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Au TY, Arudkumar J, Assavarittirong C, Benjamin S. Killing two birds with one stone: CRISPR/Cas9 CCR5 knockout hematopoietic stem cells transplantation to treat patients with HIV infection and hematological malignancies concurrently. Clin Exp Med 2023; 23:4163-4175. [PMID: 37500934 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-023-01129-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is known to cause hematological malignancy. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HPSCT) is an advanced treatment for that. Currently, there are three successful HIV-eliminated cases, and two received HPSCT from CCR5-absent donors. It is well established that the CCR5 protein on the cell surface assists human immunodeficiency virus entry. Preliminary studies have revealed that knocking out CCR5 and/or CXCR4 may inhibit the viral entry of HIV, which may prove promising in the further development of HIV treatment options. Herein, we suggest performing autologous or allogeneic HSCT with CCR5 KO hematopoietic stem cells in patients who suffer from complicated HIV conditions, particularly drug-resistant HIV or a concurrent diagnosis of HIV with lymphoma/leukemia, to achieve complete HIV remission. Nevertheless, at the clinical forefront of CRISPR-HIV technology, more efforts should be directed to advance nonhuman primate (NHP) models for studies of HIV pathogenesis and off-target assessments within this system. CRISPR-Cas9 knock out of host HSCT-expressing CCR5 or CXCR4 may confer HIV-resistance, which when applied to bedside therapeutics in an allogeneic or autologous manner can warrant a permanent and effective treatment outcome.
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- Tsz Yuen Au
- Center for Medical Education in English, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
- The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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- Center for Medical Education in English, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Center for Medical Education in English, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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WHIM Syndrome: First Reported Case in a Patient of African Ancestry. Case Rep Hematol 2023; 2023:3888680. [PMID: 36793393 PMCID: PMC9925260 DOI: 10.1155/2023/3888680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis (WHIM) syndrome is a rare, primary immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunodeficiency, and characteristic bone marrow features of myelokathexis. The pathophysiology of WHIM syndrome is due to an autosomal dominant gain of function mutation in the CXCR4 chemokine receptor resulting in increased activity that impairs neutrophil migration from the bone marrow into the peripheral blood. This results in bone marrow distinctively crowded with mature neutrophils whose balance is shifted towards cellular senescence developing these characteristic, apoptotic nuclei termed myelokathexis. Despite the resultant severe neutropenia, the clinical syndrome is often mild and accompanied by a variety of associated abnormalities that we are just beginning to understand. Case Report. Diagnosis of WHIM syndrome is incredibly difficult due to phenotypic heterogeneity. To date, there are only about 105 documented cases in the scientific literature. Here, we describe the first case of WHIM syndrome documented in a patient of African ancestry. The patient in question was diagnosed at the age of 29 after a comprehensive work-up for incidental neutropenia discovered at a primary care appointment at our center in the United States. In hindsight, the patient had a history of recurrent infections, bronchiectasis, hearing loss, and VSD repair that could not be previously explained. Conclusions Despite the challenge of timely diagnosis and the wide spectrum of clinical features that we are still discovering, WHIM syndrome tends to be a milder immunodeficiency that is highly manageable. As presented in this case, most patients respond well to G-CSF injections and newer treatments such as small-molecule CXCR4 antagonists.
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DeNies MS, Rosselli-Murai LK, Schnell S, Liu AP. Clathrin Heavy Chain Knockdown Impacts CXCR4 Signaling and Post-translational Modification. Front Cell Dev Biol 2019; 7:77. [PMID: 31139626 PMCID: PMC6518350 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Recent research has implicated endocytic pathways as important regulators of receptor signaling. However, the role of endocytosis in regulating chemokine CXC receptor 4 (CXCR4) signaling remains largely unknown. In the present work we systematically investigate the impact of clathrin knockdown on CXCR4 internalization, signaling, and receptor post-translational modification. Inhibition of clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) significantly reduced CXCR4 internalization. In contrast to other receptors, clathrin knockdown increased CXCL12-dependent ERK1/2 signaling. Simultaneous inhibition of CME and lipid raft disruption abrogated this increase in ERK1/2 phosphorylation suggesting that endocytic pathway compensation can influence signaling outcomes. Interestingly, using an antibody sensitive to CXCR4 post-translational modification, we also found that our ability to detect CXCR4 was drastically reduced upon clathrin knockdown. We hypothesize that this effect was due to differences in receptor post-translational modification as total CXCR4 protein and mRNA levels were unchanged. Lastly, we show that clathrin knockdown reduced CXCL12-dependent cell migration irrespective of an observed increase in ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Altogether, this work supports a complex model by which modulation of endocytosis affects not only receptor signaling and internalization but also receptor post-translational modification.
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- Maxwell S DeNies
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.,Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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McDermott DH, Murphy PM. WHIM syndrome: Immunopathogenesis, treatment and cure strategies. Immunol Rev 2018; 287:91-102. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- David H. McDermott
- Molecular Signaling Section; Laboratory of Molecular Immunology; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda Maryland
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- Molecular Signaling Section; Laboratory of Molecular Immunology; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda Maryland
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Sharma D, Jindal AK, Rawat A, Singh S. Approach to a Child with Primary Immunodeficiency Made Simple. Indian Dermatol Online J 2017; 8:391-405. [PMID: 29204384 PMCID: PMC5707833 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_189_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) are a group of disorders affecting the capability to fight against infection. These include defects in T cells and B cells affecting cell-mediated and humoral immunity, respectively, combined humoral and cell-mediated immunodeficiency, defects in phagocytosis, complement defects, and defects in cytokine or cytokine signalling pathways which are detrimental for immune function. Depending upon the type and severity, age at onset of symptoms can vary from neonatal period to late childhood. Clinically, this group of disorders can involve any organ system of an individual such as respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, skin and mucous membrane, bone and joints, endocrine organs, and nervous system. Common dermatological manifestations include eczema, warts, molluscum contagiosum, mucocutaneous candidiasis, recurrent nonhealing ulcers, skin abscesses, erythroderma, petechiae, and nail changes. The common skin manifestations of various PIDs include eczema (seen in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and autosomal dominant hyper IgE syndrome); erythroderma (in Omen syndrome); viral warts or molluscum contagiosum (in autosomal recessive hyper IgE syndrome); chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (in hyper IgE syndrome, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, Th17 cell defects); recurrent nonhealing ulcers (in leucocyte adhesion defect); skin abscesses (in antibody defects, hyper IgE syndrome, and chronic granulomatous disease); petechial or purpuric spots (in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome).
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- Dhrubajyoti Sharma
- Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Li C, Zhao R, Xie M, Guo Z, Sun W. Proteomics analysis of liver proteins from rats with spleen-deficiency syndrome induced by chronic improper diet consumption and fatigue. JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcms.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aghamohammadi A, Abolhassani H, Puchalka J, Greif-Kohistani N, Zoghi S, Klein C, Rezaei N. Preference of Genetic Diagnosis of CXCR4 Mutation Compared with Clinical Diagnosis of WHIM Syndrome. J Clin Immunol 2017; 37:282-286. [DOI: 10.1007/s10875-017-0387-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Luo J, Busillo JM, Stumm R, Benovic JL. G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 3 and Protein Kinase C Phosphorylate the Distal C-Terminal Tail of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 and Mediate Recruitment of β-Arrestin. Mol Pharmacol 2017; 91:554-566. [PMID: 28331048 DOI: 10.1124/mol.116.106468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Phosphorylation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is a key event for cell signaling and regulation of receptor function. Previously, using tandem mass spectrometry, we identified two phosphorylation sites at the distal C-terminal tail of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, but were unable to determine which specific residues were phosphorylated. Here, we demonstrate that serines (Ser) 346 and/or 347 (Ser-346/7) of CXCR4 are phosphorylated upon stimulation with the agonist CXCL12 as well as a CXCR4 pepducin, ATI-2341. ATI-2341, a Gαiβγ heterotrimer-biased CXCR4 agonist, induced more robust phosphorylation of Ser-346/7 compared with CXCL12. Knockdown of G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) 2, GRK3, or GRK6 reduced CXCL12-induced phosphorylation of Ser-346/7 with GRK3 knockdown having the strongest effect, while inhibition of the conventional protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms, particularly PKCα, reduced phosphorylation of Ser-346/7 induced by either CXCL12 or ATI-2341. The loss of GRK3- or PKC-mediated phosphorylation of Ser-346/7 impaired the recruitment of β-arrestin to CXCR4. We also found that a pseudo-substrate peptide inhibitor for PKCζ effectively inhibited CXCR4 phosphorylation and signaling, most likely by functioning as a nonspecific CXCR4 antagonist. Together, these studies demonstrate the role Ser-346/7 plays in arrestin recruitment and initiation of receptor desensitization and provide insight into the dysregulation of CXCR4 observed in patients with various forms of WHIM syndrome.
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- Jiansong Luo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (J.L., J.M.B., J.L.B.); and Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (J.L., J.M.B., J.L.B.); and Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (J.L., J.M.B., J.L.B.); and Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (J.L., J.M.B., J.L.B.); and Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany (R.S.)
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Proteomic Analysis of Liver Proteins in a Rat Model of Chronic Restraint Stress-Induced Depression. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:7508316. [PMID: 28293639 PMCID: PMC5331273 DOI: 10.1155/2017/7508316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Depression is a global mental disorder disease and greatly threatened human health and stress is considered to be one of the important factors that lead to depression. In this study, we used newly developed iTRAQ labeling and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and mass spectrum united analysis technology obtained the 2176 accurate proteins. Successively, we used the GO analysis and IPA software to analyze the 98 differentially expressed proteins of liver in depression rats due to chronic restraint stress, showing a map of proteomics analysis of liver proteins from the aspects of related functions, disease and function analysis, canonical pathway analysis, and associated network. This study provide important information for comprehensively understanding the mechanisms of dysfunction or injury in the liver in depression.
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Clinical Validation of a CXCR4 Mutation Screening Assay for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2016; 16:395-403.e1. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2016.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lai CY, Yamazaki S, Okabe M, Suzuki S, Maeyama Y, Iimura Y, Onodera M, Kakuta S, Iwakura Y, Nojima M, Otsu M, Nakauchi H. Stage-specific roles for CXCR4 signaling in murine hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in the process of bone marrow repopulation. Stem Cells 2015; 32:1929-42. [PMID: 24510783 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hematopoietic cell transplantation has proven beneficial for various intractable diseases, but it remains unclear how hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) home to the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment, initiate hematopoietic reconstitution, and maintain life-long hematopoiesis. The use of newly elucidated molecular determinants for overall HSPC engraftment should benefit patients. Here, we report that modification of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (Cxcr4) signaling in murine HSPCs does not significantly affect initial homing/lodging events, but leads to alteration in subsequent BM repopulation kinetics, with observations confirmed by both gain- and loss-of-function approaches. By using C-terminal truncated Cxcr4 as a gain-of-function effector, we demonstrated that signal augmentation likely led to favorable in vivo repopulation of primitive cell populations in BM. These improved features were correlated with enhanced seeding efficiencies in stromal cell cocultures and altered ligand-mediated phosphorylation kinetics of extracellular signal-regulated kinases observed in Cxcr4 signal-augmented HSPCs in vitro. Unexpectedly, however, sustained signal enhancement even with wild-type Cxcr4 overexpression resulted in impaired peripheral blood (PB) reconstitution, most likely by preventing release of donor hematopoietic cells from the marrow environment. We thus conclude that timely regulation of Cxcr4/CXCR4 signaling is key in providing donor HSPCs with enhanced repopulation potential following transplantation, whilst preserving the ability to release HSPC progeny into PB for improved transplantation outcomes.
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- Chen-Yi Lai
- Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Stem Cell Bank, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Castaldo C, Benicchi T, Otrocka M, Mori E, Pilli E, Ferruzzi P, Valensin S, Diamanti D, Fecke W, Varrone M, Porcari V. CXCR4 Antagonists. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 19:859-69. [DOI: 10.1177/1087057114526283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) is a widely expressed G protein–coupled receptor implicated in several diseases. In cancer, an increased number of surface CXCR4 receptors, in parallel with aberrant signaling, have been reported to influence several aspects of malignancy progression. CXCR4 activation by the specific ligand C-X-C motif chemokine 12 (CXCL12) induces several intracellular signaling pathways that have been selectively related to malignancy depending on the tissue or cell type. We developed a panel of CXCR4 screening assays investigating Gαi-mediated cyclic adenosine monophosphate modulation, β-arrestin recruitment, and receptor internalization. All of the assays were set up in recombinant cells and were used to test four reported CXCR4 antagonists. Consequently, a set of hit compounds, deriving from a screening campaign of a 30,000-small-molecule internal library, was profiled with the different assays. We identified several compounds showing a pathway-selective activity: antagonists on a Gαi-dependent pathway; antagonists on both the β-arrestin and Gαi-dependent pathways, some of which induce receptor internalization; and compounds with an antagonist behavior in all of the readouts. The identified biased antagonists induce different functional states on CXCR4 and preferentially affect specific downstream responses from the activated receptor, thus providing an improved therapeutic profile for correction of CXCR4 abnormal signaling.
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- C. Castaldo
- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
- TES Pharma S.r.l., Corciano, Italy
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- Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
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- Department of Primary Pharmacology, UCB Pharma, Slough, UK
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
- GlaxoSmithKline R&D Neural Pathways DP Neurosciences TAU, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Siena Biotech S.p.A., Siena, Italy
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Xu CZ, Wang PH, Yan XJ, Wang T, Chen D, Zhang ZJ, Shi RJ. Expression of CXCR4 is associated with progression and invasion in patients with nasal-surface basal cell carcinoma. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2014; 75:332-41. [PMID: 24401734 DOI: 10.1159/000357027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer with an increasing incidence worldwide that imposes a considerable burden on public health. C-X-C chemokine receptor (CXCR4) plays a vital role in initiation, progression and metastasis of several types of cancers. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression and clinical significance of CXCR4 in BCC. METHODS In this study, 80 samples of primary BCC were assessed for CXCR4 expression using immunohistochemistry. The mRNA and protein expression levels of CXCR4 were evaluated by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, respectively. RESULTS CXCR4-positive staining was detected in 70% of BCC samples. Overexpression of CXCR4 was significantly associated with tumor size (>2 vs. 2 cm, p = 0.002) and pathological type (invasive vs. noninvasive, p = 0.007). CXCR4 was also upregulated at transcriptional and translational levels. CONCLUSION Our study revealed that the expression of CXCR4 was associated with progression and invasion in patients with BCC. It may be a considerable biomarker to assess invasiveness of nasal-surface BCC and to guide clinical management of such tumors.
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- Cheng-Zhi Xu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China
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We initially described the WHIM syndrome based on the combination of Warts, Hypogammaglobulinaemia, Infections and Myelokathexis (neutrophil retention in the bone marrow). Translational research led to the discovery that this rare immunodeficiency disease is caused by a heterozygous mutation in the CXCR4 gene. Recently, Plerixafor has been suggested as a treatment for WHIM syndrome due to its efficacy as a CXCR4 antagonist, closing the translational research loop. In this review, we will focus on the clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, diagnosis and possible therapies for this rare entity.
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- Omar Al Ustwani
- Leukemia Section, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY
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- University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, San Diego, CA
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- Leukemia Section, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY
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Badolato R, Dotta L, Tassone L, Amendola G, Porta F, Locatelli F, Notarangelo LD, Bertrand Y, Bachelerie F, Donadieu J. Tetralogy of fallot is an uncommon manifestation of warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis syndrome. J Pediatr 2012; 161:763-5. [PMID: 22748845 PMCID: PMC3458406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Revised: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis (WHIM) syndrome is a rare immunodeficiency disorder. We report three patients with WHIM syndrome who are affected by Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). This observation suggests a possible increased risk of TOF in WHIM syndrome and that birth presentation of TOF and neutropenia should lead to suspect WHIM syndrome.
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- Raffaele Badolato
- Pediatric Clinic and A. Nocivelli Institute of Molecular Medicine, Brescia, Italy.
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- Pediatric Clinic and A. Nocivelli Institute of Molecular Medicine, Brescia, Italy
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- Pediatric Clinic and A. Nocivelli Institute of Molecular Medicine, Brescia, Italy
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- U.O.C. di Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Pediatrica, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Service d’Immuno-Hématologie Pédiatrique, Institut d'Hématologie et Oncologie Pédiatrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
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- INSERM UMR S996, University of Paris-Sud, Laboratory of Excellence in Research on Medication and Innovative Therapeutics (LERMIT), Clamart, France
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- Service d’Hémato-Oncologie Pédiatrique Registre des Neutropénies Congénitales, AP-HP Hopital Trousseau, Paris, France
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Beaussant Cohen S, Fenneteau O, Plouvier E, Rohrlich PS, Daltroff G, Plantier I, Dupuy A, Kerob D, Beaupain B, Bordigoni P, Fouyssac F, Delezoide AL, Devouassoux G, Nicolas JF, Bensaid P, Bertrand Y, Balabanian K, Chantelot CB, Bachelerie F, Donadieu J. Description and outcome of a cohort of 8 patients with WHIM syndrome from the French Severe Chronic Neutropenia Registry. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012; 7:71. [PMID: 23009155 PMCID: PMC3585856 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND WHIM syndrome (WS), a rare congenital neutropenia due to mutations of the CXCR4 chemokine receptor, is associated with Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-induced Warts, Hypogammaglobulinemia, bacterial Infections and Myelokathexis. The long term follow up of eight patients highlights the clinical heterogeneity of this disease as well as the main therapeutic approaches and remaining challenges in the light of the recent development of new CXCR4 inhibitors. OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe the natural history of WS based on a French cohort of 8 patients. METHODS We have reviewed the clinical, biological and immunological features of patients with WS enrolled into the French Severe Chronic Neutropenia Registry. RESULTS We identified four pedigrees with WS comprised of eight patients and one foetus. Estimated incidence for WS was of 0.23 per million births. Median age at the last visit was 29 years. Three pedigrees encompassing seven patients and the fetus displayed autosomal dominant heterozygous mutations of the CXCR4 gene, while one patient presented a wild-type CXCR4 gene. Two subjects exhibited congenital conotruncal heart malformations. In addition to neutropenia and myelokathexis, all patients presented deep monocytopenia and lymphopenia. Seven patients presented repeated bacterial Ears Nose Throat as well as severe bacterial infections that were curable with antibiotics. Four patients with late onset prophylaxis developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Two patients reported atypical mycobacteria infections which in one case may have been responsible for one patient's death due to liver failure at the age of 40.6 years. HPV-related disease manifested in five subjects and progressed as invasive vulvar carcinoma with a fatal course in one patient at the age of 39.5 years. In addition, two patients developed T cell lymphoma skin cancer and basal cell carcinoma at the age of 38 and 65 years. CONCLUSIONS Continuous prophylactic anti-infective measures, when started in early childhood, seem to effectively prevent further bacterial infections and the consequent development of COPD. Long-term follow up is needed to evaluate the effect of early anti-HPV targeted prophylaxis on the development of skin and genital warts.
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- Sarah Beaussant Cohen
- AP-HP, Registre Français des Neutropénies Chroniques Sévères, Centre de Référence des Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires, Service d'Hémato-Oncologie Pédiatrique Hôpital Trousseau, 26 avenue du Dr Netter, 75012 Paris, France
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Generalized verrucosis: A review of the associated diseases, evaluation, and treatments. J Am Acad Dermatol 2012; 66:292-311. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2010] [Revised: 12/02/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Woerner BM, Luo J, Brown KR, Jackson E, Dahiya SM, Mischel P, Benovic JL, Piwnica-Worms D, Rubin JB. Suppression of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 3 expression is a feature of classical GBM that is required for maximal growth. Mol Cancer Res 2011; 10:156-66. [PMID: 22086906 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-11-0411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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G-protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRK) regulate the function of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). Previously, we found that GPCR (CXCR4)-mediated astrocytoma growth was dependent upon abnormally sustained CXCR4 signaling and was correlated with decreased GRK-mediated receptor phosphorylation. As CXCR4 has also been implicated in the stimulation of high-grade glioma growth, we sought to determine whether dysregulation of GRK expression and/or function might also be present in high-grade gliomas. In an analysis of data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, we found that GRK3 expression is frequently decreased in glioblastoma (GBM) of the classical subtype, which possesses signature amplification or mutational activation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor. We tested the correlation between GRK3 expression and GBM subtypes, as well as the relationship between the activation of the EGF and other growth factor receptor pathways and GRK expression. In analyses of primary GBM tissue and RNA specimens, we found that GRK3 expression is correlated with established criteria for GBM subtyping including expression of EGF receptor, platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)α, NF1, PTEN, CDKN2A, and neurofilament. We also found that established drivers of gliomagenesis, the EGF, PDGF, and TGF-β pathways, all regulate GRK expression. Coculture experiments, designed to mimic critical interactions between tumor and brain microvascular endothelial cells, showed that specifically increasing GRK3 expression reduced the trophic effect of endothelial cells on tumor cells. Together, these experiments show that GRK3 is a negative regulator of cell growth whose expression is preferentially reduced in GBM of the classical subtype as a consequence of activity in primary gliomagenic pathways.
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- B Mark Woerner
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Lambe T, Crawford G, Johnson AL, Crockford TL, Bouriez-Jones T, Smyth AM, Pham THM, Zhang Q, Freeman AF, Cyster JG, Su HC, Cornall RJ. DOCK8 is essential for T-cell survival and the maintenance of CD8+ T-cell memory. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:3423-35. [PMID: 21969276 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Deficiency in the guanine nucleotide exchange factor dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) causes a human immunodeficiency syndrome associated with recurrent sinopulmonary and viral infections. We have recently identified a DOCK8-deficient mouse strain, carrying an ethylnitrosourea-induced splice-site mutation that shows a failure to mature a humoral immune response due to the loss of germinal centre B cells. In this study, we turned to T-cell immunity to investigate further the human immunodeficiency syndrome and its association with decreased peripheral CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. Characterisation of the DOCK8-deficient mouse revealed T-cell lymphopenia, with increased T-cell turnover and decreased survival. Egress of mature CD4(+) thymocytes was reduced with increased migration of these cells to the chemokine CXCL12. However, despite the two-fold reduction in peripheral naïve T cells, the DOCK8-deficient mice generated a normal primary CD8(+) immune response and were able to survive acute influenza virus infection. The limiting effect of DOCK8 was in the normal survival of CD8(+) memory T cells after infection. These findings help to explain why DOCK8-deficient patients are susceptible to recurrent infections and provide new insights into how T-cell memory is sustained.
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- Teresa Lambe
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Henry Wellcome Building of Molecular Physiology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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Primary immunodeficiency diseases associated with increased susceptibility to viral infections and malignancies. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2011; 127:1329-41.e2; quiz 1342-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.02.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 02/24/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Doncker AV, Balabanian K, Bellanné-Chantelot C, de Guibert S, Revest M, Bachelerie F, Lamy T. Two cases of disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection associated with a new immunodeficiency syndrome related to CXCR4 dysfunctions. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17:135-9. [PMID: 20148920 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03187.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is a rare but severe disease mostly seen in patients with AIDS. It has been previously described in patients suffering from other kinds of immunodeficiency (e.g. primary immunodeficiency diseases in children or hairy cell leukaemia). We report two cases of disseminated MAC disease in young women with extended granulomatosis that revealed a new form of severe immunodeficiency syndrome. Both clinical observations initially appeared to be very similar to WHIM syndrome (Warts, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Infection, Myelokathexis), a rare immunodeficiency disease correlated with CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) mutation leading to an impaired internalization of the receptor upon its ligand CXCL12. We investigated the CXCR4 status of the lymphocytes in both patients and found a severe defect in CXCL12-promoted internalization but no mutation of its gene. Moreover, myelokathexis was not noted in bone marrow biopsies and therefore a diagnosis of WHIM syndrome could not be assessed. This immunodeficiency syndrome associated with CXCR4 dysfunction was responsible for severe MAC infection in our patients, with a fatal outcome in one case. It may be possible that these patients would have benefited from early antimycobacterial infection or azythromycin prophylaxis.
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- A-V Doncker
- Service d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France
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Chow KY, Brotin É, Ben Khalifa Y, Carthagena L, Teissier S, Danckaert A, Galzi JL, Arenzana-Seisdedos F, Thierry F, Bachelerie F. A Pivotal Role for CXCL12 Signaling in HPV-Mediated Transformation of Keratinocytes: Clues to Understanding HPV-Pathogenesis in WHIM Syndrome. Cell Host Microbe 2010; 8:523-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2010.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Handisurya A, Schellenbacher C, Reininger B, Koszik F, Vyhnanek P, Heitger A, Kirnbauer R, Förster-Waldl E. A quadrivalent HPV vaccine induces humoral and cellular immune responses in WHIM immunodeficiency syndrome. Vaccine 2010; 28:4837-41. [PMID: 20472031 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.04.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 04/07/2010] [Accepted: 04/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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WHIM-syndrome is an inherited immunodeficiency disorder with abnormal susceptibility to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and diseases. We determined safety and immunogenicity to a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in WHIM-syndrome by detection of HPV-specific antibodies and lymphoproliferation. In virus-like-particle (VLP)-ELISA, a WHIM patient showed antibody titers up to 400 for HPV-6/11/16/18, whereas immuno-competent controls developed titers of 6400-25,600. In pseudovirion assays, the patient's neutralization titers ranged from 20 to 400 to the four HPV vaccine types, while titers of 1600-25,600 were detected in healthy vaccinees. Specific proliferation of PBMC of the WHIM patient to the HPV vaccine was demonstrated. This first report on response to HPV vaccination in WHIM-immunodeficiency highlights that patients with WHIM-syndrome, and probably other immunodeficiencies, may benefit from HPV immunoprophylaxis.
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- Alessandra Handisurya
- Laboratory of Viral Oncology (LVO), Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Sierra MI, Wright MH, Nash PD. AMSH interacts with ESCRT-0 to regulate the stability and trafficking of CXCR4. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:13990-4004. [PMID: 20159979 PMCID: PMC2859561 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.061309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Revised: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reversible ubiquitination is essential for the endocytic sorting and down-regulation of G protein-coupled receptors, such as the chemokine receptor CXCR4. The deubiquitinating enzyme AMSH has been implicated in the endocytic sorting of both G protein-coupled receptors and receptor-tyrosine kinases. Herein, we examine the role of AMSH in the regulation of CXCR4 stability and trafficking and characterize protein-protein interactions critical for this function. Loss of AMSH catalytic activity or depletion by RNAi results in increased steady-state levels of CXCR4 under basal conditions. Analysis of truncation and point mutation of AMSH reveal the importance of an RXXK motif for CXCR4 degradation. The RXXK motif of AMSH interacts with the SH3 domains of the STAM and Grb2 families of adaptor proteins with high affinity. Cells expressing a catalytically inactive mutant of AMSH show basal hyperubiquitination, but not increased degradation, of the ESCRT-0 components STAM1 and Hrs. This is dependent on the RXXK motif of AMSH. Ubiquitination of endocytic machinery modulates their activity, suggesting that AMSH may directly regulate endocytic adaptor protein function. This is reflected in CXCR4 trafficking and provides a mechanism by which AMSH specifies the fate of endocytosed receptors. Taken together, these studies implicate AMSH as a key modulator of receptor fate determination through its action on components of the endocytic machinery.
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- Maria I. Sierra
- From the Ben May Department for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- From the Ben May Department for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- From the Ben May Department for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Mc Guire PJ, Cunningham-Rundles C, Ochs H, Diaz GA. Oligoclonality, impaired class switch and B-cell memory responses in WHIM syndrome. Clin Immunol 2010; 135:412-21. [PMID: 20226738 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Revised: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heterozygous truncating mutations in CXCR4 have been identified as a cause of WHIM syndrome (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunodeficiency and myelokathexis). The receptor truncations have been proposed to lead to altered lymphocyte trafficking. The purpose of the described studies was to characterize the B-cell repertoire in WHIM subjects. We confirmed profound B-cell lymphopenia and demonstrated oligoclonality of the circulating B-cell pool by HCDR3 spectratyping. The response to immunization was studied in one subject utilizing a bacteriophage PhiX174 immunization protocol. Spectratyping showed oligoclonality at baseline with normalization of the HCDR3 length distribution by 5 months after immunization with PhiX174 with eventual return to the baseline state. Isotype switching from phage specific neutralizing antibody of the IgM class to IgG was markedly reduced. Overall, these data suggest that impaired CXCR4 signaling in WHIM syndrome results in defective B-cell function and abnormal isotype switching, possibly through effects on germinal center trafficking of lymphocytes.
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- Peter J Mc Guire
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Busillo JM, Armando S, Sengupta R, Meucci O, Bouvier M, Benovic JL. Site-specific phosphorylation of CXCR4 is dynamically regulated by multiple kinases and results in differential modulation of CXCR4 signaling. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:7805-17. [PMID: 20048153 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.091173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is a widely expressed G protein-coupled receptor that has been implicated in a number of diseases including human immunodeficiency virus, cancer, and WHIM syndrome, with the latter two involving dysregulation of CXCR4 signaling. To better understand the role of phosphorylation in regulating CXCR4 signaling, tandem mass spectrometry and phospho-specific antibodies were used to identify sites of agonist-promoted phosphorylation. These studies demonstrated that Ser-321, Ser-324, Ser-325, Ser-330, Ser-339, and two sites between Ser-346 and Ser-352 were phosphorylated in HEK293 cells. We show that Ser-324/5 was rapidly phosphorylated by protein kinase C and G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 (GRK6) upon CXCL12 treatment, whereas Ser-339 was specifically and rapidly phosphorylated by GRK6. Ser-330 was also phosphorylated by GRK6, albeit with slower kinetics. Similar results were observed in human astroglia cells, where endogenous CXCR4 was rapidly phosphorylated on Ser-324/5 by protein kinase C after CXCL12 treatment, whereas Ser-330 was slowly phosphorylated. Analysis of CXCR4 signaling in HEK293 cells revealed that calcium mobilization was primarily negatively regulated by GRK2, GRK6, and arrestin3, whereas GRK3, GRK6, and arrestin2 played a primary role in positively regulating ERK1/2 activation. In contrast, GRK2 appeared to play a negative role in ERK1/2 activation. Finally, we show that arrestin association with CXCR4 is primarily driven by the phosphorylation of far C-terminal residues on the receptor. These studies reveal that site-specific phosphorylation of CXCR4 is dynamically regulated by multiple kinases resulting in both positive and negative modulation of CXCR4 signaling.
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- John M Busillo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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WHIM syndrome and oral squamous cell carcinoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 109:105-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 08/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carlisle AJ, Lyttle CA, Carlisle RY, Maris JM. CXCR4 expression heterogeneity in neuroblastoma cells due to ligand-independent regulation. Mol Cancer 2009; 8:126. [PMID: 20028517 PMCID: PMC2807429 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2009] [Accepted: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND CXCR4, the receptor for the chemokine stromal-derived factor 1 (SDF-1), has been shown to mediate many of the processes essential for cancer progression such as tumor cell proliferation, metastasis, and angiogenesis. To understand the role of CXCR4 in the biology of neuroblastoma, a disease that presents with wide spread metastases in over 50% of patients, we screened ten patient derived-neuroblastoma cell-lines for basal CXCR4 expression and sought to identify characteristics that correlate with tumor cell phenotype. RESULTS All cell lines expressed CXCR4 mRNA at variable levels, that correlated well with three distinct classes of CXCR4 surface expression (low, moderate, or high) as defined by flow cytometry. Analysis of the kinetics of CXCR4 surface expression on moderate and high expressing cell lines showed a time-dependent down-regulation of the receptor that directly correlated with cell confluency, and was independent of SDF1. Cell lysates showed the presence of multiple CXCR4 isoforms with three major species of approximately 87, 67 and 55 kDa associating with high surface expression, and two distinct species of 45 and 38 kDa correlating with low to null surface expression. Western blot analysis of CXCR4 immunoprecipitates showed that the 87 and 67 kDa forms were ubiquitinated, while the others were not. Finally, treatment of cells with a proteasome inhibitor resulted in down regulation of CXCR4 surface expression. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these data show that regulation of CXCR4 surface expression in neuroblastoma cells can occur independently of SDF-1 contribution arguing against an autocrine mechanism. Additionally these data suggest that post-translational modifications of CXCR4, in part through direct ubiquitination, can influence trafficking of CXCR4 to the surface of neuroblastoma cells in a ligand-independent manner.
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- Alex J Carlisle
- Division of Oncology, Abramson Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, ARC-907A, 3615 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4399, USA.
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Rezaei N, Moazzami K, Aghamohammadi A, Klein C. Neutropenia and Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. Int Rev Immunol 2009; 28:335-66. [DOI: 10.1080/08830180902995645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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CXCR4 is a key regulator of neutrophil release from the bone marrow under basal and stress granulopoiesis conditions. Blood 2009; 113:4711-9. [PMID: 19264920 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-09-177287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The number of neutrophils in the blood is tightly regulated to ensure adequate protection against microbial pathogens while minimizing damage to host tissue. Neutrophil homeostasis in the blood is achieved through a balance of neutrophil production, release from the bone marrow, and clearance from the circulation. Accumulating evidence suggests that signaling by CXCL12, through its major receptor CXCR4, plays a key role in maintaining neutrophil homeostasis. Herein, we generated mice with a myeloid lineage-restricted deletion of CXCR4 to define the mechanisms by which CXCR4 signals regulate this process. We show that CXCR4 negatively regulates neutrophil release from the bone marrow in a cell-autonomous fashion. However, CXCR4 is dispensable for neutrophil clearance from the circulation. Neutrophil mobilization responses to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), CXCL2, or Listeria monocytogenes infection are absent or impaired, suggesting that disruption of CXCR4 signaling may be a common step mediating neutrophil release. Collectively, these data suggest that CXCR4 signaling maintains neutrophil homeostasis in the blood under both basal and stress granulopoiesis conditions primarily by regulating neutrophil release from the bone marrow.
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Wong D, Korz W. Translating an Antagonist of Chemokine Receptor CXCR4: from bench to bedside. Clin Cancer Res 2009; 14:7975-80. [PMID: 19088012 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-4846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The majority of current cancer therapies focus on a primary tumor approach. However, it is metastases that cause the majority of cancer deaths. The metastatic process has been shown repeatedly to be greatly influenced by chemokines such as CXCL12 [stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1)] and its receptor CXCR4. The activation of this pathway has been reported to modulate cell migration, survival, proliferation, and gene transcription through G proteins, phosphoinositide-3 kinase, Akt, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, arrestin, and Janus-activated kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription. A wide variety of strategies, such as peptides, small molecules, antibodies, and small interfering RNA, have been used to target this pathway. Treatments in combination with current therapies seem to be especially promising in preclinical studies. A few compounds are advancing into early stages of clinical development. In this article, we will review the development of CXCR4 antagonists in oncology.
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- Donald Wong
- Chemokine Therapeutics Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Bhandari D, Robia SL, Marchese A. The E3 ubiquitin ligase atrophin interacting protein 4 binds directly to the chemokine receptor CXCR4 via a novel WW domain-mediated interaction. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 20:1324-39. [PMID: 19116316 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-03-0308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The E3 ubiquitin ligase atrophin interacting protein 4 (AIP4) mediates ubiquitination and down-regulation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4. AIP4 belongs to the Nedd4-like homologous to E6-AP carboxy terminus domain family of E3 ubiquitin ligases, which typically bind proline-rich motifs within target proteins via the WW domains. The intracellular domains of CXCR4 lack canonical WW domain binding motifs; thus, whether AIP4 is targeted to CXCR4 directly or indirectly via an adaptor protein remains unknown. Here, we show that AIP4 can interact directly with CXCR4 via a novel noncanonical WW domain-mediated interaction involving serine residues 324 and 325 within the carboxy-terminal tail of CXCR4. These serine residues are critical for mediating agonist-promoted binding of AIP4 and subsequent ubiquitination and degradation of CXCR4. These residues are phosphorylated upon agonist activation and phosphomimetic mutants show enhanced binding to AIP4, suggesting a mechanism whereby phosphorylation mediates the interaction between CXCR4 and AIP4. Our data reveal a novel noncanonical WW domain-mediated interaction involving phosphorylated serine residues in the absence of any proline residues and suggest a novel mechanism whereby an E3 ubiquitin ligase is targeted directly to an activated G protein-coupled receptor.
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- Deepali Bhandari
- Program in Molecular Biology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Frazer IH. Interaction of human papillomaviruses with the host immune system: a well evolved relationship. Virology 2008; 384:410-4. [PMID: 18986661 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are generally long lasting, and a host immune response to infection is hard to detect. Nevertheless immunocompromised subjects control HPV infection less well than those with intact immunity. Immune responses are best documented for the papillomavirus groups that cause evident human disease, particularly those responsible for anogenital cancers and genital warts. Humoral immunity to the viral capsid has been shown sufficient for protection against infection, while innate and adaptive cell mediated immunity appears important for eventual elimination of HPV infection. However, molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for protection from and clearance of HPV infection are not completely established.
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- Ian H Frazer
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia.
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Patrussi L, Baldari CT. Intracellular mediators of CXCR4-dependent signaling in T cells. Immunol Lett 2007; 115:75-82. [PMID: 18054087 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/12/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The signaling pathways induced in T lymphocytes by CXCR4-CXCL12 interaction, which lead to the cytoskeletal macro-rearrangements observable in migrating cells, are as yet largely uncharacterized. The aim of this review is to briefly summarize the current knowledge of the signaling machinery which controls the process of chemotaxis in CXCL12-stimulated T lymphocytes.
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- Laura Patrussi
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
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Bhandari D, Trejo J, Benovic JL, Marchese A. Arrestin-2 interacts with the ubiquitin-protein isopeptide ligase atrophin-interacting protein 4 and mediates endosomal sorting of the chemokine receptor CXCR4. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:36971-9. [PMID: 17947233 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705085200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is rapidly targeted for lysosomal degradation by the E3 ubiquitin ligase atrophin-interacting protein 4 (AIP4). Although it is known that AIP4 mediates ubiquitination and degradation of CXCR4 and that perturbations in these events contribute to disease, the mechanisms mediating AIP4-dependent regulation of CXCR4 degradation remain poorly understood. Here we show that AIP4 directly interacts with the amino-terminal half of nonvisual arrestin-2 via its WW domains. We show that depletion of arrestin-2 by small interfering RNA blocks agonist-promoted degradation of CXCR4 by preventing CXCR4 trafficking from early endosomes to lysosomes. Surprisingly, CXCR4 internalization and ubiquitination remain intact, suggesting that the interaction between arrestin-2 and AIP4 is not required for ubiquitination of the receptor at the plasma membrane but perhaps for a later post-internalization event. Accordingly, we show that activation of CXCR4 promotes the interaction between AIP4 and arrestin-2 that is consistent with a time when AIP4 co-localizes with arrestin-2 on endocytic vesicles. Taken together, our data suggest that the AIP4.arrestin-2 complex functions on endosomes to regulate sorting of CXCR4 into the degradative pathway.
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- Deepali Bhandari
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Gronthos S, Zannettino ACW. The role of the chemokine CXCL12 in osteoclastogenesis. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2007; 18:108-13. [PMID: 17320408 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2006] [Revised: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The chemokine CXCL12 (variously termed stromal-derived factor 1 or B cell-stimulating factor) is a highly conserved chemotactic cytokine belonging to the large family of CXC chemokines. CXCL12 has crucial roles in the formation of multiple organ systems during embryogenesis and in the regulation of bone marrow haematopoiesis and immune function in the postnatal organism. Although considered an important factor in normal bone metabolism, recent studies implicate CXCL12 in the pathogenesis of several diseases involving the skeleton, including rheumatoid arthritis and cancers that metastasize to bone. Recent studies have highlighted an emerging role for CXCL12 in the processes of physiological and pathological bone remodelling.
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- Stan Gronthos
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group, Division of Haematology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Hanson Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Insel PA, Tang CM, Hahntow I, Michel MC. Impact of GPCRs in clinical medicine: monogenic diseases, genetic variants and drug targets. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1768:994-1005. [PMID: 17081496 PMCID: PMC2169201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2006] [Revised: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 09/29/2006] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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By virtue of their large number, widespread distribution and important roles in cell physiology and biochemistry, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) play multiple important roles in clinical medicine. Here, we focus on 3 areas that subsume much of the recent work in this aspect of GPCR biology: (1) monogenic diseases of GPCR; (2) genetic variants of GPCR; and (3) clinically useful pharmacological agonists and antagonists of GPCR. Diseases involving mutations of GPCR are rare, occurring in <1/1000 people, but disorders in which antibodies are directed against GPCR are more common. Genetic variants, especially single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), show substantial heterogeneity in frequency among different GPCRs but have not been evaluated for some GPCR. Many therapeutic agonists and antagonists target GPCR and show inter-subject variability in terms of efficacy and toxicity. For most of those agents, it remains an open question whether genetic variation in primary sequence of the GPCR is an important contributor to such inter-subject variability, although this is an active area of investigation.
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- Paul A Insel
- University of California San diego, Department of Pharmacology, La Jolla, CA 92093-0636, USA.
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Murphy JW, Cho Y, Sachpatzidis A, Fan C, Hodsdon ME, Lolis E. Structural and functional basis of CXCL12 (stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha) binding to heparin. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:10018-10027. [PMID: 17264079 PMCID: PMC3684283 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608796200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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CXCL12 (SDF-1alpha) and CXCR4 are critical for embryonic development and cellular migration in adults. These proteins are involved in HIV-1 infection, cancer metastasis, and WHIM disease. Sequestration and presentation of CXCL12 to CXCR4 by glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) is proposed to be important for receptor activation. Mutagenesis has identified CXCL12 residues that bind to heparin. However, the molecular details of this interaction have not yet been determined. Here we demonstrate that soluble heparin and heparan sulfate negatively affect CXCL12-mediated in vitro chemotaxis. We also show that a cluster of basic residues in the dimer interface is required for chemotaxis and is a target for inhibition by heparin. We present structural evidence for binding of an unsaturated heparin disaccharide to CXCL12 attained through solution NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography. Increasing concentrations of the disaccharide altered the two-dimensional (1)H-(15)N-HSQC spectra of CXCL12, which identified two clusters of residues. One cluster corresponds to beta-strands in the dimer interface. The second includes the amino-terminal loop and the alpha-helix. In the x-ray structure two unsaturated disaccharides are present. One is in the dimer interface with direct contacts between residues His(25), Lys(27), and Arg(41) of CXCL12 and the heparin disaccharide. The second disaccharide contacts Ala(20), Arg(21), Asn(30), and Lys(64). This is the first x-ray structure of a CXC class chemokine in complex with glycosaminoglycans. Based on the observation of two heparin binding sites, we propose a mechanism in which GAGs bind around CXCL12 dimers as they sequester and present CXCL12 to CXCR4.
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- James W Murphy
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8035
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066.
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Busillo JM, Benovic JL. Regulation of CXCR4 signaling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1768:952-63. [PMID: 17169327 PMCID: PMC1952230 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Accepted: 11/04/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The chemokine receptor CXCR4 belongs to the large superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors, and is directly involved in a number of biological processes including organogenesis, hematopoiesis, and immune response. Recent evidence has highlighted the role of CXCR4 in a variety of diseases including HIV, cancer, and WHIM syndrome. Importantly, the involvement of CXCR4 in cancer metastasis and WHIM syndrome appears to be due to dysregulation of the receptor leading to enhanced signaling. Herein we review what is currently known regarding the regulation of CXCR4 and how dysregulation contributes to disease progression.
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- John M. Busillo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Dar A, Kollet O, Lapidot T. Mutual, reciprocal SDF-1/CXCR4 interactions between hematopoietic and bone marrow stromal cells regulate human stem cell migration and development in NOD/SCID chimeric mice. Exp Hematol 2006; 34:967-75. [PMID: 16863903 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The chemokine SDF-1 (CXCL12) and its receptor CXCR4 are involved in regulation of migration, survival, and development of multiple cell types, including human hematopoietic CD34+/CD38-/low and stromal STRO-1+ stem cells. During steady-state homeostasis, CXCR4 is expressed by hematopoietic cells and also by stromal cells, which are the main source for SDF-1 in the bone marrow (BM). Stress-induced modulations in SDF-1 and CXCR4 levels participate in recruitment of immature and maturing leukocytes from the BM reservoir to damaged organs as part of host defense and repair mechanism. In addition, trafficking of SDF-1 is mediated by CXCR4, expressed by endothelial and various stromal cell types in the BM, spleen, and other organs, but not by hematopoietic cells. Transcytosis of functional SDF-1 to the BM takes place also in the stem cell-rich endothelium and endosteum regions, regulating hematopoietic and stromal interactions in the stem cell niche. Dynamic levels of SDF-1 and CXCR4 expression induce proliferation of hematopoietic and mesenchymal progenitors, recruitment of bone-resorbing osteoclasts, osteoblasts, neutrophils, and other myeloid cells, leading to leukocyte mobilization. These studies will be reviewed together with the mechanisms that regulate SDF-1 and CXCR4 physiologic function, inactivation, presentation, and availability. Moreover, the role and the dynamic modulations of this ligand and its receptor in alarm and pathologic conditions will be discussed as well.
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- Ayelet Dar
- Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
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