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The presumed atypical chemokine receptor CXCR7 signals through G i/o proteins in primary rodent astrocytes and human glioma cells
Author(s) -
Ödemis Veysel,
Lipfert Jana,
Kraft Robert,
Hajek Peter,
Abraham Getu,
Hattermann Kirsten,
Mentlein Rolf,
Engele Jürgen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
glia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.954
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1098-1136
pISSN - 0894-1491
DOI - 10.1002/glia.22271
Subject(s) - pertussis toxin , chemokine receptor , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , cxcl14 , protein kinase b , mapk/erk pathway , astrocyte , signal transduction , chemokine , c c chemokine receptor type 6 , receptor , cancer research , g protein , neuroscience , central nervous system , biochemistry
SDF‐1/CXCL12 binds to the chemokine receptors, CXCR4 and CXCR7, and controls cell proliferation and migration during development, tumorigenesis, and inflammatory processes. It is currently assumed that CXCR7 would represent an atypical or scavenger chemokine receptor which modulates the function of CXCR4. Contrasting this view, we demonstrated recently that CXCR7 actively mediates SDF‐1 signaling in primary astrocytes. Here, we provide evidence that CXCR7 affects astrocytic cell signaling and function through pertussis toxin‐sensitive G i/o proteins. SDF‐1‐dependent activation of G i/o proteins and subsequent increases in intracellular Ca 2+ concentration persisted in primary rodent astrocytes with depleted expression of CXCR4, but were abolished in astrocytes with depleted expression of CXCR7. Moreover, CXCR7‐mediated effects of SDF‐1 on Erk and Akt signaling as well as on astrocytic proliferation and migration were all sensitive to pertussis toxin. Likewise, pertussis toxin abolished SDF‐1‐induced activation of Erk and Akt in CXCR7‐only expressing human glioma cell lines. Finally, consistent with a ligand‐biased function of CXCR7 in astrocytes, the alternate CXCR7 ligand, I‐TAC/CXCL11, activated Erk and Akt through β‐arrestin. The demonstration that SDF‐1‐bound CXCR7 activates G i/o proteins in astrocytes could help to explain some discrepancies previously observed for the function of CXCR4 and CXCR7 in other cell types. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.