title: Leu128(3.43) (l128) and Val247(6.40) (V247) of CXCR1 are critical amino acid residues for g protein coupling and receptor activation.
abstract: CXCR1, a classic GPCR that binds IL-8, plays a key role in neutrophil activation and migration by activating phospholipase C (PLC)β through Gα(15) and Gα(i) which generates diacylglycerol and inositol phosphates (IPs). In this study, two conserved amino acid residues of CXCR1 on the transmembrane domain (TM) 3 and TM6, Leu128(3.43) (L128) and Val247(6.40) (V247), respectively, were selectively substituted with other amino acids to investigate the role of these conserved residues in CXCR1 activation. Although two selective mutants on Leu128, Leu128Ala (L128A) and Leu128Arg (L128R), demonstrated high binding affinity to IL-8, they were not capable of coupling to G proteins and consequently lost the functional response of the receptors. By contrast, among the four mutants at residue Val247 (TM6.40), replacing Val247 with Ala (V247A) and Asn (V247N) led to constitutive activation of mutant receptors when cotransfected with Gα(15). The V247N mutant also constitutively activated the Gα(i) protein. These results indicate that L128 on TM3.43 is involved in G protein coupling and receptor activation but is unimportant for ligand binding. On the other hand, V247 on TM6.40 plays a critical role in maintaining the receptor in the inactive state, and the substitution of V247 impaired the receptor constraint and stabilized an active conformation. Functionally, there was an increase in chemotaxis in response to IL-8 in cells expressing V247A and V247N. Our findings indicate that Leu128(3.43) and Val247(6.40) are critical for G protein coupling and activation of signaling effectors, providing a valuable insight into the mechanism of CXCR1 activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. xhan@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Xinbing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Souvenir D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Tachado
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koziel
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Boisvert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D043802:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007930:Leucine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D023062:Receptors, Interleukin-8A / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014633:Valine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D023062:Receptors, Interleukin-8A; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D043802:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11; D007930:Leucine; D014633:Valine