Molecular Uncoupling of Fractalkine-mediated Cell Adhesion and Signal Transduction
Fractalkine is a novel multidomain protein expressed on the surface of activated endothelial cells. Cells expressing the chemokine receptor CX 3 CR1 adhere to fractalkine with high affinity, but it is not known if adherence requires G-protein activation and signal transduction. To investigate the ce...
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Published in | The Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 274; no. 15; pp. 10053 - 10058 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
09.04.1999
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Summary: | Fractalkine is a novel multidomain protein expressed on the surface of activated endothelial cells. Cells expressing the chemokine
receptor CX 3 CR1 adhere to fractalkine with high affinity, but it is not known if adherence requires G-protein activation and signal transduction.
To investigate the cell adhesion properties of fractalkine, we created mutated forms of CX 3 CR1 that have little or no ability to transduce intracellular signals. Cells expressing signaling-incompetent forms of CX 3 CR1 bound rapidly and with high affinity to immobilized fractalkine in both static and flow assays. Video microscopy revealed
that CX 3 CR1-expressing cells bound more rapidly to fractalkine than to VCAM-1 (60 versus 190 ms). Unlike VCAM-1, fractalkine did not mediate cell rolling, and after capture on fractalkine, cells did not dislodge.
Finally, soluble fractalkine induced intracellular calcium fluxes and chemotaxis, but it did not activate integrins. Taken
together these data provide strong evidence that CX 3 CR1, a seven-transmembrane domain receptor, mediates robust cell adhesion to fractalkine in the absence of G-protein activation
and suggest a novel role for this receptor as an adhesion molecule. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9258 1083-351X |
DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.274.15.10053 |