title: Importance of the carboxy-terminus of the CXCR2 for signal transduction.
abstract: The CXCR2 is phosphorylated at the C-terminal intracytoplasmic portion within 15 sec following the addition of IL-8 or MGSA. Cells transfected with a truncated form of the receptor missing the last 12 amino acids (T3) showed normal binding affinity, but were no longer phosphorylated; individual alanine replacement indicated that Ser346 and 348 were the primary sites of phosphorylation. In studies of the importance of phosphorylation in CXCR2 desensitization, cells expressing wild type CXCR2 lost GTP gamma S binding above basal rate after the first exposure to IL-8, while cells with the T3 mutant retained 60% of their capacity to induce GTP gamma S exchange upon a second exposure to IL-8. In contrast, receptor internalization was not affected by the loss of phosphorylation of the T3 mutant. Further receptor truncation led to decreasing binding affinities for IL-8 and MGSA and a decreased rate of GTP gamma S exchange following addition of excess ligand which suggests involvement of this region in G-protein coupling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. ingridsc@scripps.edu
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Schraufstätter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Oades
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takamori
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000378:metabolism; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015471:Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D023063:Receptors, Interleukin-8B; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D012694:Serine / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D008024:Ligands; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D023063:Receptors, Interleukin-8B; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D012694:Serine