title: Synthesis and use of a novel N-formyl peptide derivative to isolate a human N-formyl peptide receptor cDNA.
abstract: N-formyl-methionyl peptides are powerful chemoattractants which bind to specific receptors on the neutrophil plasma membrane. A cDNA library from HL-60 cells, differentiated into granulocytes highly responsive to N-formyl-methionyl peptides, was constructed in the COS cell expression vector CDM8. A cDNA clone was isolated that conferred to COS cells the ability to bind a new and highly efficient hydrophilic derivative of N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe-Lys. The transfected COS cells displayed two classes of binding sites with Kd values of 0.5-1 nM and 5-10 nM, respectively. The cDNA was 1.9 kb long with a 1050 bp open reading frame encoding a 350 residue protein. The hydropathy plot analysis revealed seven hydrophobic segments, a pattern quite similar to that of G protein-coupled receptors.
authors.affiliation: Département de Recherche Fondamentale, Centre d'Etude, Nucléaires, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boulay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tardif
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brouchon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vignais
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D004247:DNA; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase