CX3CL1, a chemokine finely tuned to adhesion: critical roles of the stalk glycosylation and the membrane domain

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Title: CX3CL1, a chemokine finely tuned to adhesion: critical roles of the stalk glycosylation and the membrane domain
Authors: Mariano A. Ostuni, Julie Guellec, Patricia Hermand, Pauline Durand, Christophe Combadière, Frédéric Pincet, Philippe Deterre
Source: Biology Open, Vol 3, Iss 12, Pp 1173-1182 (2014)
Publisher Information: The Company of Biologists, 2014.
Publication Year: 2014
Collection: LCC:Science
LCC:Biology (General)
Subject Terms: Chemokine, Adhesion, FRAP, Glycosylation, GPCR, Science, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
More Details: The multi-domain CX3CL1 transmembrane chemokine triggers leukocyte adherence without rolling and migration by presenting its chemokine domain (CD) to its receptor CX3CR1. Through the combination of functional adhesion assays with structural analysis using FRAP, we investigated the functional role of the other domains of CX3CL1, i.e., its mucin stalk, transmembrane domain, and cytosolic domain. Our results indicate that the CX3CL1 molecular structure is finely adapted to capture CX3CR1 in circulating cells and that each domain has a specific purpose: the mucin stalk is stiffened by its high glycosylation to present the CD away from the membrane, the transmembrane domain generates the permanent aggregation of an adequate amount of monomers to guarantee adhesion and prevent rolling, and the cytosolic domain ensures adhesive robustness by interacting with the cytoskeleton. We propose a model in which quasi-immobile CX3CL1 bundles are organized to quickly generate adhesive patches with sufficiently high strength to capture CX3CR1+ leukocytes but with sufficiently low strength to allow their patrolling behavior.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2046-6390
Relation: http://bio.biologists.org/content/3/12/1173; https://doaj.org/toc/2046-6390
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149845
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/043fce7c655a401abb7b6253bbac284c
Accession Number: edsdoj.043fce7c655a401abb7b6253bbac284c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20466390
DOI:10.1242/bio.20149845
Published in:Biology Open
Language:English