERON:001354046.36gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112046.33gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130346.27gold quality
esophagus mucosaUBERON:000246946.04gold quality
colonic epitheliumUBERON:000039745.90gold quality
caudate nucleusUBERON:000187345.85gold quality
body of stomachUBERON:000116145.78gold quality
saliva-secreting glandUBERON:000104445.55gold quality
lungUBERON:000204845.51gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123445.47gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195445.37gold quality
putamenUBERON:000187445.01gold quality
stomachUBERON:000094544.80gold quality
dorsolateral prefrontal cortexUBERON:000983444.72gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183044.67gold quality
adrenal glandUBERON:000236944.54gold quality
amygdalaUBERON:000187644.53gold quality
cerebral cortexUBERON:000095644.49gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582544.45gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111944.41gold quality
skin of abdomenUBERON:000141644.41gold quality
temporal lobeUBERON:000187144.32gold quality
substantia nigraUBERON:000203844.23gold quality
right atrium auricular regionUBERON:000663143.87gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 4 experiment(s), a significant marker in 3.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-MTAB-9067yes13.44
E-MTAB-8498yes12.09
E-MTAB-9801yes8.19
E-ANND-3no1.27

HPA expression

RNA tissue specificity: Tissue enhanced

showing 60 of 69 HPA tissues / cells by nTPM:

Tissue / cellAxisnTPM
Lymph nodetissue5.6
Corpus callosumtissue4.5
Spinal cordtissue3.9
Tonsiltissue3.8
Periaqueductal graytissue3.8
Hypothalamustissue3.7
Substantia nigratissue3.6
Medulla oblongatatissue3.5
Septumtissue3.4
Midbraintissue3.2
Ventral forebraintissue3.2
Putamentissue3.1
Amygdalatissue3.1
Hippocampal formationtissue3.1
Cerebral cortextissue3.0
Basal gangliatissue3.0
Olfactory bulbtissue3.0
Insular cortextissue3.0
Retrosplenial and cingulate cortextissue2.9
Ponstissue2.8
Thalamustissue2.8
Spleentissue2.8
Retrosplenial cortextissue2.8
Entorhinal cortextissue2.7
Temporal cortextissue2.7
Cerebellumtissue2.6
Prefrontal cortextissue2.5
Motor cortextissue2.5
Superior colliculitissue2.5
Appendixtissue2.4
Occipital cortextissue2.4
Somatosensory cortextissue2.1
Nucleus accumbenstissue1.4
Thymustissue1.4
Hippocampustissue1.2
Bone marrowtissue1.2
Postcentral gyrustissue1.2
Skeletal muscletissue1.1
Vaginatissue1.0
Locus coeruleustissue1.0
Caudate putamentissue0.8
Salivary glandtissue0.7
Choroid plexustissue0.7
Frontal cortextissue0.6
Gallbladdertissue0.6
Stomach 1tissue0.5
Pituitary glandtissue0.4
Urinary bladdertissue0.4
Tonguetissue0.4
Small intestinetissue0.4
Duodenumtissue0.4
Cervixtissue0.3
Heart muscletissue0.3
Ovarytissue0.3
Adipose tissuetissue0.3
Colontissue0.3
Lungtissue0.3
Skin 1tissue0.2
Seminal vesicletissue0.2
Endometrium 1tissue0.2

Brain sub-regions (HPA Brain Atlas): detected in 189; highest nTPM — Area parastriata, superior (10.3), White matter (4.5), Ventral spinal cord (3.9), Flocculonodular lobe (3.8), Vermis (3.5).

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): AP1, CEBPA, CEBPB, CEBPD, CEBPE, CREB1, ELF1, ELK1, ESR1, ETS2, HDAC3, IRF3, IRF6, JUN, NFKB1, NFKB, PTMA, RELA, STAT3

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

Targeting TLR9 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific).

8 miRNAs:

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-4692100.0067.322066
HSA-MIR-574-5P100.0066.01989
HSA-MIR-451499.9967.101870
HSA-MIR-3934-5P99.6764.04846
HSA-MIR-6808-5P99.3166.232150
HSA-MIR-7854-3P99.0866.261117
HSA-MIR-471098.6165.961048
HSA-MIR-6742-5P96.3264.01869

Functional genomics

gnomAD constraint: pLI 1.05e-06, LOEUF 1.12, missense Z 3.13 — population loss-of-function intolerance (pLI ≥ 0.9 = LoF-intolerant; lower LOEUF = more constrained). gnomAD

Regional missense constraint (gnomAD RMC): no regional variation along ENST00000360658 — one region, missense o/e 0.77.

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 40)

  • TLR9 acts at the cell surface and engages an intracellular signaling pathway that includes MyD88, IRAK, and TRAF6 (PMID:11867692)
  • Toll-like receptor 9 functions in the activation of RF expressing B-cells. (PMID:11976718)
  • In naive B cells, the expression of TLR9 and TLR10 is rapidly induced following B-cell-receptor (BCR) triggering. In contrast, memory B cells express several TLRs at constitutively high levels. (PMID:12560217)
  • All nine patients expressed all of the TLRs studied, whereas only five out of the nine patients had any granulomas positive for IL-4.The associations between TLRs 1, 5, and 9 were different in IL-4-negative compared with IL-4-positive patients. (PMID:12600829)
  • normal and neoplastic human B lymphocytes express a distinct TLR repertoire including TLR9 and TLR10 and expression is increased upon engagement of the antigen receptor complex or TLR9 itself (PMID:12689944)
  • Costimulation with TLR9 (or TLR2) and TLR4 induces synergistic release of Th1 cytokines, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, and additive HIV-LTR trans-activation and HIV replication, as measured by p24 antigen release from HIV-1 transgenic mouse spleen cells. (PMID:12734363)
  • A synergistic role is played by the TLR9/CD40 system in the orchestration of CpG-ODN-induced responses in B lymphocytes. (PMID:12778475)
  • peptidoglycan signaling through TLR2 and bacterial CpG DNA signaling through TLR9 are functionally equivalent at synergizing with IFN-gamma in regulating Tap-1 expression in macrophages (PMID:14694183)
  • mechanism of cellular activation involving the recruitment of TLR9 from the ER to sites of CpG DNA uptake, where signal transduction is initiated (PMID:14716310)
  • TLR signals that activate NF-kappaB are diverse among different TLRs, and TLR9 signaling uniquely depends on IRF-8 in DCs. (PMID:15153500)
  • mechanism of TLR9 gene regulation (PMID:15294971)
  • Toll-like receptor 9 binds single-stranded CpG-DNA in a sequence- and pH-dependent manner. (PMID:15307186)
  • TLR9 expression may function as a proinflammatory activation marker during the transition from monocyte to dendritic cells. (PMID:15585868)
  • Moreover, the TLR9 transfectant demonstrated its usefulness for evaluation of immunostimulation by bacterial DNA through the detection of T(H)-1, T(H)-2 type cytokine induction via TLR9 signaling. (PMID:15607737)
  • The expression of functionally active TLR9 in human malignant tumors might affect treatment approaches using CpG-ODN and shows that malignant cells can be regarded as active players in tumor-immunology. (PMID:15631627)
  • TLR9 gene polymorphisms were not significantly associated with the susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Korean patients. (PMID:15730519)
  • The TLR9 was analyzed by ICS as it was reported to be expressed in an intracellular compartment. (PMID:15790341)
  • a CpR dinucleotide is recognized by TLR9 and leads immune-cell activation and cytokine secretion in vitro and in vivo (PMID:15860583)
  • Diminished expression and function of TLR9 is a likely consequence of chronic filarial antigen stimulation and could serve as a novel mechanism underlying the dysfunctional immune response in lymphatic filariasis (PMID:16002719)
  • results demonstrated that TLR9 expression is correlated with immune activation and differs between individuals with non-activated or chronically immune activated background (PMID:16024265)
  • Data indicate that the two TLR-9 promotor polymorphisms are not involved in atherogenesis. (PMID:16125159)
  • TLR9 may have a critical role in the promotion of lupus through the induction of IFN-alpha by predendritic cells. (PMID:16230478)
  • TLR9- and FcepsilonRI-mediated responses oppose one another in plasmacytoid dendritic cells by down-regulating receptor expression. (PMID:16237063)
  • Activation of TLR-9 induces IL-8 secretion through peroxynitrite signaling in neutrophils. (PMID:16394009)
  • Broad TLR9 activation defects in common variable immune deficiency prevent CpG-DNA-initiated innate immune responses; these defects may lead to impaired responses of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and loss of B cell function. (PMID:16424230)
  • Bacterial DNA preparations from different species differ in their capacity to activate TLR-9, which is dependent on the individual [CG] content. Moreover, increased intracellular delivery results in a marked enhancement of immunostimulation. (PMID:16428738)
  • significant increase of the combined carriership of the CD14 -260T and TLR9 -1237C alleles in the chronic relapsing pouchitis group suggests that these markers identify a subgroup of patients with a risk of developing chronic or refractory pouchitis (PMID:16437636)
  • we here demonstrate that S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and N. meningitidis each activate several TLRs in species-specific patterns and show that infection with live pathogens may lead to activation of PRR not targeted by inactivated bacteria. (PMID:16731773)
  • TLR4 and TLR9 polymorphisms increased the risk of low birth weight in infants; polymorphisms of TLR4 increased the risk of maternal anemia. (PMID:16779724)
  • findings demonstrate that TLR-3 and TLR-9 mediate the activation of corneal cells by Herpes simplex virus 1, HSV-1 DNA and HSV-1-antibody complexes (PMID:16847112)
  • Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) recognizes microbial DNA. We show here that TLR9 protein is expressed in human breast cancer cells and clinical breast cancer samples. (PMID:16849519)
  • This establishes that the primary determinant of TLR9 signaling is not valency but endosomal location and demonstrates a strict compartmentalization of the biological response to TLR9 activation in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). (PMID:16864658)
  • Plays a role of in the recognition of M. bovis BCG by dendritic cells. (PMID:16920494)
  • TLR2 and TLR9 cooperate in the control of parasite replication during Trypanosoma cruzi infection; TLR9 has a primary role in the MyD88-dependent induction of IL-12/IFN-gamma synthesis during infection with T. cruzi. (PMID:16951309)
  • The results of this study suggest a model where modification of the cytoplasmic tail of TLR9 results in trafficking to early endosomes where it encounters CpG DNA. (PMID:16990271)
  • reviews experience with two distinct therapeutic strategies: TLR9-based immunomodulation and TLR9-based vaccination (PMID:17000223)
  • TLR8 inhibits TLR7 and TLR9, and TLR9 inhibits TLR7 but not vice versa in HEK293 cells transfected with TLRs in a pairwise combination. (PMID:17040905)
  • In patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus, the proportion of peripheral blood memory B cells and plasma cells expressing TLR-9 is increased (PMID:17075805)
  • HMGB1 suppresses PDC cytokine secretion and maturation in response to TLR9 agonists including the hypomethylated oligodeoxynucleotide CpG- and DNA-containing viruses (PMID:17142771)
  • immune cells use several mechanisms to discriminate between stimulatory and nonstimulatory DNA; however, it appears that TLR9 itself binds rather indiscriminately to a broad range of DNAs (PMID:17145922)

Cross-species orthologs

2 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
mus_musculusTlr9ENSMUSG00000045322
rattus_norvegicusTlr9ENSRNOG00000048161

Paralogs (25): SLITRK3 (ENSG00000121871), LRFN3 (ENSG00000126243), LRFN1 (ENSG00000128011), SLIT2 (ENSG00000145147), LRFN2 (ENSG00000156564), LRRC38 (ENSG00000162494), SLITRK5 (ENSG00000165300), LRFN5 (ENSG00000165379), LRTM2 (ENSG00000166159), LINGO1 (ENSG00000169783), LRRN2 (ENSG00000170382), LRRN3 (ENSG00000173114), LRFN4 (ENSG00000173621), LINGO2 (ENSG00000174482), LRRN1 (ENSG00000175928), SLITRK1 (ENSG00000178235), GP5 (ENSG00000178732), SLITRK4 (ENSG00000179542), LRRC55 (ENSG00000183908), SLIT3 (ENSG00000184347), SLITRK6 (ENSG00000184564), SLITRK2 (ENSG00000185985), LRRC70 (ENSG00000186105), SLIT1 (ENSG00000187122), TPBGL (ENSG00000261594)

Mouse-model phenotypes

Observed phenotypes of the mouse ortholog (MGI:1932389) from MGI (Alliance of Genome Resources) — knockout/mutant phenotypes, ranked by annotation count. 24 distinct phenotype terms.

Mouse phenotype (MP)Records
abnormal macrophage physiology7
decreased tumor necrosis factor secretion4
abnormal dendritic cell physiology2
decreased B cell proliferation2
decreased interferon-alpha secretion2
decreased interferon-beta secretion2
decreased interleukin-12b secretion2
increased susceptibility to Herpesvirales infection2
abnormal immune system physiology1
decreased inflammatory response1
abnormal B cell physiology1
abnormal cytokine secretion1
abnormal leukocyte migration1
decreased susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis1
abnormal response to infection1
decreased susceptibility to parasitic infection1
impaired natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity1
abnormal T-helper 1 physiology1
abnormal NK T cell physiology1
increased susceptibility to induced colitis1
decreased interferon-gamma secretion1
abnormal plasmacytoid dendritic cell physiology1
abnormal NK cell physiology1
increased susceptibility to Herpesvirales infection induced morbidity/mortality1

Additional cross-species homologs

Sequence homologs in species beyond Ensembl Compara’s model organisms, by Diamond local protein alignment (% sequence identity; best hit per species). Lower-identity rows are more distant homologs. The matched accessions’ gene symbols aren’t in biobtree yet, so each row shows the UniProt accession.

OrganismUniProtIdentityMethod
Ovis ariesO4639099.5%Diamond
Bos taurusP2180999.5%Diamond
Macaca mulattaB3Y61899.2%Diamond
Macaca fascicularisQ95M5399.2%Diamond
Capra ibexB2LT6298.0%Diamond
Oryctolagus cuniculusO4637898.0%Diamond
Sus scrofaQ9TTB498.0%Diamond
Canis lupus familiarisO0267897.8%Diamond
Pongo abeliiQ5R6T097.5%Diamond
Capra hircusQ0GC7196.8%Diamond
Felis catusQ5I2M789.6%Diamond
Equus caballusQ2EEY086.1%Diamond
Xenopus laevisQ9IB7585.9%Diamond
Cricetulus griseusQ9R1F883.9%Diamond
Gallus gallusP5188770.7%Diamond

Genomic neighbors (locus context)

Genes flanking this one on the chromosome (NCBI/Entrez gene neighborhood). Positional context only — some neighbors share regulatory elements (bidirectional promoters, antisense/overlapping transcripts), but chromosomal adjacency is not itself a functional relationship (see Interactions for that).

SymbolTypeEntrez
TWF2protein-coding11344
PPM1Mprotein-coding132160
MIRLET7GncRNA406890
WDR82protein-coding80335
ALAS1protein-coding211
POC1Aprotein-coding25886
TWF2-DTncRNA101929054
LINC00696ncRNA100128378

Protein

Protein identifiers

Toll-like receptor 9 — Q9NR96 (reviewed: Q9NR96)

All UniProt accessions (1): Q9NR96

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Key component of innate and adaptive immunity. TLRs (Toll-like receptors) control host immune response against pathogens through recognition of molecular patterns specific to microorganisms. TLR9 is a nucleotide-sensing TLR which is activated by unmethylated cytidine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG) dinucleotides. Acts via MYD88 and TRAF6, leading to NF-kappa-B activation, cytokine secretion and the inflammatory response. Also acts via ADCY7, leading to cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) synthesis and activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Plays a role in defense against systemic mouse cytomegalovirus infection. Controls lymphocyte response to Helicobacter infection. Upon CpG stimulation, induces B-cell proliferation, activation, survival and antibody production.

Subunit / interactions. Monomer and homodimer. Exists as a monomer in the absence of unmethylated cytidine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG) ligand. Proteolytic processing of an insertion loop (Z-loop) is required for homodimerization upon binding to the unmethylated CpG ligand leading to its activation. Interacts with MYD88 via their respective TIR domains. Interacts with BTK. Interacts (via transmembrane domain) with UNC93B1. Interacts with CD300LH; the interaction may promote full activation of TLR9-triggered innate responses. Interacts with CNPY3 and HSP90B1; this interaction is required for proper folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. Interacts with SMPDL3B. Interacts with CD82; this interaction is essential for TLR9-dependent myddosome formation in response to CpG stimulation. Interacts with ADCY7; leading to ADCY7 activation, synthesis of cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) and formation of the NLRP3 inflammasome.

Subcellular location. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Early endosome membrane. Lysosome. Cytoplasmic vesicle. Phagosome. Golgi apparatus membrane.

Tissue specificity. Highly expressed in spleen, lymph node, tonsil and peripheral blood leukocytes, especially in plasmacytoid pre-dendritic cells. Levels are much lower in monocytes and CD11c+ immature dendritic cells. Also detected in lung and liver.

Post-translational modifications. Activated by proteolytic cleavage of the flexible loop between repeats LRR14 and LRR15 within the ectodomain. Cleavage requires UNC93B1. Proteolytically processed by first removing the majority of the ectodomain by either asparagine endopeptidase (AEP) or a cathepsin followed by a trimming event that is solely cathepsin mediated and required for optimal receptor signaling. Phosphorylation of Tyr-870 by SYK and Tyr-980 by EGFR is essential for TLR9-mediated gene induction. Palmitoylated by ZDHHC3 in the Golgi regulates TLR9 trafficking from the Golgi to endosomes. Depalmitoylation by PPT1 controls the release of TLR9 from UNC93B1 in endosomes.

Similarity. Belongs to the Toll-like receptor family.

Isoforms (5)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q9NR96-11, Ayes
Q9NR96-22, B
Q9NR96-33
Q9NR96-44
Q9NR96-55

RefSeq proteins (1): NP_059138* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR000157TIR_domDomain
IPR001611Leu-rich_rptRepeat
IPR003591Leu-rich_rpt_typical-subtypRepeat
IPR032675LRR_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR035897Toll_tir_struct_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR041283LRR_12Repeat

Pfam: PF01582, PF13516, PF13855, PF18837

UniProt features (83 total): repeat 26, glycosylation site 13, disulfide bond 8, binding site 6, sequence variant 6, splice variant 4, sequence conflict 4, topological domain 2, modified residue 2, lipid moiety-binding region 2, mutagenesis site 2, helix 2, signal peptide 1, chain 1, transmembrane region 1, domain 1, turn 1, strand 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

3 structures by resolution:

PDBTitleMethodResolution (Å)
9L48Crystal structure of HLA-C*12:02-RV9X-RAY DIFFRACTION1.9
9L49Crystal structure of HLA-C*12:03-RV9X-RAY DIFFRACTION3
8AR3Solution structure of TLR9 transmembrane and cytoplasmic juxtamembrane regionsSOLUTION NMR

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q9NR96-F186.960.65

Human Protein Atlas

Protein class: CD markers, Predicted membrane proteins, FDA approved drug targets, Small molecule drugs, Human disease related genes

Protein evidence: Evidence at protein level

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Ligand- & substrate-binding residues (6)

PositionRole
47–51DNA
72–77DNA
95–109DNA
132DNA
179–181DNA
208DNA

Post-translational modifications (4)

TypePositions
Phosphotyrosine870, 980
S-palmitoyl cysteine258, 265

Disulfide bonds (8)

TypePositions
Disulfide bond35–45, 98–110, 178–184, 255–268, 258–265, 470–500, 764–790, 766–809

Glycosylation sites (13)

TypePositions
N-linked (glcnac…) asparagine64, 129, 200, 210, 242, 300, 340, 469, 474, 513, 567, 694, 731

Mutagenesis-validated functional residues (2)

PositionPhenotype
870significant inhibition of tlr9-induced il1b, il6, tnfaip3, and ifnb1 levels in cpg-treated cells.
980significant inhibition of tlr9-induced il1b, il6, tnfaip3, and ifnb1 levels in cpg-treated cells.

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

7 curated (TAS) of 23; 5 disease pathways. Curated-first; evidence = TAS (manually curated) vs IEA (electronic inference).

23 pathways:

IDPathwayEvidence
R-HSA-9679191Potential therapeutics for SARS ⚕curated
R-HSA-975155MyD88 dependent cascade initiated on endosomecurated
R-HSA-109704PI3K Cascadecurated
R-HSA-975110TRAF6 mediated IRF7 activation in TLR7/8 or 9 signalingcurated
R-HSA-975138TRAF6 mediated induction of NFkB and MAP kinases upon TLR7/8 or 9 activationcurated
R-HSA-168138Toll Like Receptor 9 (TLR9) Cascadecurated
R-HSA-1679131Trafficking and processing of endosomal TLRcurated
R-HSA-1643685Disease ⚕—
R-HSA-5663205Infectious disease ⚕—
R-HSA-9679506SARS-CoV Infections ⚕—
R-HSA-9824446Viral Infection Pathways ⚕—
R-HSA-2428924IGF1R signaling cascade—
R-HSA-112399IRS-mediated signalling—
R-HSA-2428928IRS-related events triggered by IGF1R—
R-HSA-168256Immune System—
R-HSA-168249Innate Immune System—
R-HSA-74751Insulin receptor signalling cascade—
R-HSA-162582Signal Transduction—
R-HSA-74752Signaling by Insulin receptor—
R-HSA-9006934Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases—
R-HSA-2404192Signaling by Type 1 Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor (IGF1R)—
R-HSA-168181Toll Like Receptor 7/8 (TLR7/8) Cascade—
R-HSA-168898Toll-like Receptor Cascades—

MSigDB gene sets: 323 (showing top): GSE45365_NK_CELL_VS_CD8A_DC_MCMV_INFECTION_UP, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_CELL_ACTIVATION, GOBP_DIGESTION, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_ERK1_AND_ERK2_CASCADE, REACTOME_SIGNALING_BY_INSULIN_RECEPTOR, GOBP_RESPONSE_TO_NITROGEN_COMPOUND, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_TRANSMEMBRANE_TRANSPORT, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_LEUKOCYTE_PROLIFERATION, GOBP_EPITHELIUM_DEVELOPMENT, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_AUTOPHAGY, REACTOME_INNATE_IMMUNE_SYSTEM, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_TRANSPORTER_ACTIVITY, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_TYPE_I_INTERFERON_PRODUCTION, GOBP_INFLAMMATORY_RESPONSE, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_INTERLEUKIN_8_PRODUCTION

GO Biological Process (50): microglial cell activation (GO:0001774), toll-like receptor signaling pathway (GO:0002224), positive regulation of immunoglobulin production (GO:0002639), MyD88-dependent toll-like receptor signaling pathway (GO:0002755), canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction (GO:0007249), male gonad development (GO:0008584), positive regulation of autophagy (GO:0010508), positive regulation of gene expression (GO:0010628), maintenance of gastrointestinal epithelium (GO:0030277), positive regulation of B cell proliferation (GO:0030890), detection of molecule of bacterial origin (GO:0032490), positive regulation of chemokine production (GO:0032722), positive regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production (GO:0032725), positive regulation of interferon-alpha production (GO:0032727), positive regulation of interferon-beta production (GO:0032728), positive regulation of type II interferon production (GO:0032729), positive regulation of interleukin-10 production (GO:0032733), positive regulation of interleukin-12 production (GO:0032735), positive regulation of interleukin-18 production (GO:0032741), positive regulation of interleukin-6 production (GO:0032755), positive regulation of interleukin-8 production (GO:0032757), positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor production (GO:0032760), toll-like receptor 9 signaling pathway (GO:0034162), positive regulation of toll-like receptor 9 signaling pathway (GO:0034165), defense response to bacterium (GO:0042742), positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction (GO:0043123), positive regulation of MAPK cascade (GO:0043410), innate immune response (GO:0045087), regulation of B cell differentiation (GO:0045577), positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944), positive regulation of JNK cascade (GO:0046330), positive regulation of inflammatory response (GO:0050729), defense response to Gram-negative bacterium (GO:0050829), positive regulation of B cell activation (GO:0050871), defense response to virus (GO:0051607), cellular response to lipopolysaccharide (GO:0071222), cellular response to metal ion (GO:0071248), positive regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome complex assembly (GO:1900227), negative regulation of ATPase-coupled calcium transmembrane transporter activity (GO:1901895), positive regulation of intestinal epithelial cell development (GO:1905300), positive regulation of cytokine production (GO:0001819), activation of innate immune response (GO:0002218), immune system process (GO:0002376), defense response (GO:0006952), inflammatory response (GO:0006954), immune response (GO:0006955), signal transduction (GO:0007165), regulation of inflammatory response (GO:0050727), response to other organism (GO:0051707), endolysosomal toll-like receptor signaling pathway (GO:0140894)

GO Molecular Function (6): interleukin-1 receptor binding (GO:0005149), siRNA binding (GO:0035197), pattern recognition receptor activity (GO:0038187), protein homodimerization activity (GO:0042803), unmethylated CpG binding (GO:0045322), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (17): Golgi membrane (GO:0000139), extracellular region (GO:0005576), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), lysosome (GO:0005764), endosome (GO:0005768), endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783), endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789), plasma membrane (GO:0005886), endosome membrane (GO:0010008), basolateral plasma membrane (GO:0016323), apical plasma membrane (GO:0016324), early endosome membrane (GO:0031901), early phagosome (GO:0032009), endolysosome (GO:0036019), endolysosome membrane (GO:0036020), cytoplasmic vesicle (GO:0031410), phagocytic vesicle (GO:0045335)

Reactome top-level categories

15 top-level categories:

CategoryPathways
Toll-like Receptor Cascades3
MyD88 dependent cascade initiated on endosome2
Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases2
IRS-mediated signalling1
SARS-CoV Infections1
Toll Like Receptor 9 (TLR9) Cascade1
Toll Like Receptor 7/8 (TLR7/8) Cascade1
IRS-related events triggered by IGF1R1
Insulin receptor signalling cascade1
Immune System1
Innate Immune System1
Signaling by Type 1 Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor (IGF1R)1
IGF1R signaling cascade1
Disease1
Signaling by Insulin receptor1

GO top-level categories

showing 60 of 82 GO namespaces:

CategoryTerms
positive regulation of cytokine production7
positive regulation of type I interferon production2
bounding membrane of organelle2
cellular anatomical structure2
endomembrane system2
cytoplasm2
endosome2
plasma membrane region2
endosome membrane2
leukocyte activation involved in inflammatory response1
macrophage activation1
glial cell activation1
pattern recognition receptor signaling pathway1
immunoglobulin production1
regulation of immunoglobulin production1
positive regulation of production of molecular mediator of immune response1
toll-like receptor signaling pathway1
intracellular signaling cassette1
gonad development1
development of primary male sexual characteristics1
autophagy1
positive regulation of catabolic process1
regulation of autophagy1
gene expression1
regulation of gene expression1
positive regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process1
epithelial structure maintenance1
digestive system process1
regulation of B cell proliferation1
B cell proliferation1
positive regulation of lymphocyte proliferation1
positive regulation of B cell activation1
response to molecule of bacterial origin1
detection of chemical stimulus1
detection of external biotic stimulus1
chemokine production1
regulation of chemokine production1
granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production1
regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production1
positive regulation of protein metabolic process1
interferon-alpha production1
regulation of interferon-alpha production1
interferon-beta production1
regulation of interferon-beta production1
type II interferon production1
regulation of type II interferon production1
interleukin-10 production1
regulation of interleukin-10 production1
interleukin-12 production1
regulation of interleukin-12 production1
interleukin-18 production1
regulation of interleukin-18 production1
interleukin-6 production1
regulation of interleukin-6 production1
cytokine receptor binding1
growth factor receptor binding1
regulatory RNA binding1
signaling receptor activity1
identical protein binding1
protein dimerization activity1

Experimentally-supported GO annotations

GO terms backed by direct experimental evidence (ECO experimental codes) — 30 of 73 annotations. The rest are phylogenetic / computational / electronic (IEA).

30 experimentally-supported GO terms:

GO termNSEvidence
defense response to Gram-negative bacteriumBPmutant phenotype
detection of molecule of bacterial originBPdirect assay
negative regulation of ATPase-coupled calcium transmembrane transporter activityBPdirect assay
positive regulation of B cell activationBPdirect assay
positive regulation of B cell proliferationBPdirect assay
positive regulation of JNK cascadeBPdirect assay
positive regulation of MAPK cascadeBPdirect assay
positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transductionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of chemokine productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of gene expressionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of immunoglobulin productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of inflammatory responseBPdirect assay
positive regulation of interferon-alpha productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of interferon-beta productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of interleukin-6 productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of interleukin-8 productionBPdirect assay
positive regulation of type II interferon productionBPdirect assay
regulation of B cell differentiationBPdirect assay
toll-like receptor 9 signaling pathwayBPdirect assay
toll-like receptor signaling pathwayBPdirect assay
apical plasma membraneCCdirect assay
basolateral plasma membraneCCdirect assay
cytoplasmCCdirect assay
early endosome membraneCCdirect assay
endoplasmic reticulumCCdirect assay
plasma membraneCCdirect assay
interleukin-1 receptor bindingMFphysical interaction
pattern recognition receptor activityMFdirect assay
siRNA bindingMFmutant phenotype

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

showing 15 of 2,800 interactions by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
TLR9MYD88P78397960
TLR9IRF3Q14653888
TLR9IRF7Q92985887
TLR9TNFP01375881
TLR9IL6P05231881
TLR9IFNGP01579878
TLR9IL1BP01584876
TLR9IFNA13P01562872
TLR9IFNB1P01574864
TLR9RIGIO95786851
TLR9IRAK1P51617849
TLR9IL10P22301848
TLR9CD4P01730844
TLR9CD8AP01732833
TLR9IRAK4Q9NWZ3833

IntAct

Human interaction partners of TLR9 in IntAct, one row per partner (best MIscore; records = supporting IntAct interaction records).

8 partners by confidence:

PartnerInteraction typeMIscoreRecords
NCK1physical association0.4001
RBMXphysical association0.4001
SIGLEC5physical association0.4001
SIGLEC6physical association0.4001
SIGLEC9physical association0.4001
TLR8physical association0.4001
ABCD4association0.3501
CLGNassociation0.3501

BioGRID (71 interactions; top human partners by supporting records): MYD88 (Two-hybrid; 2 records), RNF216 (Two-hybrid; 2 records), TNFAIP3 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), ABCB9 (Affinity Capture-MS), ABCD4 (Affinity Capture-MS), ACTG1 (Affinity Capture-MS), ADCY3 (Affinity Capture-MS), BSCL2 (Affinity Capture-MS), BTK (Two-hybrid), CLGN (Affinity Capture-MS), CNPY3 (Affinity Capture-MS), DNAJC18 (Affinity Capture-MS), FAM69A (Affinity Capture-MS), GSK3A (Affinity Capture-MS), GSK3B (Affinity Capture-MS)

SIGNOR signaling

7 signaling interactions:

AEffectBMechanism
BGLF5“down-regulates quantity by destabilization”TLR9“post transcriptional regulation”
LMP1“down-regulates quantity by repression”TLR9“transcriptional regulation”
RNF216“down-regulates quantity by destabilization”TLR9ubiquitination
TLR9“up-regulates activity”MYD88binding
TLR9“up-regulates activity”TIRAPbinding
TLR9“up-regulates activity”TICAM1binding
TLR9“up-regulates activity”TICAM2binding

Disease & clinical

Genetic variants

Variant evidence for TLR9: 144 ClinVar records (1 pathogenic / likely pathogenic); 2 PharmGKB clinical annotations; 15 GWAS associations. Per-variant detail is on Sugi Variant.

ClinVar

144 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic1
Uncertain significance115
Likely benign17
Benign9

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (1)

Showing all 1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic ClinVar records, ranked by ClinVar review status (expert panel → multiple submitters → single submitter), then by number of submitting labs.

Variant IDHGVSClassificationReviewSubmitters
916573NM_017442.4(TLR9):c.548C>G (p.Pro183Arg)Likely pathogenicno assertion criteria provided1

Per-variant reference — Sugi Variant

Explore TLR9’s pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants individually — each with its ClinVar classification and conditions, applied ACMG criteria (ClinGen expert panel, where curated), the calibrated in-silico predictors (AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt, conservation), gnomAD frequency, and the predictor-disagreement QC signal — on Sugi Variant.

SpliceAI

Top 10 splice-impact sites by Δscore (adjacent positions with the same effect merged into one range; 19 predictions of 44):

Position(s)EffectΔscoreSites
3:52224313–52224314acceptor_loss0.99006
3:52225525–52225526donor_loss0.99005
3:52225525donor_loss0.9600
3:52225498donor_gain0.9400
3:52224315acceptor_loss0.8900
3:52224273acceptor_gain0.6100
3:52225514donor_gain0.6100
3:52224321acceptor_gain0.5700
3:52224292acceptor_gain0.5000
3:52224274acceptor_gain0.4500

AlphaMissense

1,737 missense substitutions predicted likely pathogenic (of 6,741 scored), across 475 residues. Top 20 hotspot residues, ranked by the number of likely-pathogenic substitutions (of those reachable by a single-nucleotide change), then by mean score:

ResidueLikely-pathogenic substitutionsMean am_pathogenicityMax am_pathogenicity
N9780.9540.995
N31880.9520.992
N48280.9460.988
N40180.9380.991
D96480.9190.973
N42580.9180.983
N68780.9080.975
N73580.9060.982
N76080.9010.984
N63880.8940.948
F37680.8930.969
N17780.8920.986
N25480.8920.990
D91280.8900.939
F62480.8870.931
F51780.8840.959
F93580.8770.970
F54180.8750.943
N60880.8740.963
F11980.8730.971

HPA cancer prognostics

RNA cancer specificity: Low cancer specificity

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:605474 | disease phenotypes: MIM:189960

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (1): esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (MONDO:0008586)

Orphanet (1): Esophageal atresia (Orphanet:1199)

GWAS associations

15 associations:

StudyTraitp-value
GCST90020029_779Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index2e-14
GCST90020027_1138Waist-hip index3e-14
GCST90020025_1719Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI1e-13
GCST90020024_354A body shape index2e-12
GCST004521_274Autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia3e-12
GCST006269_132General cognitive ability1e-9
GCST006948_58Feeling nervous2e-9
GCST012226_166Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index2e-9
GCST012228_362Waist-hip index7e-9
GCST002149_14Schizophrenia1e-8
GCST012203_2Colon cancer1e-8
GCST004902_20Parkinson’s disease3e-8
GCST004521_77Autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia4e-8
GCST012205_2Distal colorectal cancer5e-7
GCST001241_15Bipolar disorder2e-6

EFO canonical traits (from GWAS)

4 canonical traits:

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004337intelligence
EFO:0009597feeling nervous measurement
EFO:0007789BMI-adjusted waist circumference
EFO:0007788BMI-adjusted waist-hip ratio

MeSH disease descriptors

1 disease descriptors:

DescriptorNameTree numbers
C531835Esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula *(supp.)*

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: yes

ChEMBL targets (3): CHEMBL2111471 (PROTEIN FAMILY), CHEMBL4106182 (PROTEIN FAMILY), CHEMBL5804 (SINGLE PROTEIN)

Drugs by curated mechanism of action (ChEMBL)

Drugs whose curated ChEMBL mechanism of action targets the TLR9 protein itself — single-protein targets only (drugs acting on a protein family or complex that merely includes it are excluded). Includes antibodies and oligonucleotides that bioactivity screening does not capture.

8 curated-mechanism drugs:

DrugModalityMax phase
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATESmall molecule4
1018 ISSUnknown3
AGATOLIMOD SODIUMOligonucleotide3
COBITOLIMODOligonucleotide3
TILSOTOLIMODUnknown3
BAZLITORANUnknown2
EMD-1201081Unknown2
LEFITOLIMODUnknown2

Molecules with ChEMBL bioactivity

Phase ≥1, by development phase (incl. off-target/promiscuous compounds). Patent mentions across the top 20 by phase: 138,547 (via chembl_molecule»patent_compound — counts attach to the compound, not the gene–compound relationship, so off-target/promiscuous molecules can dominate).

5 molecules by phase:

MoleculeNamePhasePatents
CHEMBL1535HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE443,272
CHEMBL140CURCUMIN395,185
CHEMBL508338THIMEROSAL3
CHEMBL4650329AFIMETORAN260
CHEMBL5417170MHV-370230

PharmGKB: 1 entry (CPIC guideline: no)

PharmGKB clinical annotations

2 annotations by evidence level (1 strongest → 4):

VariantAssociationLevelDrugsPhenotypes
rs352139Efficacy3Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitorsCrohn Disease;Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
rs352139Efficacy3Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitorsPsoriasis

PharmGKB variants

1 variants:

VariantGenesLevelScore#Clin annotsDrugs
rs352139TLR933.502Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors

PharmGKB variant annotations

Per-publication pharmacogenomic findings for this gene (significant associations).

3 published findings:

VariantDrug(s)CategoryFindingPMID
rs352139Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitorsEfficacyGenotype TT is associated with decreased response to Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors in people with Crohn Disease or Inflammatory Bowel Diseases as compared to genotypes CC + CT.PMID:24776844
rs352139Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitorsEfficacyGenotypes CT + TT is associated with increased response to Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors in people with Psoriasis as compared to genotype CC.PMID:28696418
rs352139adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitorsEfficacyGenotypes CT + TT is associated with increased response to adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab or Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors in people with Arthritis, Rheumatoid as compared to genotype CC.PMID:34635730

GtoPdb / IUPHAR curated pharmacology

(IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology — expert-curated)

Target class: catalytic receptor — Toll-like receptor family

Most potent curated ligand interactions (2 total), top 2:

LigandActionAffinityParameter
compound 41 [PMID: 42484069]Antagonist7.14pIC50
hydroxychloroquineAntagonist7.1pIC50

Binding affinities (BindingDB)

4142 measured of 4195 human assays (4377 total across all organisms); most potent 50 below. Values come from heterogeneous assays and are not directly comparable.

LigandMeasureValuePatent
6-[5-[(2R)-2,4-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl]-4-fluoro-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-2-yl]-7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.05 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]oxolan-3-amineIC500.08 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[3-methoxy-5-[6-methyl-5-[4-(oxolan-3-ylamino)cyclohexyl]-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-3H-pyridin-2-ylidene]methanimidamideIC500.08 nMUS-11053244: 4-azaindole compounds
2-[4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]-6-oxa-2-azaspiro[3.4]octaneIC500.09 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
3-[4-[2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]pentane-1,5-diolIC500.1 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
4-[6-fluoro-2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-N-[(3-methyloxetan-3-yl)methyl]cyclohexan-1-amineIC500.12 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
6-[5-[4-(azetidin-1-yl)cyclohexyl]-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.13 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]-N-methyloxetan-3-amineIC500.14 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[4-fluoro-2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]-3-methyloxetan-3-amineIC500.15 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
8-methoxy-6-[3-propan-2-yl-5-(4-pyrrolidin-1-ylcyclohexyl)-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.16 nMUS-10730877: 4-Azaindole compounds
8-methoxy-6-[3-propan-2-yl-5-(4-pyrrolidin-1-ylcyclohexyl)-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.16 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[4-fluoro-2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]oxetan-3-amineIC500.16 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexan-1-amineIC500.17 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
6-[5-[4-(3,3-dimethylazetidin-1-yl)cyclohexyl]-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.17 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
8-methyl-6-(6-methyl-5-piperidin-4-yl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.18 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[4-fluoro-2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]oxan-4-amineIC500.18 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
6-[4-[6-fluoro-2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]-2-oxa-6-azaspiro[3.3]heptaneIC500.19 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
2-(dimethylamino)-1-[(3R)-4-[2-(7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-3-methylpiperazin-1-yl]ethanoneIC500.19 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
2-[4-[2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-1-pyrrolidin-1-ylethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
8-chloro-7-methyl-6-(5-piperidin-4-yl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-2-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
1-[4-[2-(2,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-2-methylpropan-2-olIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
8-methoxy-6-[5-[1-(2-methylsulfonylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-2-yl]-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
2-[4-[2-(8-cyclopropyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-N-methylacetamideIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
3-[4-[2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]propan-1-olIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
2-(dimethylamino)-1-[4-[3-propan-2-yl-2-[8-(trifluoromethyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl]-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]ethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
1-[4-[2-(8-cyclopropyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-2-(dimethylamino)ethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
1-[4-[2-(8-cyclopropyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-2-(methylamino)ethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
2-[cyclopropyl(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-1-[4-[2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]ethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
1-[4-[2-(7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-2-[methyl(propan-2-yl)amino]ethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
1-(3,3-difluoroazetidin-1-yl)-2-[4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]ethanoneIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
2-[[3-[4-[2-(7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-indol-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-3-oxopropyl]amino]acetamideIC500.2 nMUS-10071079: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
US10478424, Example 253IC500.2 nMUS-10478424: [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridinyl substituted indole compounds
3-[[4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]-methylamino]propanenitrileIC500.2 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-ethyl-4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-N-methylcyclohexan-1-amineIC500.21 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[6-fluoro-2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]oxetan-3-amineIC500.21 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
8-methyl-6-(5-piperidin-4-yl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.22 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-[4-[4-fluoro-2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]cyclohexyl]-3-methyloxetan-3-amineIC500.22 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
6-[5-[4-(azetidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]-4-fluoro-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-2-yl]-8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.23 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
2-[4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]-N,N-dimethylacetamideIC500.24 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-ethyl-N-methyl-1-[4-methyl-2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]piperidin-4-amineIC500.24 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
4-[2-(7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-4-fluoro-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]-N-ethyl-N-methylcyclohexan-1-amineIC500.24 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
8-methoxy-6-[6-methyl-5-[1-(oxan-4-yl)piperidin-4-yl]-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.25 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-6-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-N-[(3-methyloxetan-3-yl)methyl]cyclohexan-1-amineIC500.26 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
N-ethyl-1-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-4-methyl-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-5-yl]-N-methylpiperidin-4-amineIC500.26 nMUS-11912703: 6-azaindole compounds
4-[6-fluoro-2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-N-methylcyclohexan-1-amineIC500.27 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
2-methyl-1-[4-[2-(8-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]piperidin-1-yl]propan-2-olIC500.27 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
1-[(2R,5S)-4-[2-(7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-2,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl]-3-(1-oxa-6-azaspiro[3.3]heptan-6-yl)propan-1-oneIC500.27 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
6-[5-[(2S,5S)-2,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl]-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl]-7,8-dimethyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridineIC500.27 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-N,N-dimethylcyclohexan-1-amineIC500.28 nMUS-10544143: 4-azaindole compounds
4-[2-(8-methoxy-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-6-yl)-3-propan-2-yl-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-5-yl]-N,N-dimethylcyclohexan-1-amineIC500.28 nMUS-10730877: 4-Azaindole compounds

ChEMBL bioactivities

5540 potent at pChembl≥5 of 6100 total, top 50 by pChembl (potency: 10 = 0.1 nM, 6 = 1 µM).

pChemblTypeValueUnitMolecule
8.46IC503.5nMCHEMBL3356618
8.41IC503.9nMCHEMBL3357062
8.34IC504.6nMCHEMBL2144205
8.30IC505nMCHEMBL5169681
8.15IC507nMCHEMBL5094930
8.07IC508.6nMCHEMBL3357064
7.96IC5011nMCHEMBL3357065
7.96IC5011nMCHEMBL3356617
7.96IC5011nMCHEMBL4065452
7.89IC5013nMCHEMBL3357070
7.89IC5013nMCHEMBL6134015
7.82IC5015nMCHEMBL4065452
7.82IC5015nMCHEMBL5176310
7.82IC5015nMCHEMBL6108908
7.80IC5016nMCHEMBL3356616
7.80IC5016nMCHEMBL5855721
7.80IC5016nMCHEMBL6083133
7.77IC5017nMCHEMBL5177422
7.77IC5017nMCHEMBL6083131
7.72IC5019nMCHEMBL5193639
7.72IC5019nMCHEMBL5845501
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL3356615
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL4278635
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL4276673
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL4279467
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL4282131
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL457704
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL6074579
7.70IC5020nMCHEMBL6078096
7.64IC5023nMCHEMBL5857884
7.60IC5025nMCHEMBL3905103
7.57IC5027nMCHEMBL3356611
7.55IC5028nMCHEMBL3357069
7.55IC5028nMCHEMBL5187807
7.55IC5028nMCHEMBL5183377
7.52IC5030nMCHEMBL4290314
7.52IC5030nMCHEMBL4279648
7.52IC5030nMCHEMBL4281194
7.52IC5030nMCHEMBL4278682
7.52IC5030nMCHEMBL4286933
7.52IC5030nMCHEMBL515364
7.50IC5032nMCHEMBL5092293
7.50IC5032nMCHEMBL5075053
7.50IC5032nMCHEMBL6052992
7.46IC5035nMCHEMBL3356614
7.46IC5035nMCHEMBL5197857
7.46IC5035nMCHEMBL5992876
7.43IC5037nMCHEMBL4082132
7.43IC5037nMCHEMBL5974999
7.42IC5038nMCHEMBL5175416

PubChem BioAssay actives

271 with measured affinity, of 742 total; 50 most potent distinct compounds. Largely complementary to BindingDB; screening values are coarse (µM, 4 dp), so sub-nM hits tie at the floor.

CompoundAssayTypeValueUnit
4-methyl-2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropyl)-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0035uM
2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropyl)-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0039uM
6,7-dimethoxy-2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-N-(2-morpholin-4-ylethyl)quinazolin-4-amine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0046uM
N-[6-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-9-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropyl)purin-2-yl]-4-(methylaminomethyl)benzamide1846684: Antagonist activity at TLR9 (unknown origin)ic500.0050uM
6-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-[[4-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl]methyl]-9-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropyl)purin-2-amine1814740: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue-HTLR7 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation measured after overnight incubation by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0070uM
4-[3-[2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl]propyl]morpholine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0086uM
6-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)-2-[4-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)phenyl]-1,3-benzoxazole1924741: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK293 cells coexpressing firefly luciferase assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated for 30 mins followed by Oligo CpG stimulation by Steady-Glo luciferase assayic500.0110uM
4-[4-[2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl]butyl]morpholine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0110uM
4-methyl-2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-7-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0110uM
N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridinyl)-2-(1,1-dioxothian-4-yl)-1-methyl-6-[4-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]benzimidazol-4-amine2205792: Inhibition of TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells preincubated with compound for 60 mins followed by ODN2006 addition and measured after 22 hrs by inducible SEAP reporter gene based assayic500.0130uM
2-[4-[4-[7-(3-morpholin-4-ylpropyl)-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-yl]phenyl]piperazin-1-yl]ethanol1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0130uM
2-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-7-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)-3-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0150uM
N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridinyl)-1-methyl-2-(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)-6-[4-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]benzimidazol-4-amine2205792: Inhibition of TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells preincubated with compound for 60 mins followed by ODN2006 addition and measured after 22 hrs by inducible SEAP reporter gene based assayic500.0150uM
1-methyl-2-(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)-N-(6-morpholin-4-ylpyridazin-3-yl)-6-[4-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]benzimidazol-4-amine2205792: Inhibition of TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells preincubated with compound for 60 mins followed by ODN2006 addition and measured after 22 hrs by inducible SEAP reporter gene based assayic500.0160uM
4-[3-[4-methyl-2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl]propyl]morpholine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0160uM
7-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-[4-methoxy-2-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)phenyl]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0170uM
2-cyclopropyl-N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridinyl)-1-methyl-6-[4-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]benzimidazol-4-amine2205792: Inhibition of TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells preincubated with compound for 60 mins followed by ODN2006 addition and measured after 22 hrs by inducible SEAP reporter gene based assayic500.0170uM
2-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-7-amine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0190uM
2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-N-(2-morpholin-4-ylethyl)quinazolin-4-amine1924740: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as activation of NFkappaB incubated for 16 hrs by luciferase reporter gene assayic500.0200uM
4-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-methoxy-2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazoline1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0200uM
6-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl-4-piperazin-1-yl-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0200uM
[4-[2-(dimethylamino)-6-methoxy-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-4-yl]piperazin-1-yl]-phenylmethanone1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0200uM
4-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0200uM
1-methyl-N-[[4-(morpholin-4-ylmethyl)phenyl]methyl]-2-(oxetan-3-yl)-6-[4-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]benzimidazol-4-amine2205792: Inhibition of TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells preincubated with compound for 60 mins followed by ODN2006 addition and measured after 22 hrs by inducible SEAP reporter gene based assayic500.0200uM
N-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyridinyl)-1,2-dimethyl-6-[4-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]benzimidazol-4-amine2205792: Inhibition of TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells preincubated with compound for 60 mins followed by ODN2006 addition and measured after 22 hrs by inducible SEAP reporter gene based assayic500.0200uM
4-[2-[4-methyl-2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl]ethyl]morpholine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0200uM
2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-N-(2-morpholin-4-ylethyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinazolin-4-amine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0270uM
4-[3-[2-[7-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl]-5-methoxyphenoxy]propyl]morpholine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0280uM
2-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-7-(4-propan-2-ylpiperazin-1-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine1874527: Antagonist activity at TLR9 in human pDCs inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation by measuring IFN-alpha levels preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured after 18 hrs by ELISA analysisic500.0280uM
4-[3-[2-[4-[4-(2-methoxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]phenyl]-5,6-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl]propyl]morpholine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0280uM
4-[4-(cyclopentylmethyl)piperazin-1-yl]-6-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0300uM
4-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-6-methoxy-N-[3-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)propyl]-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0300uM
[4-(aminomethyl)phenyl]-[4-[2-(dimethylamino)-6-methoxy-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-4-yl]piperazin-1-yl]methanone1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0300uM
[4-[2-(dimethylamino)-6-methoxy-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-4-yl]piperazin-1-yl]-(4-fluorophenyl)methanone1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0300uM
6-methoxy-4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-[3-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)propyl]-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0300uM
N’,N’-dimethyl-N-[2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]quinazolin-4-yl]ethane-1,2-diamine389404: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK293 cells assessed as blockade of CpG oligonucleotide-induced immune response by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter gene assayic500.0300uM
5-[(4R,10bS)-8-(3a-methoxy-1,2,3,4,6,6a-hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrol-5-yl)-4-methyl-3,4,6,10b-tetrahydro-1H-pyrazino[2,1-a]isoindol-2-yl]quinoline-8-carbonitrile1846687: Antagonist activity at R848 stimulated TRL9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of NF kappa B/Ap-1 activation measured after 20 hrs by SEAP reporter assayic500.0320uM
5-[(2S,6R)-2-[[8-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-5-oxa-2,8-diazaspiro[3.5]nonan-2-yl]methyl]-6-methylmorpholin-4-yl]quinoline-8-carbonitrile1846687: Antagonist activity at R848 stimulated TRL9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of NF kappa B/Ap-1 activation measured after 20 hrs by SEAP reporter assayic500.0320uM
2-deuterio-5-[(2R,6S)-2-methyl-6-[[6-(5-oxa-2,8-diazaspiro[3.5]nonan-2-yl)spiro[1H-2-benzofuran-3,3’-azetidine]-1’-yl]methyl]morpholin-4-yl]quinoline-8-carbonitrile1817772: Inhibition of human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of TLR9 by cell based assayic500.0320uM
4-[(2R,6S)-2-methyl-6-[[6-(6-methyl-2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptan-2-yl)spiro[1H-2-benzofuran-3,3’-azetidine]-1’-yl]methyl]morpholin-4-yl]pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-7-carbonitrile1817772: Inhibition of human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of TLR9 by cell based assayic500.0320uM
4-[3-[5-methoxy-2-(7-piperazin-1-ylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)phenoxy]propyl]morpholine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0350uM
5,6-dimethyl-2-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]-N-(2-morpholin-4-ylethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine1171366: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 transfected in HEK293 cells after 6 hrs by NF-kappaB luciferase reporter assayic500.0350uM
1-methyl-N-[3-[6-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)-1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl]phenyl]piperidin-4-amine1452739: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK293 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NF-kappaB activation after 24 hrs by spectrophotometry based SEAP reporter gene assayic500.0370uM
2-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(3-imidazol-1-ylpropyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-7-amine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0380uM
5-[(2S,6R)-2-[[3-[(4aR,7aR)-3,4,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydro-2H-pyrrolo[3,4-b][1,4]oxazin-6-yl]spiro[5H-furo[3,4-b]pyridine-7,3’-azetidine]-1’-yl]methyl]-6-methylmorpholin-4-yl]-2-deuterioquinoline-8-carbonitrile1817772: Inhibition of human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of TLR9 by cell based assayic500.0390uM
7-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine1874521: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue hTLR9 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation preincubated with compound for 1 hrs followed by CpGB addition and measured next day by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0390uM
4-(4-cyclopentylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-6-methoxy-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0400uM
6-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl-4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-7-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)quinazolin-2-amine1422466: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-Blue cells assessed as reduction in CpGB-induced NF-kappaB levels after 24 hrs by spectrophotometric analysisic500.0400uM
6-(4-ethylpiperazin-1-yl)-N-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-9-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropyl)purin-2-amine1814740: Antagonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in HEK-blue-HTLR7 cells assessed as inhibition of CpGB-induced NFkappaB activation measured after overnight incubation by SEAP-based spectrophotometry assayic500.0400uM
2-(2,6-dimethyl-4-pyridinyl)-4-methyl-6-piperidin-4-yl-9H-carbazole1768802: Inhibition of human TLR9 in HEK-Blue hTLR9 cells assessed as reduction in ODN2006-activated NF-KappaB by SEAP reporter assayic500.0400uM

CTD chemical–gene interactions

25 total (human), top 25 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
CPG-oligonucleotideincreases activity, affects localization, affects cotreatment, increases expression, increases reaction (+2 more)4
Paraquatincreases secretion, affects cotreatment, affects reaction, increases expression, decreases reaction (+1 more)3
CpG ODN 2216increases activity2
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation, increases mutagenesis2
Chloroquineincreases activity, increases expression, decreases expression, increases reaction, decreases reaction2
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression, increases expression2
2-anisidineaffects expression1
hydroxyhydroquinonedecreases expression, decreases reaction1
4-aminobenzhydrazidedecreases expression, decreases reaction1
epigallocatechin gallateincreases expression, decreases reaction1
CGP 52608increases reaction, affects binding1
lipopolysaccharide, E. coli O26-B6increases expression1
CpG ODN 2006decreases reaction, increases activity, affects binding1
CpG ODN 2395affects binding, decreases reaction, increases activity1
theaflavin-3,3’-digallateaffects expression1
2,3,5-trichloro-6-phenyl-(1,4)benzoquinoneincreases expression1
Cisplatindecreases response to substance, decreases expression1
Hydroxychloroquinedecreases expression1
Lipopolysaccharidesincreases expression1
Melatonindecreases reaction, increases expression1
Oxygendecreases reaction, increases expression, increases reaction1
Ozoneincreases expression1
Rotenoneincreases expression1
Silver Compoundsaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Okadaic Aciddecreases expression1

ChEMBL screening assays

132 unique, capped per target: 125 binding, 7 functional

Representative assays (with source publication via chembl_document):

Assay IDTypeDescriptionSource paper
CHEMBL1247821BindingInhibition of TLR7/TLR9-mediated activation of aldrithiol-2-treated HIV1 Ada-stimulated human PBMC assessed as CD86 expressing cells at 100 uM after 20 hrs by flow cytometryChloroquine modulates HIV-1-induced plasmacytoid dendritic cell alpha interferon: implication for T-cell activation. — *Antimicrob Agents Chemother*
CHEMBL2169112FunctionalAgonist activity at human TLR9 expressed in Ramos blue cells assessed as stimulation of NF-kB/AP-1 activity at 20 uM incubated for 18 hrs using quanti blue assay based SEAP reporter gene assayImmunomodulatory properties of novel nucleotide oligomerization domain 2 (nod2) agonistic desmuramyldipeptides. — *J Med Chem*

Cellosaurus cell lines

11 cell lines: 8 transformed cell line, 3 cancer cell line

First 10 cell lines (id-ordered, not curated):

CellosaurusNameCategorySex
CVCL_A8CUHEK-Blue-Lucia hTLR9 (NF/IL8)Transformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_D7A5Leeporter HEK293 TLR9/NF-kB luciferaseTransformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_E6V4Genomeditech HEK-293 H_TLR9 ReporterTransformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_E8FDTHP1-Dual hTLR9Cancer cell lineMale
CVCL_IM86HEK-Blue hTLR9Transformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_RQ78HEK 293/TLR9/NF-kB Luciferase ReporterTransformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_VI46HEK-TLR9-YFPTransformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_XI46CAL-1 TLR9 mCherryCancer cell lineMale
CVCL_XI47THP-1 TLR9 mCherryCancer cell lineMale
CVCL_Y412293XL/hTLR9-HATransformed cell lineFemale

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

Via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

37 trials:

NCTPhaseStatusTitle
NCT01574313Phase 4COMPLETEDEffect of Stellate Ganglion Block on Meniere’s Disease
NCT02529475Phase 4TERMINATEDEvaluation of Inner Ear and Brain Structures With Contrast-enhanced MRI in Healthy Subjects (HYDROPS)
NCT04815187Phase 4ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGRepurposed Use of Allergic Rhinitis and Allergic Asthma Drug to Reduce Vertigo and Hearing Loss in Meniere’s Disease
NCT03664674Phase 3COMPLETEDPhase 3 Study of OTO-104 in Subjects With Unilateral Meniere’s Disease
NCT04677972Phase 3COMPLETEDSPI-1005 for the Treatment of Meniere’s Disease
NCT05851508Phase 3RECRUITINGThe Effecttiveness of Intratympanic Methylprednisolon Injections Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of Vertigo Attacks in Meniere’s Disease
NCT05420350Phase 2UNKNOWNLamotrigine and Bupropion for Meniere’s Disease
NCT06544434Phase 2UNKNOWNLaser Acupuncture for Meniere Disease
NCT04674735Phase 1WITHDRAWNSafety of APSLXR in Patients Presenting Vertigo of Vestibular Origin or Meniere’s Disease
NCT03792360Phase 1WITHDRAWNAdipose Derived SVF for Aero-digestive & Enterocutaneous Fistulae
NCT04218123Phase 2/3COMPLETEDAssessing the Efficacy of a Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor for Improving Meniere’s Disease Outcomes
NCT04766853Phase 1/2COMPLETEDVerification of the Efficacy/safety of the Intratympanic Drug Delivery for Hearing Loss
NCT04794842Early Phase 1UNKNOWNComparing Topical Tetracaine Drops to Topical Focal Phenol for Local Anesthesia During Intratympanic Steroid Injection
NCT00599560Not specifiedCOMPLETEDVasopressin and V2 Receptor in Meniere’s Disease
NCT02371798Not specifiedWITHDRAWNUnilateral Meniere Disease: Can Double Dose Gadolinium and Delayed Imaging Make the Diagnosis?
NCT03520322Not specifiedTERMINATEDA Study of a Mastoid Device in Subjects With Ménière’s Disease
NCT03795675Not specifiedACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCI Following VS Removal or Labyrinthectomy
NCT04370366Not specifiedUNKNOWNImaging of Endolymphatic Hydrops at 7T MRI
NCT04569175Not specifiedCOMPLETEDNon Enhanced Labyrinth Imaging for the Detection of Endolymphatic Hydrops in Meniere’s Disease NELI Study
NCT04686695Not specifiedCOMPLETEDTranscutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Treatment on Meniere Disease
NCT04835688Not specifiedUNKNOWNVentilation Tube Insertion for Unilateral Menière’s Disease
NCT04902963Not specifiedCOMPLETEDWhat is the Tympanic Membrane Healing Time After Insertion of a Gelfoam PE Tube?
NCT04935970Not specifiedUNKNOWNMetabolic Disorders and Vertigo
NCT05322538Not specifiedNOT_YET_RECRUITINGMenier’s Disease - Bone Density Study
NCT05328895Not specifiedCOMPLETEDTranscutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Meniere Disease
NCT05424302Not specifiedRECRUITINGEffect of Peripheral Vestibular Disease Location on Outcomes Following Home-based Virtual Reality Vestibular Therapy
NCT05582148Not specifiedUNKNOWNMeniere Disease and Hearing Aids
NCT05844657Not specifiedCOMPLETEDComprehensive Evaluation in Patients With Meniere’s Disease
NCT05960786Not specifiedCOMPLETEDTreating the Symptoms of Vertigo in a Real-world Setting Using the OtoBand
NCT06278129Not specifiedUNKNOWNEvaluation of the Diagnostic and Prognostic Efficacy of MRI in Acute Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Ménière’s Disease
NCT06544590Not specifiedCOMPLETEDTranscutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Meniere Disease
NCT07272473Not specifiedRECRUITINGEffects of Cervical Mobilization on Dizziness, Balance, and Joint Position Sense in Patients With Meniere’s Disease
NCT02033772Not specifiedCOMPLETEDProspective Data Collection of Patients < 6 Months of Age Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery
NCT02364843Not specifiedTERMINATEDA Physiological Study to Determine the Enteral Threonine Requirements in Infants Aged 1 to 6 Months
NCT03455881Not specifiedUNKNOWNPhenotypic and Genetic Assessment of Tracheal and Esophageal Birth Defects in Patients
NCT03730454Not specifiedACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGTransanastomotic Tube for Proximal Esophageal Atresia With Distal Tracheoesophageal Fistula Repair
NCT07687628Not specifiedRECRUITINGCamera-based Endoscopy Allows Spontaneous Breathing Diagnostic Management in Neonates With Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Predicted chemistry — Sugi Predict

The predicted patent-compound landscape for TLR9 across ~30M SureChEMBL compounds — explore on Sugi Predict.