The N-terminal domain of CCL21 reconstitutes high affinity binding, G protein activation, and chemotactic activity, to the C-terminal domain of CCL19 |
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Authors: | Ott Thomas R Lio Francisco M Olshefski Dennis Liu Xin-Jun Ling Nicholas Struthers R Scott |
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Institution: | Department of Endocrinology, Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego, CA 92130, USA. |
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Abstract: | CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7), which regulates the trafficking of leucocytes to the secondary lymphoid organs, has two endogenous chemokine ligands: CCL19 and CCL21. Although both ligands possess similar affinities for the receptor and similar abilities to promote G protein activation and chemotaxis, they share only 25% sequence identity. Here, we show that substituting N-terminal six amino acids of CCL21 (SDGGAQ) for the corresponding N-terminal domain of CCL19 (GTNDAE) results in a chimeric chemokine that exhibits high affinity binding and G protein activation of CCR7. These data demonstrate that despite dissimilar sequences, the amino terminal hexapeptide of these two chemokines is capable of performing similar roles resulting in receptor activation. |
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Keywords: | Chemokine Chemokine receptors CCR7 CCL19 CCL21 |
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