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JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 243-251Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0802415
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chemokine receptors; chemotaxis; calcium signals; GPCR
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It has become clear in the past years that chemokines and chemokine receptors are pivotal regulators of cellular communication and trafficking. In addition to the similar to20 chemokine receptors that have been cloned and described, various orphan receptors with a chemokine receptor-like structure are known. We have investigated the orphan mouse chemokine receptor (L-CCR) in HEK 293 cells, a receptor that was originally described in a mouse macrophage cell line. Cells expressing this receptor show pertussis toxin-sensitive chemotaxis and small intracellular calcium transients in response to the chemokines CCL2, CCL7, CCL8, and CCL5. Biotinylated CCL2 binds to L-CCR-expressing cells, and transfection experiments with an L-CCR-green fluorescent protein fusion protein showed L-CCR expression in the membranes of recombinant HEK 293 cells. Although radioligand binding was not detected, it is suggested that L-CCR is a functional chemokine receptor.
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