title: Transmembrane signalling by the N-formyl peptide receptor in stably transfected fibroblasts.
abstract: We investigated the requirement for N-formyl peptide receptor-mediated transmembrane signalling in transfected mouse fibroblasts that express the receptor. Stably transfected cells displayed specific binding for N-formyl-Met-Leu-[3H]Phe with a dissociation constant of 3 nM. The cells responded to ligand stimulation with mobilization of calcium from intracellular stores. Calcium mobilization was ligand dose-dependent (EC50 = 3 nM fMet-Leu-Phe) and could be inhibited by pertussis toxin treatment. These results provide the first demonstration that expression of the single-chain N-formyl peptide receptor in mouse fibroblasts is sufficient for mediating ligand-induced early transmembrane signalling events, which do not appear to require other neutrophil-specific cellular components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Ca 92037.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Prossnitz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Quehenberger
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Cochrane
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D002118:Calcium