Identification of a motif in the carboxyl terminus of CXCR2 that is involved in adaptin 2 binding and receptor internalization.

Agonist treatment of cells expressing the chemokine receptor, CXCR2, induces receptor phosphorylation and internalization through a dynamin-dependent mechanism. In the present study, we demonstrate that a carboxyl terminus-truncated mutant of CXCR2 (331T), which no longer undergoes agonist-induced phosphorylation, continues to undergo ligand-induced internalization in HEK293 cells. This mutant receptor exhibits ...
reduced association with beta-arrestin 1 but continues to exhibit association with adaptin 2 alpha and beta subunits. Replacing Leu320-321 and/or Ile323-Leu324 with Ala (LL320,321AA, IL323,324AA, and LLIL320,321,323,324AAAA) in wild-type CXCR2 or 331T causes little change in ligand binding and signaling through Ca(2+) mobilization but greatly impairs the agonist-induced receptor sequestration and ligand-mediated chemotaxis. The LL320,321AA, IL323,324AA, and LLIL320,321,323,324AAAA mutants of CXCR2 exhibit normal binding to beta-arrestin 1 but exhibit decreased binding to adaptin 2alpha and beta. These data demonstrate a role for the LLKIL motif in the carboxyl terminus of CXCR2 in receptor internalization and cell chemotaxis and imply a role for adaptin 2 in the endocytosis of CXCR2.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits, Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, Amino Acid Motifs, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Arrestins, Cell Line, Chemotaxis, Embryo, Mammalian, Humans, Kidney, Ligands, Membrane Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Peptide Fragments, Rats, Receptors, Interleukin-8B, Signal Transduction, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Cultured
Biochemistry
Date: Jan. 23, 2001
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