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Agonist concentration-dependent changes in FPR1 conformation lead to biased signaling for selective activation of phagocyte functions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2201249119. [PMID: 35878025 PMCID: PMC9351494 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201249119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The bacteria-derived formyl peptide fMet-Leu-Phe (fMLF) is a potent chemoattractant of phagocytes that induces chemotaxis at subnanomolar concentrations. At higher concentrations, fMLF inhibits chemotaxis while stimulating degranulation and superoxide production, allowing phagocytes to kill invading bacteria. How an agonist activates distinct cellular functions at different concentrations remains unclear. Using a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer-based FPR1 biosensor, we found that fMLF at subnanomolar and micromolar concentrations induced distinct conformational changes in FPR1, a Gi-coupled chemoattractant receptor that activates various phagocyte functions. Neutrophil-like HL-60 cells exposed to subnanomolar concentrations of fMLF polarized rapidly and migrated along a chemoattractant concentration gradient. These cells also developed an intracellular Ca2+ concentration gradient. In comparison, high nanomolar and micromolar concentrations of fMLF triggered the PLC-β/diacyl glycerol/inositol trisphosphate pathway downstream of the heterotrimeric Gi proteins, leading to Ca2+ mobilization from intracellular stores and Ca2+ influx from extracellular milieu. A robust and uniform rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ level was required for degranulation and superoxide production but disrupted cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration gradient and inhibited chemotaxis. In addition, elevated ERK1/2 phosphorylation and β-arrestin2 membrane translocation were associated with diminished chemotaxis in the presence of fMLF above 1 nM. These findings suggest a mechanism for FPR1 agonist concentration-dependent signaling that leads to a switch from migration to bactericidal activities in phagocytes.
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Maaty WS, Lord CI, Gripentrog JM, Riesselman M, Keren-Aviram G, Liu T, Dratz EA, Bothner B, Jesaitis AJ. Identification of C-terminal phosphorylation sites of N-formyl peptide receptor-1 (FPR1) in human blood neutrophils. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:27042-27058. [PMID: 23873933 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.484113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Accumulation, activation, and control of neutrophils at inflammation sites is partly driven by N-formyl peptide chemoattractant receptors (FPRs). Occupancy of these G-protein-coupled receptors by formyl peptides has been shown to induce regulatory phosphorylation of cytoplasmic serine/threonine amino acid residues in heterologously expressed recombinant receptors, but the biochemistry of these modifications in primary human neutrophils remains relatively unstudied. FPR1 and FPR2 were partially immunopurified using antibodies that recognize both receptors (NFPRa) or unphosphorylated FPR1 (NFPRb) in dodecylmaltoside extracts of unstimulated and N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLF) + cytochalasin B-stimulated neutrophils or their membrane fractions. After deglycosylation and separation by SDS-PAGE, excised Coomassie Blue-staining bands (∼34,000 Mr) were tryptically digested, and FPR1, phospho-FPR1, and FPR2 content was confirmed by peptide mass spectrometry. C-terminal FPR1 peptides (Leu(312)-Arg(322) and Arg(323)-Lys(350)) and extracellular FPR1 peptide (Ile(191)-Arg(201)) as well as three similarly placed FPR2 peptides were identified in unstimulated and fMLF + cytochalasin B-stimulated samples. LC/MS/MS identified seven isoforms of Ala(323)-Lys(350) only in the fMLF + cytochalasin B-stimulated sample. These were individually phosphorylated at Thr(325), Ser(328), Thr(329), Thr(331), Ser(332), Thr(334), and Thr(339). No phospho-FPR2 peptides were detected. Cytochalasin B treatment of neutrophils decreased the sensitivity of fMLF-dependent NFPRb recognition 2-fold, from EC50 = 33 ± 8 to 74 ± 21 nM. Our results suggest that 1) partial immunopurification, deglycosylation, and SDS-PAGE separation of FPRs is sufficient to identify C-terminal FPR1 Ser/Thr phosphorylations by LC/MS/MS; 2) kinases/phosphatases activated in fMLF/cytochalasin B-stimulated neutrophils produce multiple C-terminal tail FPR1 Ser/Thr phosphorylations but have little effect on corresponding FPR2 sites; and 3) the extent of FPR1 phosphorylation can be monitored with C-terminal tail FPR1-phosphospecific antibodies.
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- Walid S Maaty
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play important roles in inflammation. Inflammatory cells such as polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), monocytes and macrophages express a large number of GPCRs for classic chemoattractants and chemokines. These receptors are critical to the migration of phagocytes and their accumulation at sites of inflammation, where these cells can exacerbate inflammation but also contribute to its resolution. Besides chemoattractant GPCRs, protease activated receptors (PARs) such as PAR1 are involved in the regulation of vascular endothelial permeability. Prostaglandin receptors play different roles in inflammatory cell activation, and can mediate both proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory functions. Many GPCRs present in inflammatory cells also mediate transcription factor activation, resulting in the synthesis and secretion of inflammatory factors and, in some cases, molecules that suppress inflammation. An understanding of the signaling paradigms of GPCRs in inflammatory cells is likely to facilitate translational research and development of improved anti-inflammatory therapies.
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Barth MC, Ahluwalia N, Anderson TJT, Hardy GJ, Sinha S, Alvarez-Cardona JA, Pruitt IE, Rhee EP, Colvin RA, Gerszten RE. Kynurenic acid triggers firm arrest of leukocytes to vascular endothelium under flow conditions. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:19189-95. [PMID: 19473985 PMCID: PMC2740542 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.024042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recent studies have demonstrated that kynurenic acid (KYNA), a compound produced endogenously by the interferon-gamma-induced degradation of tryptophan by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, activates the previously orphaned G protein-coupled receptor, GPR35. This receptor is expressed in immune tissues, although its potential function in immunomodulation remains to be explored. We determined that GPR35 was most highly expressed on human peripheral monocytes. In an in vitro vascular flow model, KYNA triggered the firm arrest of monocytes to both fibronectin and ICAM-1, via beta(1) integrin- and beta(2) integrin-mediated mechanisms, respectively. Incubation of monocytes with pertussis toxin prior to use in flow experiments significantly reduced the KYNA-induced monocyte adhesion, suggesting that adhesion is triggered by a G(i)-mediated process. Furthermore, KYNA-triggered adhesion of monocytic cells was reduced by short hairpin RNA-mediated silencing of GPR35. Although GPR35 is expressed at slightly lower levels on neutrophils, KYNA induced firm adhesion of these cells to an ICAM-1-expressing monolayer as well. KYNA also elicited neutrophil shedding of surface L-selectin, another indicator of leukocyte activation. Taken together, these data suggest that KYNA could be an important early mediator of leukocyte recruitment.
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- Marita C. Barth
- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Cardiology Division and Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Ye RD, Boulay F, Wang JM, Dahlgren C, Gerard C, Parmentier M, Serhan CN, Murphy PM. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIII. Nomenclature for the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) family. Pharmacol Rev 2009; 61:119-61. [PMID: 19498085 DOI: 10.1124/pr.109.001578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 600] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) are a small group of seven-transmembrane domain, G protein-coupled receptors that are expressed mainly by mammalian phagocytic leukocytes and are known to be important in host defense and inflammation. The three human FPRs (FPR1, FPR2/ALX, and FPR3) share significant sequence homology and are encoded by clustered genes. Collectively, these receptors bind an extraordinarily numerous and structurally diverse group of agonistic ligands, including N-formyl and nonformyl peptides of different composition, that chemoattract and activate phagocytes. N-formyl peptides, which are encoded in nature only by bacterial and mitochondrial genes and result from obligatory initiation of bacterial and mitochondrial protein synthesis with N-formylmethionine, is the only ligand class common to all three human receptors. Surprisingly, the endogenous anti-inflammatory peptide annexin 1 and its N-terminal fragments also bind human FPR1 and FPR2/ALX, and the anti-inflammatory eicosanoid lipoxin A4 is an agonist at FPR2/ALX. In comparison, fewer agonists have been identified for FPR3, the third member in this receptor family. Structural and functional studies of the FPRs have produced important information for understanding the general pharmacological principles governing all leukocyte chemoattractant receptors. This article aims to provide an overview of the discovery and pharmacological characterization of FPRs, to introduce an International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)-recommended nomenclature, and to discuss unmet challenges, including the mechanisms used by these receptors to bind diverse ligands and mediate different biological functions.
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- Richard D Ye
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 835 South Wolcott Avenue, M/C 868, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
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Batista EL, Warbington M, Badwey JA, Van Dyke TE. Differentiation of HL-60 cells to granulocytes involves regulation of select diacylglycerol kinases (DGKs). J Cell Biochem 2005; 94:774-93. [PMID: 15578578 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Diacylglycerol Kinases (DGKs) are a family of enzymes that regulate the levels of different pools of diacylglycerol (DAG), affecting DAG-mediated signal transduction. Since DAG is known to play several important regulatory roles in granulocyte physiology, we investigated the expression pattern of DGK isoforms throughout differentiation of HL-60 cells to granulocytes. HL-60 cells were incubated with 1.25% dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) to initiate differentiation and total RNA isolated at different time points. DGK expression was assessed through Northern blot, end-point PCR, and real-time PCR. The non-selective inhibitors R59022 and R59949 were used to block DGK at different time points throughout differentiation. CD11b and GPI-80, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, changes in the cell cycle, and apoptosis were used as markers of differentiation. Of the nine isoforms of DGK evaluated (alpha, delta, epsilon, gamma, zeta, beta, theta;, iota, eta), only five (alpha, delta, epsilon, gamma, and zeta) were expressed in HL-60 cells. DGKalpha was virtually absent in non-differentiated cells, but was markedly upregulated throughout differentiation. The other isoforms (delta, epsilon, gamma, and zeta) were expressed in undifferentiated HL-60 cells but were substantially decreased throughout differentiation. Non-selective blocking of DGK with R59022 and R59949 led to acceleration of differentiation, reducing the time necessary to observe upregulation of CD11b, GPI-80 and generation of ROS by 50%. Likewise, the cell cycle was disrupted when DGK isoforms were inhibited. These results provide evidence that DGK levels are dynamically regulated throughout differentiation and that expression of DGKs play an important regulatory function during the differentiation of neutrophils.
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- Eraldo L Batista
- Department of Oral Biology and Periodontology, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Chemotaxis is an important cellular response common in biology. In many chemotaxing cells the signal that regulates movement is initiated by G protein-coupled receptors on the cell surface that bind specific chemoattractants. These receptors share important structural similarities with other G protein-coupled receptors, including rhodopsin, which currently serves as the best starting point for modeling their structures. However, the chemotaxis receptors also share a number of relatively unique structural features that are less common in other GPCRs. The chemoattractant ligands of chemotaxis receptors exhibit a broad variety of sizes and chemical properties, ranging from small molecules and peptides to protein ligands. As a result, different chemotaxis receptors have evolved specialized mechanisms for the early steps of ligand binding and receptor activation. The mechanism of transmembrane signaling is currently under intensive study and several alternate mechanisms proposing different conformational rearrangements of the transmembrane helices have been proposed. Some chemotaxis receptors are proposed to form dimers, and in certain cases dimer formation is proposed to play a role in transmembrane signaling. In principle the structural and dynamical changes that occur during transmembrane signaling could be specialized for different receptors, or could be broadly conserved. Extensive mutagenesis studies have been carried out, and have begun to identify critical residues involved in ligand binding, receptor activation, and transmembrane signaling.
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- Aaron F Miller
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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Dalpiaz A, Ferretti ME, Vertuani G, Traniello S, Scatturin A, Spisani S. C- and N-terminal residue effect on peptide derivatives' antagonism toward the formyl-peptide receptor. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 436:187-96. [PMID: 11858798 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01627-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The biological action of several X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Z (X=3',5'-dimethylphenyl-ureido; Z=Phe, Lys, Glu, Tyr) analogues was analysed on human neutrophils to evaluate their ability to antagonize formyl-peptide receptors. X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe analogues obtained as C-terminal olo or amido derivatives and T-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe analogues (T=thiazolyl-ureido) were also analysed. The activities of pentapeptide derivatives were compared with those of X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe chosen as reference antagonist. Our results demonstrate that X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-olo, X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Glu and X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Tyr are more active antagonists than X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe. The presence of Lys (X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Lys) seems, instead, to inhibit the formyl-peptide receptor antagonist properties. The presence of the N-terminal thiazolyl-ureido group seems to considerably contribute to the receptor antagonist properties of T-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-OH. The introduction of the C-terminal methyl ester (T-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-OMe) or amido group (X-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-NH2) appears detrimental for the affinity and formyl-peptide receptor antagonist properties of the Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe derivatives. The examined peptides inhibit superoxide anion production and lysozyme release more efficaciously than neutrophil chemotaxis.
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- Alessandro Dalpiaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ferrara University, via Fossato di Mortara 19, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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Yip EC, Wong YH, Wong JT. Bacterial formyl peptide mediated chemotaxis and extracellular acidification in shrimp haemocytes. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 25:269-277. [PMID: 11246066 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(00)00060-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The bacterial formyl peptide N-formylmethionine-leucine-phenylalanine (fMLP) is a potent chemoattractant for mammalian neutrophils. In this study, we demonstrated the binding of fluorescent dye-conjugated-fMLP to haemocytes of the penaeid shrimp Penaeus penicillatus (Alcock), through the use of flow cytometry. Fluorescence microscopy with rhodamine-fMLP suggested that fMLP receptors are present only in sub-populations of the haemocytes: granulocytes and the semi-granular cells. In addition, fMLP dose-dependently mediated chemotaxis in sub-populations of haemocytes. Microphysiometry experiments demonstrated rapid extracellular acidification upon addition of fMLP, which is in agreement with the observation in neutrophils. t-BOC, the specific fMLP receptor antagonist, was able to block the binding, chemotaxis and extracellular acidification induced by the peptide. The ability of shrimp haemocytes to migrate toward fMLP in vitro suggests that this mechanism may be important for the accumulation of these cells in infected tissues of the shrimps.
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- E C Yip
- Biology Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Ferretti ME, Nalli M, Biondi C, Colamussi ML, Pavan B, Traniello S, Spisani S. Modulation of neutrophil phospholipase C activity and cyclic AMP levels by fMLP-OMe analogues. Cell Signal 2001; 13:233-40. [PMID: 11306240 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(01)00140-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (fMLP)-OMe (1) analogues for-Thp-Leu-Ain-OMe (2), for-Thp-Leu-Phe-OMe (3), for-Met-Leu-Ain-OMe (4), for-Met-Delta(z)Leu-Phe-OMe (5), for-Met-Lys-Phe-For-Met-Lys-Phe (6), for-Met-Leu-Pheol-COMe (7), and for-Nle-Leu-Phe-OMe (8) have been studied. Some of these have been found selective towards the activation of different biological responses of human neutrophils. In particular, peptides 2 and 3, which evoke only chemotaxis, are ineffective in enhancing inositol phosphate, as well as cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels. On the contrary, analogues 5 and 7, which induce superoxide anion production and degranulation, but not chemotaxis, significantly increase the levels of the two intracellular messengers, as is the case of the full agonists 1 and 6. The Ca(2+) ionophore A23187 also activates phospholipase C (PLC) and increases the nucleotide levels; when tested in combination with peptide 1 or 5, a supra-additive enhancement of cAMP concentration is obtained. The PLC blocker, U-73122, inhibits the formylpeptide-induced inositol phosphate formation, as well as cAMP increase. Moreover, this drug drastically reduces superoxide anion release triggered by 1 or 5, whereas it inhibits to a much lesser extent neutrophil chemotaxis induced by 1 or 2. Our results suggest that: (i) PLC stimulation is involved in cAMP enhancement by formylpeptides; (ii) the activation of PLC by formylpeptides, in conditions of increased Ca(2+) influx, induces a supra-additive enhancement of the nucleotide; (iii) the inability of pure chemoattractants to significantly alter the PLC activity or cAMP level, differently from full agonists or peptides specific in inducing superoxide anion release, appears as a general property. Thus, the activation of neutrophil PLC seems essential for superoxide anion release, but less involved in the chemotactic response.
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- M E Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Sezione di Fisiologia Generale, via L. Borsari 46, Università di Ferrara, 44100, Ferrara, Italy
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Dalpiaz A, Scatturin A, Vertuani G, Pecoraro R, Borea PA, Varani K, Traniello S, Spisani S. Met-Ile-Phe-Leu derivatives: full and partial agonists of human neutrophil formylpeptide receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 411:327-33. [PMID: 11164392 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00908-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The biological action of a series of Met-Ile-Phe-Leu analogues was analyzed on human neutrophils, to evaluate their ability to interact with formylpeptide receptors and to induce the related neutrophil responses. Three in vitro assays were carried out: receptor binding, chemotaxis and superoxide anion release. Our results demonstrate that formyl-Met-Ile-Phe-Leu derivatives act as more potent full agonists than formyl-Met-Leu-Phe, the tripeptide normally used as a model chemoattractant for the study of cell functions. On the other hand, the presence of N-ureidoisopropyl substituent in tetrapeptides imparts weak partial agonist properties. It has furthermore been demonstrated that the C-terminal methyl esterification or amination weakly influences the properties of tetrapeptide homologues. Finally, t-Boc-Met-Ile-Phe-Leu derivatives do not appear able to interact with formylpeptide receptors.
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- A Dalpiaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Ferrara University, via Fossato di Mortara 19, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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Hattar K, Sibelius U, Bickenbach A, Csernok E, Seeger W, Grimminger F. Subthreshold concentrations of anti‐proteinase 3 antibodies (c‐ANCA) specifically prime human neutrophils for fMLP‐induced leukotriene synthesis and chemotaxis. J Leukoc Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.69.1.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Katja Hattar
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus‐Liebig‐Universität, Giessen
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus‐Liebig‐Universität, Giessen
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- Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus‐Liebig‐Universität, Giessen
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Fabbri E, Spisani S, Barbin L, Biondi C, Buzzi M, Traniello S, Zecchini GP, Ferretti ME. Studies on fMLP-receptor interaction and signal transduction pathway by means of fMLP-OMe selective analogues. Cell Signal 2000; 12:391-8. [PMID: 10889468 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(00)00075-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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For-Thp-Leu-Ain-OMe ([Thp(1), Ain(3)] fMLP-OMe) (2), for-Met-delta(z)Leu-Phe-OMe ([delta(z)Leu(2)] fMLP-OMe) (3), for-Thp-Leu-Phe-OMe ([Thp(1)] fMLP-OMe) (4), and for-Met-Leu-Ain-OMe ([Ain(3)] fMLP-OMe) (5) are for-Met-Leu-Phe-OMe (fMLP-OMe) (1) analogues which discriminate between different responses of human neutrophils. Peptides 3 and 5, similar to fMLP-OMe, enhance neutrophil cyclic AMP (cAMP) as well as calcium levels, while analogues 2 and 4, which evoke only chemotaxis, do not alter the concentration of these intracellular messengers. When we tested the peptides' ability to displace [3H]-fMLP from its binding sites, the following order of potency was observed: analogue 1 > 3 > 5 > 2 > 4. A particularly low activity at the receptor level characterized analogues 2 and 4. Their low effectiveness was not improved by the addition of cytochalasin B, by different incubation temperatures, or by the absence of endogenous guanine nucleotides, conditions known to influence fMLP receptor fate and functionality. We speculate that, in certain conditions, the fMLP receptor may undergo conformational changes that impede the binding of pure chemoattractants.
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- E Fabbri
- Dipartimento di Biologia, via Selmi 3, Università di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
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- J M Schröder
- Department of Dermatology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Dalpiaz A, Ferretti ME, Pecoraro R, Fabbri E, Traniello S, Scatturin A, Spisani S. Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe derivatives as formylpeptide receptor antagonists in human neutrophils: cellular and conformational aspects. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1432:27-39. [PMID: 10366725 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(99)00081-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We synthesized several Phe-d-Leu-Phe-d-Leu-Phe analogues in which tert-butyloxycarbonyl and four different ureido substituents were included at the N-terminal of the peptides, obtained as free acid and methyl-ester derivatives. Their biological action was analysed on human neutrophil responses induced by N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLF). Several in vitro assays were carried out: receptor binding, measurement of Ca2+ intracellular concentration, chemotaxis, superoxide anion production and enzyme release. A conformational investigation, using infrared absorption and circular dichroism, was also performed. Our results demonstrate that the compounds examined prefer an ordered conformation (beta-turn) in amphipathic environment, and are able to antagonize the neutrophil functions evoked by fMLF. Moreover, the extent of inhibition of Ca2+ intracellular enhancement, as well as of superoxide anion production and granule enzyme release, appears related to their affinity toward the formylpeptide receptor. The free acid peptide derivatives appear to be more active antagonists than the methyl-ester ones.
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- A Dalpiaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, via Fossato di Mortara 19, Ferrara University, 44100, Ferrara, Italy
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Rane MJ, Arthur JM, Prossnitz ER, McLeish KR. Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by formyl peptide receptors is regulated by the cytoplasmic tail. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:20916-23. [PMID: 9694839 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.33.20916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Wild type formyl peptide receptors (FPRwt) and receptors deleted of the carboxyl-terminal 45 amino acids (FPRdel) were stably expressed in undifferentiated HL-60 promyelocytes. Expression of FPRwt reconstituted N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP)-stimulated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 kinase activity. Expression of FPRdel resulted in a 2-5-fold increase in basal ERK and p38 kinase activity, whereas FMLP failed to stimulate either mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Pertussis toxin abolished FMLP stimulation of both MAPKs in FPRwt cells but had no effect on either basal or FMLP-stimulated MAPK activity in FPRdel cells. FMLP stimulated a concentration-dependent increase in guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate (GTPgammaS) binding in membranes from FPRwt but not FPRdel cells. GTPgammaS inhibited FMLP binding to FPRwt but not FPRdel membranes. Photoaffinity labeling with azidoanilide-[gamma-32P]GTP in the presence or absence of FMLP showed increased labeling only in FPRwt membranes. Immunoprecipitation of alphai2 and alphaq/11 from solubilized, photolabeled membranes showed that FPRwt were coupled to alphai2 but not to alphaq/11. FPRwt cells demonstrated calcium mobilization following stimulation with FMLP, whereas FPRdel cells showed no increase in intracellular calcium. We conclude that the carboxyl-terminal tail of FPRs is necessary for ligand-mediated activation of Gi proteins and MAPK cascades. Deletion of the carboxyl-terminal tail results in constitutive activation of ERK and p38 kinase through a Gi2-independent pathway.
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- M J Rane
- Department of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
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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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Lala A, Sojar HT, De Nardin E. Expression and purification of recombinant human N-formyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP) receptor: generation of polyclonal antibody against FMLP receptor. Biochem Pharmacol 1997; 54:381-90. [PMID: 9278097 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00191-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The recombinant formyl peptide receptor has been successfully expressed and purified, utilizing an Escherichia coli expression system. Purification of formyl peptide receptor was performed using gel filtration chromatography and affinity chromatography, and the purified protein migrated at an apparent molecular mass of 36,000 Da. The purified recombinant receptor retained functional activity as determined by a ligand binding assay. The yield of the recombinant purified receptor was approximately 1 mg/2 L of culture, and the binding activity was determined to be approximately 8 nM, which suggests the conclusion that glycosylation does not affect significantly ligand binding of the N-formyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP) receptor molecule. The recombinant receptor protein yield was found to be significantly higher than that obtained from neutrophils. The purified recombinant receptor was then utilized to generate antibody against the same. The reaction of the antibody against recombinant formylpeptide receptor and against native formylpeptide receptor on neutrophils was confirmed by western blot analysis and flow cytometric analysis, respectively. The antibody was also used successfully to detect recombinant formylpeptide receptor expression on transfected 293 cells. These results describe for the first time the expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant FMLP receptor with ligand binding activity and the generation of polyclonal antibody against the same. This work also provides a foundation for future biophysical studies of the FMLP receptor molecule, which have not been possible until now.
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- A Lala
- Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214, U.S.A
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Revan S, Montesinos MC, Naime D, Landau S, Cronstein BN. Adenosine A2 receptor occupancy regulates stimulated neutrophil function via activation of a serine/threonine protein phosphatase. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:17114-8. [PMID: 8663342 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.29.17114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Adenosine modulates generation of superoxide anion by neutrophils via occupancy of specific adenosine A2A receptors. However, the intracellular signal transduction pathways by which occupancy of neutrophil adenosine A2A receptors inhibits superoxide anion generation (O2.-) are not well understood. We, therefore, tested the hypothesis that signaling at polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) adenosine receptors proceeds via activation of a serine/threonine protein phosphatase (pp). Both the specific pp1 inhibitor calyculin A (10 nM) and the pp2A inhibitor okadaic acid (10 microM) enhanced O2.- generation (185 +/- 24 and 189 +/- 35% of control, respectively, p < 0.0001 for both, n = 8), as reported previously. Calyculin A, but not okadaic acid, completely reversed inhibition of stimulated O2.- generation by the adenosine A2 receptor agonist 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA; IC50 = 30 nM; p < 0.0001, analysis of variance). Calyculin A also reversed the adenosine receptor-mediated desensitization of bound chemoattractant receptors in neutrophils. Treatment of PMNs with NECA increased the pp1 activity of crude membrane preparations in a time- and dose-dependent fashion (EC50 = 40 nM; p < 0.001, analysis of variance, n = 5). NECA inhibited cytosolic protein phosphatase activity by 78 +/- 12% (p < 0.003, n = 6) but did not shift pp1 catalytic subunit from cytosol to plasma membrane. Similar changes were observed in neutrophil cytoplasts depleted of organelles and nucleus. Moreover, the selective protein kinase A inhibitor KT5720 (10 microM) reversed the capacity of dibutyryl cAMP but not NECA to increase pp1 activity (p < 0.01, n = 5) in keeping with its effects on O2.- generation. Western blot analysis of PMN subcellular fractions demonstrated the presence of pp1alpha and pp1gamma1 but not pp1gamma2 isotypes in both cytosol and plasma membrane but not in azurophil or specific granules. We conclude from these studies that signal transduction by adenosine in PMN proceeds via a novel pathway: cAMP-independent activation of a serine/threonine protein phosphatase in the plasma membrane.
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- S Revan
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) protein thrombospondin (TSP) binds to specific receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and stimulates motility. TSP can also enhance the response of PMNs to the formylated peptide, N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). Our initial evidence suggesting that PMN TSP receptors were linked to GTP-binding proteins (G-proteins) came from studies using pertussis toxin (PT) and cholera toxin (CT) to inhibit TSP-mediated motility. Both PT and CT inhibited TSP-mediated chemotaxis and substrate-associated random migration. Inhibition was not indirectly caused by a rise in cAMP since neither dibutyryl cAMP (300 microM) nor 8-bromo-cAMP (300 microM) significantly affected TSP-mediated motility. In fact, TSP itself caused a significant rise in intracellular cAMP levels (from 7.2 +/- 0.3 to 14.2 +/- 0.1 pmol/10(6) cells). Although we could not test the PT sensitivity of TSP priming for FMLP-mediated chemotaxis (as PT inhibits FMLP-mediated chemotaxis itself), we evaluated the effect of CT on this response. CT completely abolished TSP-dependent priming of FMLP-mediated chemotaxis. Direct evidence for an interaction between TSP receptors and G-proteins was obtained by examining the effect of TSP on alpha-subunit ADP-ribosylation, GTPase activity, and GTP gamma S binding. We observed a decrease in the ability of FMLP to stimulate GTPase activity on membranes isolated from PMNs incubated with TSP. Furthermore, the PT-dependent ribosylation of Ci alpha 2,3 stimulated by FMLP was eliminated by TSP treatment. These data indicated that the two receptors share a pool of G-proteins. However, TSP did not block the CT-dependent ribosylation stimulated by FMLP, suggesting that TSP receptors may also interact with a different pool of Gi alpha 2,3. TSP itself significantly (P < 0.005) increased GTP hydrolysis in PMN membranes (to 110.6 +/- 2.7% of control values). In addition, GTP gamma S binding to membranes increased significantly (P < 0.005) following exposure to 10 nM TSP (to 108 +/- 1.4% of control values). Conversely, GTP treatment reduced the affinity of TSP for its receptor without altering total binding. These data demonstrate that TSP receptors are linked to G-proteins, a subpopulation of which also associates with FMLP receptors.
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- S J Suchard
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Särndahl E, Bokoch GM, Boulay F, Stendahl O, Andersson T. Direct or C5a-induced activation of heterotrimeric Gi2 proteins in human neutrophils is associated with interaction between formyl peptide receptors and the cytoskeleton. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:15267-71. [PMID: 8663057 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.25.15267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The binding of ligands to N-formyl peptide chemoattractant receptors in human neutrophils results in a rapid association of these receptors with a cytoskeletal fraction and a specific activation and release of Gi2 alpha-subunits from this fraction. In the present study we could show that pretreating neutrophils with GDPbetaS prevented the fMet-Leu-Phe-induced association of its receptor with a cytoskeletal fraction and also blocked the release of Gi2 alpha-subunits from the same cytoskeletal fraction. In contrast, direct activation of Gi2 proteins by addition of GTPgammaS or AlF4- not only caused a release of Gi2 alpha-subunits from the cytoskeleton but also an association of formyl peptide receptors with the cytoskeleton. The receptor for complement fragment 5a, which transduces its signaling through the same Gi2 protein, triggers both a release of Gi2 alpha-subunits from the cytoskeleton fraction and, of even greater interest, an association between formyl peptide receptors and the cytoskeleton. The close relationship between the activation and release of Gi2 alpha-subunits from the cytoskeleton and the association of formyl peptide receptors with the cytoskeleton might, however, not be a matter of protein-protein exchange, since the increased binding of formyl peptide receptors to the cytoskeleton occurs more rapidly than the release of Gi2 alpha-subunits from the cytoskeleton. The present findings suggest a possible mechanism for the initiation of formyl peptide receptor desensitization during neutrophil locomotion.
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- E Särndahl
- Department of Cell Biology, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Cavicchioni G, Breveglieri A, Boggian M, Vertuani G, Reali E, Spisani S. The importance of the peptide bond at position 2 in HCO-Met-Leu-Phe-OMe analogues as shown by studies on human neutrophils. J Pept Sci 1996; 2:135-40. [PMID: 9231322 DOI: 10.1002/psc.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The formylpeptides formyl-methionyl-N-methylleucyl-phenylalanine methyl ester [for-Met-(NMe)Leu-Phe-OMe] 1, formyl-methionyl-2-aminotetralin-2-carboxyl-phenylalanine methyl ester [for-Met-Atc-Phe-OMe] 2, formyl-methionyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxyl-phenylalanine methyl ester [for-Met-Tic-Phe-OMe] 3 and formyl-methionyl-2-aminoxy-4-methylvaleryl-phenylalanine methyl ester [for-Met-OLeu-Phe-OMe] 4 were synthesized in order to investigate the role of the amide bond at position 2 on biological activities on human neutrophils. Only analogue 2, which keeps the NH group at position 2, was found to retain activity though sterically encumbered.
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- G Cavicchioni
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy
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Blevins GT, van de Westerlo EM, Logsdon CD, Blevins PM, Williams JA. Nucleotides regulate the binding affinity of the recombinant type A cholecystokinin receptor in CHO K1 cells. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1996; 61:87-93. [PMID: 8852809 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(95)00142-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cholecystokinin (CCK) receptors on rat pancreatic acinar cells display two binding affinity states in the presence of adeninine and guanine triphosphates with the effect of ATP mediated by the enzyme nucleoside diphosphate kinase. To determine whether this behavior was intrinsic to a single receptor protein we studied the binding affinity of CHO cells stably transfected with a cloned rat CCKA receptor. 125I-CCK binding to intact cells at 37 degrees C revealed two affinity states for CCK of Kd values 20 pM and 2.4 nM. Membranes prepared from these cells displayed a single affinity state for CCK but two affinity states could be restored in the presence of GTP[gamma S], ATP and ATP[gamma S] but not AMP-PCP. ATP and ATP[gamma S] but not AMP-PCP were substrates for nucleoside diphosphate kinase present in CHO cell membranes and transferred their terminal phosphate to GDP. These findings indicate that the interconvertible affinity states of the CCK receptor are inherent in a single receptor protein and that nucleoside diphosphate kinase mediates the effect of ATP to regulate these two affinity states.
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- G T Blevins
- Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0622, USA
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Bommakanti RK, Dratz EA, Siemsen DW, Jesaitis AJ. Characterization of complex formation between Gi2 and octyl glucoside solubilized neutrophil N-formyl peptide chemoattractant receptor by sedimentation velocity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1209:69-76. [PMID: 7947984 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(94)90138-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The reversible formation of complexes between N-formyl peptide chemoattractant receptor (FPR) and Gi2 protein was analyzed by velocity sedimentation in linear sucrose density gradients. FPR complexed with heterotrimeric Gi2, sediments at different rate than uncomplexed FPR and the two forms have apparent sedimentation coefficients of 7S and 4S, respectively. The biochemical variables important for the reconstitution of the 7S complex from the 4S receptor and Gi2 were studied. The formation of 7S was saturable with Gi2 and addition of excess Gi did not cause oligomerization. The reconstituted 7S complex was stable under a variety of conditions including octyl glucoside concentrations below and above the critical micellar concentration. The optimum pH for the reconstitution is between 7 and 9, where the 4S and 7S species sedimented reproducibly, at distinct positions in the gradient. Below pH 6 both the 4S and the 7S species appear to undergo denaturation and form precipitates. Magnesium ions have no significant effect on the sedimentation of either forms of FPR. Reconstitution was stable up to a NaCl concentration of 0.2 M. At 1 M NaCl reconstitution was inhibited and at 3 M salt FPR aggregated. Since guanine nucleotides GTP, GTP gamma S, GDP beta S selectively dissociated the 7S complex in a concentration-dependent manner and adenine nucleotides had no effect, we conclude that the FPR-Gi2 system displays a vacant guanyl nucleotide binding site, the hallmark of a functional guanine nucleotide exchange complex. Moreover, our results indicate that the reconstitution of FPR-Gi2 complexes is reproducible at physiologically relevant conditions, shows selectivity, specificity, and biochemically functional properties consistent with a specific and functional interaction between solubilized FPR and G protein.
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- R K Bommakanti
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717
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Moghe PV, Tranquillo RT. Stochastic model of chemoattractant receptor dynamics in leukocyte chemosensory movement. Bull Math Biol 1994; 56:1041-93. [PMID: 7833844 DOI: 10.1007/bf02460287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Mammalian white blood cells are known to bias the direction of their movement along concentration gradients of specific chemical stimuli, a phenomenon called chemotaxis. Chemotaxis of leukocyte cells is central to the acute inflammatory response in living organisms and other critical physiological functions. On a molecular level, these cells sense the stimuli termed chemotactic factor (CF) through specific cell surface receptors that bind CF molecules. This triggers a complex signal transduction process involving intracellular biochemical pathways and biophysical events, eventually leading to the observable chemotactic response. Several investigators have shown theoretically that statistical fluctuations in receptor binding lead to "noisy" intracellular signals, which may explain the observed imperfect chemotactic response to a CF gradient. The most recent dynamic model (Tranquillo and Lauffenburger, J. Math. Biol. 25, 229-262. 1987) couples a scheme for intracellular signal transduction and cell motility response with fluctuations in receptor binding. However, this model employs several assumptions regarding receptor dynamics that are now known to be oversimplifications. We extend the earlier model by accounting for several known and speculated chemotactic receptor dynamics, namely, transient G-protein signaling, cytoskeletal association, and receptor internalization and recycling, including statistical fluctuations in the numbers of receptors among the various states. Published studies are used to estimate associated constants and ensure the predicted receptor distribution is accurate. Model analysis indicates that directional persistence in uniform CF concentrations is enhanced by increasing rate constants for receptor cytoskeletal inactivation, ternary complex dissociation, and binary complex dissociation, and by decreasing rate constants for receptor internalization and recycling. For most rate constants, we have detected an optimal range that maximizes orientation bias in CF gradients. We have also examined different desensitization and receptor recycling mechanisms that yield experimentally documented orientation behavior. These yield novel insights into the relationship between receptor dynamics and leukocyte chemosensory movement behavior.
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- P V Moghe
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Radel SJ, Genco RJ, De Nardin E. Structural and functional characterization of the human formyl peptide receptor ligand-binding region. Infect Immun 1994; 62:1726-32. [PMID: 8168934 PMCID: PMC186394 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.5.1726-1732.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The formyl peptide (N-formyl-1-methionyl-1-leucyl-1-phenylalanine [FMLP]) receptor is involved in the activation of neutrophils and their subsequent response to chemotactic N-formylated peptides. Recently, we found that the first extracellular loop closest to the N-terminal end of the FMLP receptor exhibited the strongest ligand binding compared with that shown by other extracellular regions. By constructing amino acid substitutional variants of this domain, we have determined that residues Arg-84 and Lys-85 on this loop play major roles in ligand-binding activity. Furthermore, random rearrangement of the residues of this receptor region demonstrated that the position of these charged amino acids did not affect their involvement in ligand binding, although their presence was essential for this binding to occur. We propose that the portion of the first N-terminal extracellular loop of the FMLP receptor containing residues Arg-84 and Lys-85 contributes significantly to the active site in ligand-receptor binding. We further propose that this binding is not dependent on defined structure but rather that these charged moieties may function as important "contacts" in receptor-ligand interactions.
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- S J Radel
- Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo 14214
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Abramson SB, Leszczynska-Piziak J, Clancy RM, Philips M, Weissmann G. Inhibition of neutrophil function by aspirin-like drugs (NSAIDS): requirement for assembly of heterotrimeric G proteins in bilayer phospholipid. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 47:563-72. [PMID: 8117325 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90189-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit neutrophil functions via mechanisms that are independent of their effects on prostaglandin biosynthesis. We examined the effects of sodium salicylate and piroxicam on GTP/GDP exchange by a regulatory G protein (G alpha i). Plasma membrane and cytosol of human neutrophils were prepared by nitrogen cavitation and discontinuous sucrose density centrifugation. Salicylate (3 mM) and piroxicam (50 microM) reduced [35S]GTP gamma S binding to purified plasma membranes [65 +/- 3.7 and 75 +/- 5.3% (P < 0.003) of control, respectively]. Membrane-associated G alpha/beta gamma was solubilized by treatment of plasma membranes with sodium cholate. NSAIDs did not inhibit binding of GTP to solubilized G alpha/beta gamma derived from detergent-treated plasma membranes. Lipid reconstitution was achieved by detergent dialysis followed by the addition of bilayer liposomes (phosphatidylcholine). Salicylate and piroxicam inhibited GTP gamma S binding to G alpha/beta gamma derived from solubilized plasma membranes reconstituted in phosphatidylcholine vesicles (bilayer structures) but had no effect when phosphatidylethanolamine (hexagonal phase II structure) was used for reconstitution. Salicylate and piroxicam had no effect on GTP binding to cytosolic fractions in which soluble G alpha i exists as a free subunit, suggesting that the effect required either assembly of G alpha i/beta gamma heterotrimer or the presence of a lipid bilayer. Although the addition of purified bovine beta gamma subunits to dialyzed cytosol increased both the total GIP binding capacity and the pertussis toxin-dependent ADP-ribosylation of G alpha i, consistent with assembly of a G protein heterotrimer, NSAIDs had no effect on GTP binding. In contrast, NSAIDs inhibited GTP binding to heterotrimeric G alpha cytosol/beta gamma bovine when the complex was inserted into bilayer liposomes. The data indicate that salicylate and piroxicam disrupt neutrophil function via their capacity to interfere with GTP/GDP exchange at an alpha subunit of a regulatory G protein, an effect which requires assembly of the active heterotrimer G alpha i/beta gamma in a phospholipid bilayer.
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- S B Abramson
- Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY
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Basic fibroblast growth factor-stimulated endothelial cell movement is mediated by a pertussis toxin-sensitive pathway regulating phospholipase A2 activity. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41851-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Goetzl E, Shames R, Yang J, Birke F, Liu Y, Albert P, An S. Inhibition of human HL-60 cell responses to chemotactic factors by antisense messenger RNA depletion of G proteins. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42181-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Tsunoda Y. Receptor-operated Ca2+ signaling and crosstalk in stimulus secretion coupling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1154:105-56. [PMID: 8218335 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(93)90008-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In the cells of higher eukaryotic organisms, there are several messenger pathways of intracellular signal transduction, such as the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate/Ca2+ signal, voltage-dependent and -independent Ca2+ channels, adenylate cyclase/cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate, guanylate cyclase/cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate, diacylglycerol/protein kinase C, and growth factors/tyrosine kinase/tyrosine phosphatase. These pathways are present in different cell types and impinge on each other for the modulation of the cell function. Ca2+ is one of the most ubiquitous intracellular messengers mediating transcellular communication in a wide variety of cell types. Over the last decades it has become clear that the activation of many types of cells is accompanied by an increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) that is thought to play an important part in the sequence of events occurring during cell activation. The Ca2+ signal can be divided into two categories: receptor- and voltage-operated Ca2+ signal. This review describes and integrates some recent views of receptor-operated Ca2+ signaling and crosstalk in the context of stimulus-secretion coupling.
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- Y Tsunoda
- Department of Faculty Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Lala A, Sharma A, Sojar HT, Radel SJ, Genco RJ, De Nardin E. Recombinant expression and partial characterization of the human formyl peptide receptor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1178:302-6. [PMID: 8364044 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(93)90208-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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FMLP-receptor DNA was expressed in Escherichia coli. The expressed product could specifically bind FMLP. This is the first-reported expression of a functional FMLP receptor in Escherichia coli. We confirm that receptor glycosylation is not essential for ligand binding. A deletion mutant did not bind FMLP, suggesting that the deleted portion plays a role in ligand binding.
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- A Lala
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, State University of New York at Buffalo 14214
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Prossnitz ER, Quehenberger O, Cochrane CG, Ye RD. The role of the third intracellular loop of the neutrophil N-formyl peptide receptor in G protein coupling. Biochem J 1993; 294 ( Pt 2):581-7. [PMID: 8373373 PMCID: PMC1134495 DOI: 10.1042/bj2940581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The G-protein-coupled N-formyl peptide receptor (FPR) contains one of the smallest known third intracellular loops of this class of receptors, consisting of only 15 amino acids. To study the role of this region of the receptor in G protein coupling and signal transduction, we generated a deletion mutant (D3i) in which 10 amino acids of the loop were removed, as well as a series of site-directed mutants containing substitutions of the charged and polar amino acids of this loop. The D3i mutant, expressed at normal levels on the cell surface, displayed a KD for labelled N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe ([3H]FMLP) of 165 nM. This value compares with a KD for the wild-type FPR of 1.0 nM, or 20 nM in the presence of guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate, which uncouples G proteins from the receptor. These results indicate that D3i contains significant structural defects, beyond the disruption of G protein coupling, that affect ligand binding properties. Ten site-directed mutants generated in the third intracellular loop (T226A, K227E, H229A, K230Q, K235Q, S236A, S236A/S237G, R238G, R241E and S244A) displayed KD values between 0.5 and 1.0 nM, with expression levels between 22% (K227E) and 111% (H229A) of that of wild type receptor. The capacity of the mutants for signal transductions was determined by measuring intracellular Ca2+ mobilization. Eight of the ten mutants displayed EC50 values for FMLP of between 0.07 and 0.9 nM, as compared with 0.12 nM for the wild-type receptor. The two mutants K227E and R238G had EC50 values of 2.7 and 2.9 nM respectively. The increase in EC50 could be accounted for partially by the low levels of receptor expression. All ten mutants gave maximum levels of Ca2+ mobilization similar to that produced by the wild-type FPR. These results contradict the conclusions reached with other G-protein-coupled receptors and indicate that the third intracellular loop of the FPR does not have a critical role in the functional coupling of G proteins.
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- E R Prossnitz
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Quehenberger O, Prossnitz E, Cavanagh S, Cochrane C, Ye R. Multiple domains of the N-formyl peptide receptor are required for high-affinity ligand binding. Construction and analysis of chimeric N-formyl peptide receptors. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)46825-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Barnett ML, Lamb KA, Costello KM, Pike MC. Characterization of interleukin-8 receptors in human neutrophil membranes: regulation by guanine nucleotides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1177:275-82. [PMID: 8323978 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(93)90123-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) chemoattractant and activator which mediates its effects through specific cell-surface receptors. Indirect evidence indicates that guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins (G proteins) are necessary for transmembrane signaling. The present study characterizes IL-8 receptors in isolated PMN membrane fractions and shows direct regulation of these receptors by guanine nucleotides. The binding of [125I]IL-8 to subcellular fractions of PMNs showed specific binding in a low-density membrane fraction containing alkaline phosphatase, but not in primary or secondary granules. The binding of [125I]IL-8 was rapid and reversible. The equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of the receptor ranged from 5.0-12.4 nM and there were 1.58-5.90 . 10(10) receptors/mg protein. The dose-response curves for the competitive binding of three different forms of IL-8 to the receptor labeled by [125I]IL-8 corresponded with their ability to produce chemotaxis and granule exocytosis in PMNs. Treatment of membranes with the nonhydrolyzable analogs of GTP, GMP-PNP and GTP gamma S, inhibited the binding of [125I]IL-8. GMP-PNP decreased the affinity of the IL-8 receptor by approx. 2-fold without altering the total receptor number. These findings demonstrate that IL-8 receptors in PMN membranes are of high affinity and are convertible to a low-affinity state in the presence of guanine nucleotides, suggesting a direct role for G proteins in transmembrane signaling by this cytokine.
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- M L Barnett
- Arthritis Unit, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114
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Schepers TM, McLeish KR. Differential cholera-toxin- and pertussis-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation of G-proteins coupled to formyl-peptide and leukotriene B4 receptors. Biochem J 1993; 289 ( Pt 2):469-73. [PMID: 8380997 PMCID: PMC1132191 DOI: 10.1042/bj2890469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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N-Formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) induce disparate second-messenger generation and functional responses in neutrophils and HL-60 granulocytes. Receptors for these chemoattractants couple to a common pool of G-proteins which are substrates for both pertussis-toxin- and cholera-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation. The hypothesis that formyl-peptide and LTB4 receptors induce different receptor-specific conformations of activated G-proteins was tested. The ability of pertussis toxin and cholera toxin to ADP-ribosylate G(i) proteins coupled to formyl-peptide or LTB4 receptors in membranes isolated from HL-60 granulocytes was used to assess the conformational state of the alpha subunits. Cholera-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation of alpha 40 (40 kDa alpha subunit) was inhibited by guanosine 5'-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate and GDP in a concentration-dependent manner. Addition of fMet-Leu-Phe, but not LTB4, re-established cholera-toxin labelling of alpha 40 in the presence of either guanine nucleotide. In the absence of guanine nucleotides, fMet-Leu-Phe and C5a enhanced cholera-toxin-catalysed labelling of alpha 40, whereas LTB4 and platelet-activating factor had no effect. Preincubation with fMet-Leu-Phe, but not LTB4, inhibited pertussis-toxin labelling of alpha 40 in the presence of guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate and in the absence of guanine nucleotides. Preincubation with fMet-Leu-Phe or LTB4 enhanced pertussis-toxin labelling of alpha 40 in the presence of GDP. These data suggest that activated G(i) proteins coupled to formyl-peptide and LTB4 receptors exist in different conformations determined by the receptor with which they interact.
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- T M Schepers
- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, KY
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Absence of G(i) proteins in the Sf9 insect cell. Characterization of the uncoupled recombinant N-formyl peptide receptor. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)88616-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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McGuirk SM, Dolphin AC. G-protein mediation in nociceptive signal transduction: an investigation into the excitatory action of bradykinin in a subpopulation of cultured rat sensory neurons. Neuroscience 1992; 49:117-28. [PMID: 1407541 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90079-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bradykinin is one of several pro-inflammatory, pain-inducing substances produced during inflammation--the body's response to injury. In previous work we have shown that bradykinin and guanosine-5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate increase excitability in a subpopulation of cultured neonatal rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. We now describe experiments in which the mechanism underlying the stimulatory action of these two substances has been examined in more detail. Using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique, bradykinin-sensitive cells were distinguished by their response to a 1-s depolarizing voltage-pulse which evoked more than one inward current during the step command. The secondary inward currents are likely to represent action potentials generated at the poorly clamped neurites of these cells. Bradykinin- and guanosine-5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate-induced changes in excitability were measured indirectly by a change in the number of inward currents recorded during the 1-s depolarizing voltage-step. The effect of activators and inhibitors of protein kinase C, arachidonic acid metabolism, G-protein activation and release of intracellular Ca2+ were examined on this response. In the presence of extracellular staurosporine (1.0 microM) or nordihydroguaiaretic acid (10 microM), these excitatory effects were reduced but not abolished, whilst indomethacin (20 microM) had no effect. Intracellular application of guanosine-5'-O-2-thiodiphosphate (10 mM) or ryanodine (100 microM) substantially reduced the effect of bradykinin. The excitatory effect of internal guanosine-5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate (500 microM) occurred gradually over time, and this was mimicked by internal application of myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphorothioate (1.0 microM). From the results, it is proposed that G-protein activation is an essential component of the bradykinin response, which may also require a Ca(2+)-activated conductance modulated by protein kinase C and lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid.
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- S M McGuirk
- Department of Pharmacology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K
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In order to analyze the mechanisms by which a single biogenic amine like histamine is capable of inducing a wide variety of both physiologic and pathologic functions in various tissues/cells, histamine responses were dissected in detail from a biochemical and pharmacologic point of view. Histamine is synthesized by multiple isozymes of histidine decarboxylase, and catabolized by either diamine oxidase or histamine-N-methyltransferase. Synthesized intracellular histamine may play a role in cell proliferation, whereas released histamine binds to at least three different histamine-specific receptors, then activates various intracellular components, such as Ca++, cAMP, protein kinase, and ion channels. These second messenger pathways interact differentially with each other in various tissues/cells. Moreover, histamine not only activates its own receptors, but also activates other related receptors such as the serotonin 1c receptor. Therefore, to understand the complex actions of histamine, new approaches should be established, in which multiple phenomena can be monitored simultaneously.
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- M Mitsuhashi
- Division of Medical Sciences, Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, CA 92715
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Simms HH, D'Amico R. Endotoxin suppresses matrix protein-induced upregulation of PMN candicidal activity: an effect reversed by low-dose TNF-alpha. J Surg Res 1992; 52:489-98. [PMID: 1619918 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4804(92)90317-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We investigated the relationship of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) candicidal activity, matrix proteins, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to determine how LPS modulates the normal enhancing effect of matrix proteins on PMN candicidal activity. LPS reduced PMN candicidal activity when PMN were adhered in the presence of either fibronectin or laminin. In the presence of fibronectin or laminin, LPS reduced CD11b/CD18 expression (the fibronectin receptor) as assessed using sheep erythrocytes coated with C3bi. Experiments with 125I-fibronectin and 125I-RGDS (Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser) demonstrated that LPS reduced both the binding of fibronectin and the bioavailability of the binding epitope on the PMN surface. Stimulating the PMN oxidative burst with PMA but not FMLP also reduced fibronectin and RGDS binding. Incubation of LPS-treated PMN with staurosporine blocked the decrease in fibronectin and RGDS binding. Exposure of PMN to LPS plus low-dose TNF-alpha restored both fibronectin and RGDS binding with a concomitant increase in CD11b/CD18 surface expression. Low-dose TNF-alpha restored PMN candicidal activity in the presence of LPS and was most effective if PMN were preadhered to fibronectin. These results demonstrate that: (1) matrix proteins enhance normal PMN candicidal activity, (2) LPS reduces PMN candicidal activity in the presence of matrix proteins, (3) stimulation of the PMN oxidative burst in particular via protein kinase c activation reduces the bioavailability of the fibronectin receptor, and (4) low-dose TNF-alpha may restore PMN candicidal activity in part by upregulating the surface receptor for fibronectin binding.
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- H H Simms
- Division of Surgical Research, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02903
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Infrared evidence of azide binding to iron, copper, and non-metal sites in heart cytochrome c oxidase. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50157-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Segal-Abramson T, Giat J, Levy J, Sharoni Y. Guanine nucleotide modulation of high affinity gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors in rat mammary tumors. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1992; 85:109-16. [PMID: 1326449 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(92)90130-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We previously suggested that gonadotropin-releasing-hormone (GnRH) analogues activate the phosphoinositide pathway in rat mammary tumor membranes. In the present study we analyzed the binding of GnRH analogues to these membranes and assessed its modulation by guanine nucleotides. [125I]Buserelin (a GnRH superagonist) binding is specific because it is displaced only by GnRH analogues. Scatchard plot analysis reveals high affinity binding sites (Kd = 2.5 +/- 0.8 nM, Bmax = 250 +/- 120 fmol/mg membrane protein) and low affinity binding sites (Kd 1.1 +/- 0.3 microM, Bmax = 200 +/- 105 pmol/mg membrane protein). Guanine nucleotides increased the ED50 of [125I]buserelin displacement, and almost completely eliminated the high affinity binding. Similar results were obtained with [125I]D-Trp6-GnRH--another GnRH superagonist. The inhibition of buserelin binding by guanine nucleotides was specific for nucleotides that interact with G-binding proteins and was dose-dependent with a maximal effect at 10 microM GTP gamma S. Kinetic analysis of buserelin binding revealed that the dissociation rate increased at least 4-fold in the presence of 10 microM GTP gamma S. These results support the hypothesis that GnRH analogues interact directly with mammary tumors and activate a G-protein-dependent transducing mechanism.
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- T Segal-Abramson
- Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Reconstitution of a physical complex between the N-formyl chemotactic peptide receptor and G protein. Inhibition by pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP ribosylation. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42555-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yanaga F, Abe M, Koga T, Hirata M. Signal transduction by tumor necrosis factor alpha is mediated through a guanine nucleotide-binding protein in osteoblast-like cell line, MC3T3-E1. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42738-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Didsbury JR, Uhing RJ, Tomhave E, Gerard C, Gerard N, Snyderman R. Functional high efficiency expression of cloned leukocyte chemoattractant receptor cDNAs. FEBS Lett 1992; 297:275-9. [PMID: 1544408 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80555-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Human kidney 293 TSA cells were transfected by a calcium phosphate method with human formylpeptide and C5a receptor cDNAs with high efficiency. Formylpeptide receptor positive transfectants expressed a total of 968,000 +/- 34,000 receptors per cell with two affinity states (Kds of ca. 0.43 nM and 39 nM), which in the presence of 100 microM GTP gamma S decreased by ca. 4-fold the number of high-affinity sites. The ligand binding pharmacology of cloned and expressed formylpeptide receptors were indistinguishable from endogenous receptors on human neutrophils. Expressed formylpeptide and C5a receptors were functionally active in mobilizing intracellular calcium via a pertussis toxin sensitive mechanism with an ED50 for formylpeptide of ca. 0.5-1.0 nM. This expression system, in which receptor expression can be monitored by flow cytometric methods and in which intracellular calcium responses are measurable, unlike in the more popular COS-7 cell expression system, will provide a useful basis for the analysis of chemoattractant receptor structure-function relationships.
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- J R Didsbury
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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Levesque L, Gaudreault RC, Marceau F. Comparison of two classes of non-peptide drugs as antagonists of neutrophil receptors for f-Met-Leu-Phe. Pyrazolons and iodinated radiographic contrast agents. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 43:553-60. [PMID: 1311583 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90578-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The radiographic contrast agent sodium diatrizoate (DTR) reportedly inhibits f-Met-Leu-Phe-induced chemotaxis in human neutrophils. DTR is also an ingredient of Ficoll-Paque, a density centrifugation medium widely used to purify human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). Exposure of PMNs to DTR during preparation had no detrimental effect on subsequent binding characteristics of tritiated f-Met-Leu-Phe, probably owing to a rapid dissociation of DTR from the PMN receptors. DTR competed directly with f-Met-Leu-Phe for receptor binding, but was 160- and 640-fold less potent than phenylbutazone and 1,2-diphenyl-4-[3-(1-naphthyl)-propyl]-3,5-pyrazolidinedione (DPN; an analog of phenylbutazone), respectively. Iohexol and the methylamide of DTR did not compete with [3H]f-Met-Leu-Phe in receptor binding, supporting the existence of a definite interaction between iodinated aromatic molecules and the f-Met-Leu-Phe receptor. DTR did not inhibit prostaglandin synthesis, as did DPN. Both drugs inhibited chemotactic peptide-induced release of superoxide anion in a concentration-dependent manner, and were relatively selective for f-Met-Leu-Phe, as opposed to C5a. Both drugs at 10 microM interfered non-selectively with chemotactic peptide-induced beta-glucuronidase release from PMNs. Available non-peptide antagonists of f-Met-Leu-Phe exhibited other pharmacodynamic properties that could make them unsuitable for future in vivo studies designed to probe the physiological role of the receptor.
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- L Levesque
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Remes J, Keinänen K, Petäjä-Repo U, Rajaniemi H. Covalent cross-linking of radiolabeled N-formylated hexapeptide to its specific receptor on rat and human neutrophils: evidence for a ligand induced complex formation. JOURNAL OF RECEPTOR RESEARCH 1992; 12:507-27. [PMID: 1460606 DOI: 10.3109/10799899209074809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The structure of the rat and human neutrophil receptor for N-formylated chemotactic peptides was characterized using 125I-labeled N-formyl-Nle-Leu-Phe-Nle-Tyr-Lys hexapeptide as a ligand and an affinity cross-linking technique. 125I-hexapeptide bound to purified rat peritoneal neutrophils was time, temperature and pH-dependent. The average receptor number per cell was about 67,000 and dissociation constant (Kd) 0.41 nM. Formyl-MLLP, fMLP, fNLP, were 750%, 15%, 8.6% respectively and Boc-MLP, Boc-NLP, and MLP 0.6% as potent as the hexapeptide in inhibiting the binding of 125I-hexapeptide to rat neutrophils. The same correlation was found between these peptides in their potency to induce chemotaxis. This indicates that the rat neutrophil chemotactic receptor is like human receptor also a highly stereoselective and requires a N-formylated ligand for high affinity binding. Affinity cross-linking of 125I-hexapeptide to rat and human neutrophil chemotactic receptor with glutaraldehyde revealed on SDS-PAGE a 85-kDa and 62-kDa major complex and a 170-kDa and 120-kDa minor complex, respectively. The 120-kDa complex was absent in human neutrophils if the cells were treated with glutaraldehyde prior to cross-linking of 125I-hexapeptide to its receptor. Likewise, the larger complex was absent if neutrophils were exposed to heterologous ligand (C5a) prior to glutaraldehyde treatment and cross-linking of 125I-hexapeptide to its specific receptor. These results demonstrate that the rat neutrophils possess a functional high-affinity receptor for N-formylated chemotactic peptides and that the size of the monomeric receptor is 85-kDa and about 23-kDa larger than that of the human receptor. Upon homologous ligand binding the receptor seems to form a larger complex.
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- J Remes
- Biocenter, University of Oulu, Finland
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Schepers TM, Brier ME, McLeish KR. Quantitative and qualitative differences in guanine nucleotide binding protein activation by formyl peptide and leukotriene B4 receptors. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)48473-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Recent findings suggest that the protective role that misoprostol exerts in the gastrointestinal tract against nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) damage may be extended to a variety of other tissues and other noxious stimuli including those mediated by molecules such as interleukin 1 (IL-1), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and endotoxin. The protective effects of misoprostol outside the gastrointestinal tract may involve prevention of triggering activities that would otherwise initiate a sequence of tissue damaging events. If this capacity of misoprostol to maintain homeostasis in a variety of settings is recognized, a cohesive pattern of action emerges. Numerous studies have shown that misoprostol is likely to act as a regulator within various cascades of immunological regulatory events. The in vitro and in vivo experimental data described in this paper suggest that the events which trigger episodes of pain and inflammation may be controllable by the administration of misoprostol. Mitigation of adverse effects of certain NSAIDs on renal function and cartilage metabolism has also been observed. Demonstration of this latter phenomenon in the clinical setting will greatly benefit the patient if it is shown to modify the arthritis disease process. The therapeutic applications of misoprostol beyond the gastrointestinal tract appear to be among the most interesting of therapeutic advances offered by any class of compound in the next decade. Because of the inflammatory and pain processes associated with arthritis disease progression, particular emphasis and confirmation through further clinical study should be placed on the potential effect of misoprostol on chondroprotection and synergy with NSAIDs.
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- M J Shield
- G.D. Searle & Co. Ltd., High Wycombe, Bucks, UK
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Iiri T, Ohoka Y, Ui M, Katada T. Functional modification by cholera-toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of a guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory protein serving as the substrate of pertussis toxin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 202:635-41. [PMID: 1662135 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The alpha subunits of Gi (Gi alpha) and Gs (guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins involved in adenylate cyclase inhibition and stimulation, respectively) was ADP-ribosylated by cholera toxin in differentiated HL-60 cell membranes upon stimulation of chemotactic receptors by fMLF (fM, N-formylmethionine). The ADP-ribosylation site of Gi alpha modified by cholera toxin appeared to be different from that modified by pertussis toxin [Iiri, T., Tohkin, M., Morishima, N., Ohoka, Y., Ui, M. & Katada, T. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 21,394-21,400]. This allowed us to investigate how the two types of ADP-ribosylation influence the function of the signal-coupling protein. The major findings observed in HL-60 cell membranes, where the same Gi alpha molecule was ADP-ribosylated by treatment of the membranes with either toxin, are summarized as follows. (a) More fMLF bound with a high affinity to cholera-toxin-treated membranes than to the control membranes. The high-affinity binding was, however, not observed in pertussis-toxin-treated membranes. (b) Although fMLF stimulated guanine nucleotide binding and GTPase activity in control membranes, stimulation was almost completely abolished in pertussis-toxin-treated membranes. In contrast, fMLF-dependent stimulation of GTPase activity, but not that of guanine nucleotide binding was attenuated in cholera-toxin-treated membranes. (c) Gi alpha, once modified by cholera toxin, still served as a substrate of pertussis-toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation; however, the ADP-ribosylation rate of modified Gi was much lower than that of intact Gi. These results suggested that Gi ADP-ribosylated by cholera toxin was effectively capable of coupling with fMLF receptors, resulting in formation of high-affinity fMLF receptors, and that hydrolysis of GTP bound to the alpha subunit was selectively impaired by its ADP-ribosylation by cholera toxin. Thus, unlike the ADP-ribosylation of Gi by pertussis toxin, cholera-toxin-induced modification would be of great advantage to the interaction of Gi with receptors and effectors that are regulated by the signal-coupling protein. This type of modification might also be a candidate for unidentified G proteins which were less sensitive to pertussis toxin and appeared to be involved in some signal-transduction systems.
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- T Iiri
- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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McLeish KR, Klein JB, Schepers T, Sonnenfeld G. Modulation of transmembrane signalling in HL-60 granulocytes by tumour necrosis factor-alpha. Biochem J 1991; 279 ( Pt 2):455-60. [PMID: 1659380 PMCID: PMC1151626 DOI: 10.1042/bj2790455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Differentiated HL-60 granulocytes were used to study the mechanism by which tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) enhances responses to N-formyl-methionyl-leucylphenylalanine (FMLP). Cultivation of differentiated HL-60 cells with 100 units of TNF/ml for 24 h resulted in a 3-fold increase in superoxide release and 4-fold increase in prostaglandin E2 production on stimulation with 1 microM-FMLP. On the other hand, cultivation with TNF failed to increase phorbol diester stimulation of superoxide release. Formyl-peptide-receptor expression determined on isolated membranes from cells cultivated with TNF (TNF-M) was increased by 50% compared with membranes from control cells (NM). Similarly, FMLP binding to intact HL-60 cells was increased by cultivation with TNF. Guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins (G-protein) levels were not different between TNF-M and NM, as determined by pertussis-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation and by immunoblotting with antisera recognizing alpha i2 subunit. Binding of guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate and GTP hydrolysis stimulated by FMLP were enhanced by about 50% in TNF-M. The efficiency of G-protein activation by formyl-peptide receptors did not differ between TNF-M and NM. TNF regulates expression of formyl-peptide receptors independently of G-protein levels. The regulation of receptor expression is one mechanism by which TNF enhances cell responses to formylated peptides.
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- K R McLeish
- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, KY 40292
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