Rat CC chemokine receptor 4 is the functional homologue of human CC chemokine receptor 4 and can interact with human CCL17 and CCL22  

作　　者：TIAN LinJie1,2, QI Hui1,2, XIE Yuan1,2, ZHANG YingMei1,2, ZHANG WenJuan1,2, SUN XiangYu1,2, WANG Ying1,2 & MA DaLong1,2 1 Laboratory of Medical Immunology, School of Basic Medical Science, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China 2 Human Disease Genomics Center, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China 

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2010年第14期1388-1395,共8页

基　　金：supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2006AA02A305);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30671907,30872292 and 90813025);Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 5072029)

摘　　要：Human CCL17/TARC (hCCL17) and CCL22/MDC (hCCL22) interact with their receptor CCR4, playing pivotal roles in various Th2 cell-dominant diseases. Rat Ccl17, Ccl22 and Ccr4 share 63.4%, 65.2% and 87.5% homology at the amino acid level, respectively, compared with their human homologues. Rat Ccl22 has been demonstrated to interact with rat Ccr4. However, it is not known whether rat Ccl17 is a functional ligand for rat Ccr4 and whether rat Ccr4 can interact with hCCL17 and hCCL22. In this study, we cloned rat Ccl17 and Ccr4 cDNA from rat thymus and expressed the recombinant rat Ccl17. The binding assay indicated rat Ccl17 could saturably bind rat Ccr4, and this binding could be competitively inhibited by unlabeled rat Cc17, hCCL17 or hCCL22. Both rat and human CCL17 or CCL22 could induce the chemotactic migration and calcium mobilization in rat Ccr4-transfected cells. They could also desensitize each other’s effect on chemotaxis and calcium mobilization. Furthermore, both rat Ccl17 and hCCL17 could induce significant receptor internalization in rat Ccr4-EGFP transfected cells. These results demonstrated the conserved CCL17/CCR4 interaction in rats and the further cross-species interaction of rat Ccr4 with hCCL17 and hCCL22. Likewise, they provided the molecular basis for the investigation of physiological and pharmacological roles of CCR4, its ligands, and their antagonists in rat disease models.Human CCL17/TARC （hCCL17） and CCL22/MDC （hCCL22） interact with their receptor CCR4, playing pivotal roles in various Th2 cell-dominant diseases. Rat Cc117, Cc122 and Ccr4 share 63.4%, 65.2% and 87.5% homology at the amino acid level, respec- tively, compared with their human homologues. Rat Cc122 has been demonstrated to interact with rat Ccr4. However, it is not known whether rat Cc117 is a functional ligand for rat Ccr4 and whether rat Ccr4 can interact with hCCL17 and hCCL22. In this study, we cloned rat Cc117 and Ccr4 cDNA from rat thymus and expressed the recombinant rat Cc117. The binding assay indi- cated rat Cc117 could saturably bind rat Ccr4, and this binding could be competitively inhibited by unlabeled rat Cc17, hCCL17 or hCCL22. Both rat and human CCL17 or CCL22 could induce the chemotactic migration and calcium mobilization in rat Ccr4-transfected cells. They could also desensitize each other＇s effect on chemotaxis and calcium mobilization. Furthermore, both rat Cc117 and hCCL17 could induce significant receptor internalization in rat Ccr4-EGFP transfected cells. These results demon- strated the conserved CCL17/CCR4 interaction in rats and the further cross-species interaction of rat Ccr4 with hCCL17 and hCCL22. Likewise, they provided the molecular basis for the investigation of physiological and pharmacological roles of CCR4, its ligands, and their antagonists in rat disease models.

关 键 词：趋化因子受体 同源性 大鼠 人类 基因转染细胞 绿色荧光蛋白 相互作用 疾病模型 

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