Identification and Characterization of Receptor for Cytokine-Induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant-3 on Rat Neutrophils

Autor: Takao Kondo, Futoshi Shibata, Hideo Nakagawa, Akemi Ueno, Kazuki Murakami, Maher Al-Mokdad
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 232:562-567
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6136
Popis: Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractants (CINCs), members of alpha-chemokines, are considered to be major neutrophil chemotactic factors in rats. Recombinant CINC-3/rat macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) having an additional tyrosine residue at the carboxyl terminus (CINC-3-Tyr) was constructed, purified, radiolabeled with 125I, and used for binding studies. The specific binding of 125I-labeled CINC-3-Tyr (125I-CINC-3-Tyr) to rat neutrophils reached a plateau after approximately 60 min at 4 degrees C. This binding of 125I-CINC-3-Tyr could be reversed by adding an excess amount of unlabeled CINC-3-Tyr. Scatchard analysis revealed approximately 12,000 binding sites per cell on rat neutrophils with an apparent Kd value of 120 pM. Chemical cross-linking experiments suggested that the rat neutrophil CINC-3 receptor is a mass of approximately 69 kDa. Taken together, our results strongly suggest that rat neutrophils express a high affinity receptor for CINC-3.
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