title: C5L2, a nonsignaling C5A binding protein.
abstract: C5a anaphylatoxin, a potent inflammatory mediator, is known to act through a specific G protein coupled receptor. However, some of the complex effects of C5a in vivo may not be explained solely by the deletion of the known receptor. Here, we show that an orphan receptor, identified as C5L2, is a high affinity C5a binding protein. Unlike the previously described C5aR, C5L2 is obligately uncoupled from heterotrimeric G proteins, in part by virtue of an amino acid alteration in the so-called DRY sequence at the end of the third transmembrane segment. Both human and murine C5L2 bear a leucine for arginine replacement at this site. C5L2, when transfected into several cell types, is weakly phosphorylated in transfected cells following binding of C5a but does not induce significant activation of MAP kinases, mediate calcium flux, or stimulate chemotaxis. Bone marrow cells from wild type respond robustly to C5a with induction and suppression of a number of inflammation related genes. In contrast, C5a receptor deficient mice, which bear C5L2 alone, do not respond to C5a with changes in gene transcription by microarray analyses. Biophysical properties of the C5L2, including slow ligand on and off rates, absence of internalization, and relatively high affinity for the C5a des Arg metabolite, suggest that this receptor may serve to modulate C5a biological functions in vivo. Finally, in contrast to previous reports, we find absolutely no interaction of C5L2 with other anaphylatoxins C3a and C4a.
authors.affiliation: The Ina Sue Perlmutter Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okinaga
authors.forename: Dubhfeasa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Slattery
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Humbles
authors.forename: Zsusanna
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zsengeller
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Morteau
authors.forename: Michele Bennett
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kinrade
authors.forename: Robbin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Brodbeck
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Hye-Ryun
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Norma P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Gerard
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerard
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015936:Complement C5a / Q000378:metabolism*; D015937:Complement C5a, des-Arginine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D008024:Ligands; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D044087:Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011951:Receptors, Complement / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C417003:C5aR2 protein, human; D015937:Complement C5a, des-Arginine; D008024:Ligands; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D044087:Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D011951:Receptors, Complement; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C085567:complement C3a receptor; D015936:Complement C5a; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium