CXCL4/Platelet Factor 4 is an agonist of CCR1 and drives human monocyte migration

Fox, James M, Kausar, Fahima, Day, Amy, Osbourne, Michael, Hussain, Khansa, Mueller, Anja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0774-0434, Lin, Jessica, Tsuchiya, Tomoko, Kanegasaki, Shiro and Pease, James E (2018) CXCL4/Platelet Factor 4 is an agonist of CCR1 and drives human monocyte migration. Scientific Reports, 8. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Activated platelets release micromolar concentrations of the chemokine CXCL4/Platelet Factor-4. Deposition of CXCL4 onto the vascular endothelium is involved in atherosclerosis, facilitating monocyte arrest and recruitment by an as yet, unidentified receptor. Here, we demonstrate that CXCL4 drives chemotaxis of the monocytic cell line THP-1. Migration and intracellular calcium responses induced by CXCL4 were pertussis toxin-sensitive, implicating a GPCR in signal transduction. Cell treatment with chondroitinase ABC ablated migration, suggesting that cis presentation of CXCL4 by cell surface glycosaminoglycans to a GPCR is required. Although CXCR3 has been previously described as a CXCL4 receptor, THP-1 cells were unresponsive to CXCR3 ligands and CXCL4-induced migration was insensitive to a CXCR3 antagonist, suggesting that an alternative receptor is involved. Interrogating CC-class chemokine receptor transfectants, we unexpectedly found that CXCL4 could induce the migration of CCR1-expressing cells and also induce CCR1 endocytosis. Extending our findings to primary human monocytes, we observed that CXCL4 induced CCR1 endocytosis and could induce monocyte chemotaxis in a CCR1 antagonist-sensitive manner. Collectively, our data identify CCR1 as a previously elusive monocyte CXCL4 receptor and suggest that CCR1 may play a role in inflammation where the release of CXCL4 is implicated.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	chemokines,receptor,monocytes
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular and Tissue Pharmacology
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2018 11:30
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 19:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67391
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-018-27710-9

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