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Preclinical evaluation of the urokinase receptor-derived peptide UPARANT as an anti-inflammatory drug. Inflamm Res 2017; 66:701-709. [PMID: 28456844 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-017-1051-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of several chronic diseases. The urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) exerts a plethora of functions in both physiological and pathological processes, including inflammation. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN In this study, we evaluated the anti-inflammatory effect of a novel peptide ligand of uPAR, UPARANT, in different animal models of inflammation. SUBJECTS AND TREATMENT Rats and mice were divided in different groups (n = 5) for single or repeated administration of vehicle (9% DMSO in 0.9% NaCl), UPARANT (6, 12 and 24 mg/kg) or dexamethasone (2 mg/kg). Animals were subjected to carrageenan-induced paw oedema or zymosan-induced peritonitis. METHODS UPARANT effects were tested on: (1) the carrageenan-induced paw oedema volume, (2) the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and the nitrite/nitrate (NOx) levels in the paw exudates, (3) cells recruitment into the peritoneal cavity after zymosan injection and (4) NOx levels in the peritoneal lavage. RESULTS UPARANT (12 and 24 mg/kg) reduced inflammation in both experimental paradigms. Analysis of pro-inflammatory enzymes revealed that administration of UPARANT reduced iNOS, COX2 and NO over-production. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides a solid evidence that UPARANT reduces the severity of inflammation in diverse animal models, thus representing a novel anti-inflammatory drug with potential advantages with respect to the typical steroidal agents.
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Regulation of human formyl peptide receptor 1 synthesis: role of single nucleotide polymorphisms, transcription factors, and inflammatory mediators. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28712. [PMID: 22174875 PMCID: PMC3235167 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The gene encoding the human formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) is heterogeneous, containing numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Here, we examine the effect of these SNPs on gene transcription and protein translation. We also identify gene promoter sequences and putative FPR1 transcription factors. To test the effect of codon bias and codon pair bias on FPR1 expression, four FPR1 genetic variants were expressed in human myeloid U937 cells fused to a reporter gene encoding firefly luciferase. No significant differences in luciferase activity were detected, suggesting that the translational regulation and protein stability of FPR1 are modulated by factors other than the SNP codon bias and the variant amino acid properties. Deletion and mutagenesis analysis of the FPR1 promoter showed that a CCAAT box is not required for gene transcription. A −88/41 promoter construct resulted in the strongest transcriptional activity, whereas a −72/41 construct showed large reduction in activity. The region between −88 and −72 contains a consensus binding site for the transcription factor PU.1. Mutagenesis of this site caused significant reduction in reporter gene expression. The PU.1 binding was confirmed in vivo by chromatin immunoprecipitation, and the binding to nucleotides −84 to −76 (TTCCTATTT) was confirmed in vitro by an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Thus, similar to many other myeloid genes, FPR1 promoter activity requires PU.1. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms at −56 and −54 did not significantly affect FPR1 gene expression, despite differences in binding of transcription factor IRF1 in vitro. Inflammatory mediators such as interferon-γ, tumor necrosis factor-α, and lipopolysaccharide did not increase FPR1 promoter activity in myeloid cells, whereas differentiation induced by DMSO and retinoic acid enhanced the activity. This implies that the expression of FPR1 in myeloid cells is developmentally regulated, and that the differentiated cells are equipped for immediate response to microbial infections.
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Cattaneo F, Guerra G, Ammendola R. Expression and signaling of formyl-peptide receptors in the brain. Neurochem Res 2010; 35:2018-26. [PMID: 21042851 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0301-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The human formyl-peptide receptor (FPR) and its variants FPRL1 and FPRL2 belong to the G-protein coupled seven transmembrane receptor (GPCR) family sensitive to pertussis toxin. FPR and FPRL1 were first detected in phagocytic leukocytes, and FPRL2 was found in monocytes and in dendritic cells. The three receptors were subsequently identified in other cell types or tissues, including neuronal cells and brain, where FPR and FPRL1 play a key role in angiogenesis, cell proliferation, protection against and cell death, as well as in neuroendocrine functions. Binding of different agonists to FPRs triggers several signaling pathways, activates NFkB and STAT3 transcriptional factors and induces the accumulation of the CDK inhibitors p21(waf1/cip1), p16(INK4) and p27(kip1). Signaling molecules, such as ERKs, JNK, PKC, p38MAPK, PLC and PLD are involved in these intracellular cascades. In this article we briefly review FPRs expression and signaling in neuronal cells.
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- Fabio Cattaneo
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Southgate EL, He RL, Gao JL, Murphy PM, Nanamori M, Ye RD. Identification of formyl peptides from Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus as potent chemoattractants for mouse neutrophils. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:1429-37. [PMID: 18606697 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.2.1429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The prototypic formyl peptide N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLF) is a major chemoattractant found in Escherichia coli culture supernatants and a potent agonist at human formyl peptide receptor (FPR) 1. Consistent with this, fMLF induces bactericidal functions in human neutrophils at nanomolar concentrations. However, it is a much less potent agonist for mouse FPR (mFPR) 1 and mouse neutrophils, requiring micromolar concentrations for cell activation. To determine whether other bacteria produce more potent agonists for mFPR1, we examined formyl peptides from Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus for their abilities to activate mouse neutrophils. A pentapeptide (N-formyl-Met-Ile-Val-Ile-Leu (fMIVIL)) from L. monocytogenes and a tetrapeptide (N-formyl-Met-Ile-Phe-Leu (fMIFL)) from S. aureus were found to induce mouse neutrophil chemotaxis at 1-10 nM and superoxide production at 10-100 nM, similar to the potency of fMLF on human neutrophils. Using transfected cell lines expressing mFPR1 and mFPR2, which are major forms of FPRs in mouse neutrophils, we found that mFPR1 is responsible for the high potency of fMIVIL and fMIFL. In comparison, activation of mFPR2 requires micromolar concentrations of the two peptides. Genetic deletion of mfpr1 resulted in abrogation of neutrophil superoxide production and degranulation in response to fMIVIL and fMIFL, further demonstrating that mFPR1 is the primary receptor for detection of these formyl peptides. In conclusion, the formyl peptides from L. monocytogenes and S. aureus are approximately 100-fold more potent than fMLF in activating mouse neutrophils. The ability of mFPR1 to detect bacterially derived formyl peptides indicates that this important host defense mechanism is conserved in mice.
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- Erica L Southgate
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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An impressive array of cellular and molecular adaptive responses achieves homeostasis. The inflammatory reaction is an adaptive response triggered by an insult to culminate into the overt cardinal signs of inflammation, eventually leading to resolution and returning the organism back to its original centered state. This article focuses on some aspects of the lipoxin A4 signaling pathway during the resolution phase, to better understand molecular mechanisms by which a neutrophil directs an inflammatory reaction to switch off and resume homeostasis. Defining the resolution state of a neutrophil at the molecular level will aid in treatments of diseases that are associated with an exaggerated and uncontrolled inflammation.
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- Pallavi R Devchand
- Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Vaughn MW, Proske RJ, Haviland DL. Identification, cloning, and functional characterization of a murine lipoxin A4 receptor homologue gene. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:3363-9. [PMID: 12218158 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.6.3363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To identify additional members of the murine N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe peptide receptor family (fMLF-R), a mouse macrophage cDNA library was screened using the open reading frame of murine N-formyl peptide receptor. Four individual hybridizing cDNA clones were maintained through tertiary screening. One cDNA clone was a truncated, polyadenylated version of the previously described murine-fMLF-R. The other three cDNA clones varied in length, but contained identical open reading frame sequences. One clone, 8C10, was selected for further study and shared 70% sequence identity with murine-fMLF-R and 89% sequence identity with murine lipoxin A4 receptor cDNA. When placed into the pcDNA-3 expression vector and cotransfected with Galpha16 cDNA into COS-1 cells, 8C10 cDNA induced the production of inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate when concentrations of 1-1600 nM lipoxin A4 (LXA4) were tested as ligands. Northern blot analysis of murine organs indicated that the 8C10 message is present in lung, spleen, and adipose tissue. Moreover, mice treated with LPS demonstrated increased expression of 8C10 message in spleen and adipose tissue, while showing a slight reduction in lung. We have also characterized the 8C10 structural gene from a 129Sv/J genomic library and have determined its size to be >6.1 kb in length and comprised of two exons separated by a 4.8-kb intron. Collectively, these data indicate that this homologue receptor is closely related to the murine LXA4 receptor and functionally responds to LXA4 as a ligand.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular/methods
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids/metabolism
- Lipoxins
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/immunology
- Organ Specificity/genetics
- Organ Specificity/immunology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Formyl Peptide
- Receptors, Immunologic/chemistry
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Lipoxin
- Receptors, Peptide/chemistry
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transfection
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- Michael W Vaughn
- Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, Research Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Sahagun-Ruiz A, Colla JS, Juhn J, Gao JL, Murphy PM, McDermott DH. Contrasting evolution of the human leukocyte N-formylpeptide receptor subtypes FPR and FPRL1R. Genes Immun 2001; 2:335-42. [PMID: 11607790 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2001] [Revised: 06/27/2001] [Accepted: 06/27/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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N-formylpeptides are phagocyte chemoattractants that act by binding to two structurally related receptors, FPR (formylpeptide receptor) and FPRL1R (FPR-like-1 receptor), which are encoded by the human genes FPR1 and FPRL1. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the FPR coding region have been reported and two have been associated with the disease juvenile periodontitis; however, their frequency and linkage relationships are unknown. Here we systematically analyzed polymorphism in the open reading frames of FPR1 and FPRL1 by direct sequencing of cloned alleles from random blood donors from North America. For FPR1 we detected five non-synonymous SNPs and two synonymous SNPs in a sample of 26 chromosomes one each from 17 Caucasian and nine black random blood donors. Although all five non-synonymous SNPs were common in Caucasians, Blacks, and Asians, notable differences in allele frequency were found for each SNP in the different racial groups, suggesting differential selective pressures. We found that the FPR1 polymorphisms are linked in 15 common haplotypes. No polymorphisms were detected in FPRL1 after sampling 44 chromosomes from 36 random blood donors from the same three racial groups. Thus FPR1 and FPRL1, though they originated from a common gene, appear to have undergone markedly different evolutionary events.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Frequency
- Haplotypes/genetics
- Humans
- Leukocytes/chemistry
- Mammals/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics
- Racial Groups/genetics
- Receptors, Formyl Peptide
- Receptors, Immunologic/chemistry
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Lipoxin
- Receptors, Peptide/chemistry
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
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- A Sahagun-Ruiz
- Molecular Signaling Section, Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1886, USA
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Kato K, Yokomizo T, Izumi T, Shimizu T. Cell-specific transcriptional regulation of human leukotriene B(4) receptor gene. J Exp Med 2000; 192:413-20. [PMID: 10934229 PMCID: PMC2193224 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.3.413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2000] [Accepted: 04/18/2000] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) is a lipid mediator that activates leukocytes and is involved in host defense and inflammation. BLT1, a high-affinity receptor for LTB(4) (originally termed BLT), is expressed exclusively in inflammatory cells and is inducible in macrophages upon activation. The mechanisms of tissue-specific expression and induction of BLT1 are important for the understanding of mechanism of onset and the potential treatment of inflammatory disorders. Here, we report the genomic structure and a promoter analysis of the human BLT1 gene, with an emphasis on the mechanism of cell-specific transcription. No TATA or CAAT elements exist around the transcription initiation sites, but a GC-rich sequence is observed in this region. A reporter gene assay revealed that a region approximately 80 basepair upstream from the initiator sequence is required for the basal transcription of the BLT1 gene. Sp1 was found to be a major activator of basal transcription by electrophoretic mobility shift assays and site-directed mutagenesis. The CpG sites of the BLT1 promoter region were highly methylated in BLT1-nonexpressing cells, but not methylated in BLT1-expressing cells. Further, methylation of this region in vitro inhibited the promoter activity to approximately 15% of the control. Thus, methylation at CpG sites in the promoter region is important for cell-specific transcription of the BLT1 gene. The promoter region of the BLT1 gene is localized within the open reading frame (ORF) of the BLT2 gene, which encodes a low-affinity receptor for LTB(4) (Yokomizo, T., K. Kato, K. Terawaki, T. Izumi, and T. Shimizu. 2000. J. Exp. Med. 192:421-431). To our knowledge, this is the first example of "promoter in ORF" in higher eukaryotes.
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- Kazuhiko Kato
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Limited, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Prossnitz ER, Ye RD. The N-formyl peptide receptor: a model for the study of chemoattractant receptor structure and function. Pharmacol Ther 1997; 74:73-102. [PMID: 9336017 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-7258(96)00203-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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N-formyl peptides, such as fMet-Leu-Phe, are one of the most potent chemoattractants for phagocytic leukocytes. The interaction of N-formyl peptides with their specific cell surface receptors has been studied extensively and used as a model system for the characterization of G-protein-coupled signal transduction in phagocytes. The cloning of the N-formyl peptide receptor cDNA from several species and the identification of homologous genes have allowed detailed studies of structural and functional aspects of the receptor. Recent findings that the receptor is expressed in nonhematopoietic cells and that nonformylated peptides can activate the receptor suggest potentially novel functions and the existence of additional ligands for this receptor.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Chemotactic Factors/metabolism
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Formyl Peptide
- Receptors, Immunologic/chemistry
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, Peptide/chemistry
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
- Receptors, Peptide/physiology
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Structure-Activity Relationship
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- E R Prossnitz
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Ye RD, Boulay F. Structure and function of leukocyte chemoattractant receptors. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1997; 39:221-89. [PMID: 9160117 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60073-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- R D Ye
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Fischer T, Zumbihl R, Armand J, Casellas P, Rouot B. Prolonged elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP levels in U937 cells increases the number of receptors for and the responses to formylmethionyl-leucylphenylalanine, independently of the differentiation process. Biochem J 1995; 311 ( Pt 3):995-1000. [PMID: 7487962 PMCID: PMC1136100 DOI: 10.1042/bj3110995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The effects of elevated levels of cyclic AMP induced by cholera toxin (CTx) were investigated on the differentiated promyelomonocytic cell line U937. After CTx treatment, the initial inhibition of the oxidative burst induced by N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) was followed by a progressive increase over 20 h, resulting in 4-6-fold potentiation of the initial burst. Various cyclic-AMP-elevating agents produced similar potentiation of the FMLP- or C5a-induced oxidative burst, but the phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced oxidative burst was not affected by CTx pretreatment of cells. Furthermore, the increase in arachidonate release and intracellular Ca2+ triggered by FMLP were amplified after CTx treatment. ADP-ribosylation of Gi alpha subunits catalysed by pertussis toxin was slightly increased after CTx treatment, despite similar immunoreactivity of the alpha subunit of Gi2. FMLP binding sites present in CTx-treated membranes were 3-6 times more abundant than in control membranes. Expression of mRNAs encoding the FMLP receptor and one of its related receptors were enhanced after CTx treatment of both undifferentiated and undifferentiated U937 cells. In parallel, after undifferentiated cells were treated with CTx, they were able to increase intracellular Ca2+, but not the oxidative burst, in response to FMLP. These data demonstrate that CTx, by increasing cyclic AMP, enhances the expression of chemotactic receptors independently of U937 cell differentiation.
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The past year has seen significant advances in determining the important structural-functional domains of the complement C5a anaphylatoxin receptor. The current model suggests a two-site binding motif in which part of the amino-terminal extracellular domain of the receptor is recognized first by the amino-terminal end and disulfide-linked core of the C5a ligand. This is followed by interaction of the carboxy-terminal end of C5a with a second, and as yet undefined, site on the receptor that results in activating appropriate signal transduction pathways via receptor coupled G proteins. Another recent advance has been the discovery that the C5a receptor is expressed on non-myeloid cells, suggesting that C5a confers previously unexpected functions on certain target tissue cells, including bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells, hepatocytes, astrocytes, and vascular endothelial cells.
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- R A Wetsel
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- B A Imhof
- Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
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Comparison of the genomic organization and promoter function for human interleukin-8 receptors A and B. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47205-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fiore S, Maddox JF, Perez HD, Serhan CN. Identification of a human cDNA encoding a functional high affinity lipoxin A4 receptor. J Exp Med 1994; 180:253-60. [PMID: 8006586 PMCID: PMC2191537 DOI: 10.1084/jem.180.1.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) triggers selective responses with human neutrophils that are pertussis toxin sensitive and binds to high affinity receptors (Kd = 0.5 +/- 0.3 nM) that are modulated by stable analogues of guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP). Here, we characterized [11,12-(3)]LXA4 specific binding with neutrophil granule and plasma membranes, which each display high affinity binding sites (Kd = 0.7 +/- 0.1 nM) that were regulated by GTP gamma S. Since functional LXA4 receptors are inducible in HL-60 cells, we tested orphan cDNAs encoding 7-transmembrane region receptors cloned from these cells for their ability to bind and signal with LXA4. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with the orphan receptor cDNA (pINF114) displayed specific 3H-LXA4 high affinity binding (1.7 nM). When displacement of LXA4 binding with pINF114-transfected CHO cells was tested with other eicosanoids, including LXB4, leukotriene D4 (LTD4), LTB4, or prostaglandin E2, only LTD4 competed with LXA4, giving a Ki of 80 nM. In transfected CHO cells, LXA4 also stimulated GTPase activity and provoked the release of esterified arachidonate, which proved to be pertussis toxin sensitive. These results indicate that pINF114 cDNA encodes a 7-transmembrane region-containing protein that displays high affinity for 3H-LXA4 and transmits LXA4-induced signals. Together, they suggest that the encoded protein is a candidate for a LXA4 receptor in myeloid cells.
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- S Fiore
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Sprenger H, Lloyd A, Lautens L, Bonner T, Kelvin D. Structure, genomic organization, and expression of the human interleukin-8 receptor B gene. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)78092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The past few years have witnessed the convergence of research into inflammation and research on the G protein linked receptors; the receptors encoded by this gene family recognize the ligands C5a, interleukin 8 and related chemokines, such as platelet activating factor and formyl peptide. The theme that is emerging suggests that distinct signals at the cell surface feed into common pathways of cell activation. Different agonist functions may relate to G protein heterogeneity, kinetics of activation, receptor phosphorylation, and non-selective coupling of receptors with multiple varieties of G proteins.
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- C Gerard
- Ina Sue Perlmutter Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Murphy PM, Tiffany HL, McDermott D, Ahuja SK. Sequence and organization of the human N-formyl peptide receptor-encoding gene. Gene 1993; 133:285-90. [PMID: 8224916 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90653-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The human FPR1 gene encodes the N-formyl peptide receptor, a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that mediates the activation of mature myeloid cells by bacterial N-formyl oligopeptides. To investigate the molecular basis for myeloid-specific production of this receptor, we have cloned and sequenced FPR1. The gene is organized into three exons and two introns that span 6 kb. The coding block lacks introns. Yet, the transcription start point (tsp) is separated from the start codon by 4902 bp consisting of three exons and two large introns. Two mRNAs are produced by alternative splicing of exon 2 in HL-60 neutrophils and normal blood monocytes. The region 5' to the tsp contains three pyrimidine-rich segments, a feature that has been observed in other myeloid-specific genes. One complete Alu repeat is found in each intron and in the 3'-flanking region 317 bp downstream of the polyadenylation signal. Thus, FPR1 is a small myeloid-specific gene that is expressed as two alternatively spliced mRNAs encoding the same protein.
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- P M Murphy
- Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Baggiolini M, Dewald B, Moser B. Interleukin-8 and related chemotactic cytokines--CXC and CC chemokines. Adv Immunol 1993. [PMID: 8304236 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60509-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1477] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- M Baggiolini
- Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
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