title: Mapping the ligand-binding site on the C5a receptor: arginine74 of C5a contacts aspartate282 of the C5a receptor.
abstract: The interaction between the anaphylatoxin C5a and its receptor involves two distinct sites. One site is formed by acidic residues at the receptor N-terminus and contributes to only ligand binding. The second site, responsible for activation, is less well defined. In this study, we demonstrate that the receptor residue D(282), near the extracellular face of transmembrane domain VII, is a component of the second ligand-binding site. Mutation of D(282) to A decreases the sensitivity of the receptor to activation by intact C5a but not by its less potent metabolite, C5adR(74), which lacks the C-terminal arginine(74). The mutation of the R(74) residue of C5a to A causes a 60-fold decrease in wild-type receptor sensitivity, but only a 2-fold decrease for the receptor mutated at D(282). In contrast, the mutation of R(74) to D makes C5a completely inactive on both wild-type and A(282) C5a receptors. The mutation of D(282) to R partly restores the response to C5a[D(74)], which is a more effective ligand than C5a at the mutant receptor. A peptide mimic of the C5a activation domain with a C-terminal R potently activates the wild type but is only a weak agonist at the mutant D(282)R-C5a receptor. Conversely, a peptide with D at the C-terminus is a more effective activator of D(282)R than wild-type C5a receptors. These data indicate that the R(74) side chain of C5a makes an interaction with receptor D(282) that is responsible for the higher potency of intact C5a versus that of C5adR(74).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield S10 2RX, U.K.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coughlan
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Monk
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D015936:Complement C5a / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015937:Complement C5a, des-Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D044087:Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a; D011951:Receptors, Complement / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015937:Complement C5a, des-Arginine; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008024:Ligands; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D044087:Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a; D011951:Receptors, Complement; D001224:Aspartic Acid; C028544:cyclohexylalanine; D010649:Phenylalanine; D015936:Complement C5a; D001120:Arginine; D000409:Alanine