title: Uncoupling of stem cell inhibition from monocyte chemoattraction in MIP-1alpha by mutagenesis of the proteoglycan binding site.
abstract: We have studied the role of proteoglycans in the function of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 alpha (MIP-1alpha), a member of the proteoglycan binding chemokine family. Sequence and peptide analysis has identified a basic region within MIP-1alpha which appears to be the major determinant of proteoglycan binding and we have now produced a mutant of MIP-1alpha lacking the basic charges on two of the amino acids within this proteoglycan binding site. This mutant (Hep Mut) appears to have lost the ability to bind to proteoglycans. Bioassay of Hep Mut indicates that it has retained stem cell inhibitory properties but has a compromised activity as a monocyte chemoattractant, thus suggesting uncoupling of these two properties of MIP-1alpha. Receptor studies have indicated that the inactivity of Hep Mut on human monocytes correlates with its inability to bind to CCR1, a cloned human MIP-1alpha receptor. In addition, studies using proteoglycan deficient cells transfected with CCR1 have indicated that the proteoglycan binding site in MIP-1alpha is a site that is also involved in the docking of MIP-1alpha to the monocyte receptor. The site for interaction with the stem cell receptor must therefore be distinct, suggesting that MIP-1alpha utilizes different receptors for these two different biological processes.
authors.affiliation: The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, CRC Beatson Laboratories, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Nibbs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kolset
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Freshney
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Pragnell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006224:Cricetinae; D017931:DNA Primers; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000502:physiology*; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D017931:DNA Primers; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C080633:macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha receptor