EXPRESSION CLONING OF DSR-CI, A CLASS-C MACROPHAGE-SPECIFIC SCAVENGER RECEPTOR FROM DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
EXPRESSION CLONING OF DSR-CI, A CLASS-C MACROPHAGE-SPECIFIC SCAVENGER RECEPTOR FROM DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.92.9.4056
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发表时间:
1995-04-25
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
KRIEGER, M
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作者:
PEARSON, A;LUX, A;KRIEGER, M
Mammalian class A macrophage-specific scavenger receptors (SR-A) exhibit unusually broad binding specificity for a wide variety of polyanionic ligands. The properties of these receptors suggest that they may be involved in atherosclerosis and host defense. We have previously observed a similar receptor activity in Drosophila melanogaster embryonic macrophages and in the Drosophila macrophagelike Schneider L2 cell line. Expression cloning was used to isolate from L2 cells a cDNA that encodes a third class (class C) of scavenger receptor, Drosophila SR-CI (dSR-CI). dSR-CI expression was restricted to macrophages/hemocytes during embryonic development. When expressed in mammalian cells, dSR-CI exhibited high affinity and saturable binding of I-125-labeled acetylated low density lipoprotein and mediated its chloroquine-dependent, presumably lysosomal, degradation. Although the broad polyanionic ligand-binding specificity of dSR-CI was similar to that of SR-A, their predicted protein sequences are not similar. dSR-CI is a 609-residue type I integral membrane protein containing several well-known sequence motifs, including two complement control protein (CCP) domains and somatomedin B, MAM, and mucin-like domains, Macrophage scavenger receptors apparently mediate important, well-conserved functions and may be pattern-recognition receptors that arose early in the evolution of host-defense mechanisms. Genetic and physiologic analysis of dSR-CI function in Drosophila should provide further insights into the roles played by scavenger receptors in host defense and development.