22
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: not found
      • Article: not found

      Molecular cloning, functional expression, and signaling characteristics of a C-C chemokine receptor

      , , , ,
      Cell
      Elsevier BV

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          The immunoregulatory proteins C-C chemokines are potent chemoattractants of lymphocytes and monocytes, as well as activators and attractants of eosinophils and basophils. We have isolated a cDNA that encodes a seven transmembrane-spanning receptor, with homology to other chemoattractant receptors, that encodes a protein designated C-C CKR-1 that acts as a receptor for the C-C chemokines. Human and murine macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), human human monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), and RANTES all bind to the C-C CKR-1 with varying affinities. Chemokine binding affinity does not predict how well the ligand will transmit a signal through the receptor: RANTES and human MIP-1 alpha induce a similar intracellular calcium flux while binding with disparate affinities, while MCP-1 and human MIP-1 beta induce calcium mobilization only at high concentrations. Finally, C-C chemokines were shown to bind a C-C CKR-1-related gene product encoded by cytomegalovirus, suggesting a role for C-C chemokines in viral immunity.

          Related collections

          Most cited references37

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: found
          • Article: not found

          High-efficiency transformation of mammalian cells by plasmid DNA.

          We describe a simple calcium phosphate transfection protocol and neo marker vectors that achieve highly efficient transformation of mammalian cells. In this protocol, the calcium phosphate-DNA complex is formed gradually in the medium during incubation with cells and precipitates on the cells. The crucial factors for obtaining efficient transformation are the pH (6.95) of the buffer used for the calcium phosphate precipitation, the CO2 level (3%) during the incubation of the DNA with the cells, and the amount (20 to 30 micrograms) and the form (circular) of DNA. In sharp contrast to the results with circular DNA, linear DNA is almost inactive. Under these conditions, 50% of mouse L(A9) cells can be stably transformed with pcDneo, a simian virus 40-based neo (neomycin resistance) marker vector. The NIH3T3, C127, CV1, BHK, CHO, and HeLa cell lines were transformed at efficiencies of 10 to 50% with this vector and the neo marker-incorporated pcD vectors that were used for the construction and transduction of cDNA expression libraries as well as for the expression of cloned cDNA in mammalian cells.
            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Article: not found

            Ligand: a versatile computerized approach for characterization of ligand-binding systems.

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: not found
              • Article: not found

              Neutrophil-activating peptide-1/interleukin 8, a novel cytokine that activates neutrophils.

                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                Cell
                Cell
                Elsevier BV
                00928674
                February 1993
                February 1993
                : 72
                : 3
                : 415-425
                Article
                10.1016/0092-8674(93)90118-A
                7679328
                6e2c0172-470b-4f77-acdf-7ef8625f2cce
                © 1993

                https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/

                History

                Comments

                Comment on this article