title: The synthetic peptide Trp-Lys-Tyr-Met-Val-D-Met is a potent chemotactic agonist for mouse formyl peptide receptor.
abstract: Formyl peptides are potent neutrophil chemoattractants. In humans and rabbits, the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) binds N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLF) with high affinity (K(d) approximately 1 nM). The mouse FPR (mFPR) is a low-affinity receptor for fMLF (K(d) approximately 100 nM); therefore, other agonists for this receptor may exist. Using mFPR-transfected rat basophilic leukemia cells, we found that a recently identified synthetic peptide Trp-Lys-Tyr-Met-Val-D-Met (WKYMVm) is a potent agonist for mFPR. WKYMVm induced calcium mobilization with an EC(50) of 1.2-1.5 nM. Optimal chemotaxis was achieved with 1 nM of WKYMVm, but it required 100 nM of fMLF. WKYMVm stimulated rapid and potent phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases extracellular signal-related kinases 1 and 2 when used at 50 nM. Pertussis toxin only partially blocked calcium mobilization and production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in the stimulated mFPR cells, suggesting the possibility that this receptor couples to Galpha proteins other than Gi and Go. Competitive binding and desensitization data suggest that both peptides interact with the same receptor but may use nonoverlapping binding sites because WKYMVm was unable to effectively displace [(3)H]fMLF bound to mFPR. These results provide evidence for the presence of an alternative potent agonist for mFPR, and suggest a potential usage of WKYMVm for probing the ligand-receptor interactions with the murine formyl peptide receptor homologs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000276:immunology*; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000276:immunology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000276:immunology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000819:agonists* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000819:agonists* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000819:agonists* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D009842:Oligopeptides; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; C113617:Trp-Lys-Tyr-Met-Val-Met; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go