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Active site residues of cyclophilin A are crucial for its signaling activity via CD147

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authors

  • Yurchenko, V.
  • Zybarth, G.
  • O'Connor, M.
  • Dai, W. W.
  • Franchin, G.
  • Hao, T.
  • Guo, H. M.
  • Hung, H. C.
  • Toole, B.
  • Gallay, Philippe
  • Sherry, B.
  • Bukrinsky, M.

publication date

  • 2002

journal

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry  Journal

abstract

  • Cyclophilin A (CyPA), a ubiquitously distributed intracellular protein, is a peptidylprolyl cis-trans-isomerase and the major target of the potent immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A. Although expressed predominantly as an intracellular molecule, CyPA is secreted by cells in response to inflammatory stimuli and is a potent neutrophil and eosinophil chemoattractant in vitro and in vivo. The mechanisms underlying CyPA-mediated signaling and chemotaxis are unknown. Here, we identified CD147 as a cell surface receptor for CyPA and demonstrated that CD147 is an essential component in the CyPA-initiated signaling cascade that culminates in ERK activation. Both signaling and chemotactic activities of CyPA depended also on the presence of heparans, which served as primary binding sites for CyPA on target cells. The proline 180 and glycine 181 residues in the extracellular domain of CD147 were critical for signaling and chemotactic activities mediated by CD147. Also crucial were active site residues of CyPA, because rotamase-defective CyPA mutants failed to initiate signaling events. These results establish cyclophilins as natural ligands for CD147 and suggest an unusual, rotamase-dependent mechanism of signaling.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, CD147
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Surface
  • Avian Proteins
  • Binding Sites
  • Blood Proteins
  • Blotting, Western
  • CHO Cells
  • Calcium
  • Cell Line
  • Chemotaxis
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Cricetinae
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Culture Media, Serum-Free
  • Cyclophilin A
  • Cyclosporine
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Glycine
  • Heparitin Sulfate
  • Humans
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Plasmids
  • Proline
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Signal Transduction
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9258

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1074/jbc.M201593200

PubMed ID

  • 11943775
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 22959

end page

  • 22965

volume

  • 277

issue

  • 25

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