title: Molecular cloning and functional characterization of Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) CC chemokine receptor, CCR3.
abstract: We have cloned and performed the first functional characterization of the chemokine receptor, CCR3, of Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis). The deduced amino acid sequence of the cloned Cynomolgus CCR3 was found to be more similar to that of a previously-reported Rhesus (Macaca mulatta) CCR3 (99.4%) than that of a reported Cynomolgus CCR3 (98.0%). Stably-transfected Cynomolgus CCR3 bound human eotaxin (CCL11) with similar kinetics (Kd 240 pM) and was responsive to human CCR3 ligands (eotaxin [CCL11], eotaxin-2 [CCL24], and MCP4 [CCL13]) in Ca(2+) mobilization and chemotaxis assays, thus provides a useful alternative species model system for the analysis of modulators of eotaxin--CCR3 induced signaling and activation.
authors.affiliation: Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. 6-5-1-3 Kunimidai, Kizu-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0216, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Encinas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Floeckner
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Bacon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D054413:Chemokine CCL11; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000378:metabolism; D002631:Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil / Q000378:metabolism; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D054397:Receptors, CCR3; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C515456:CCL11 protein, human; C515350:CCR3 protein, human; C515457:Ccl11 protein, mouse; C515351:Ccr3 protein, mouse; D054413:Chemokine CCL11; D019742:Chemokines, CC; D002631:Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil; D054397:Receptors, CCR3; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D002118:Calcium