Activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinases by the CCR4 ligand macrophage-derived chemokine is a dispensable signal for T lymphocyte chemotaxis

J Immunol. 2004 Jun 15;172(12):7761-70. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.12.7761.

Abstract

Macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC/CC chemokine ligand 22 (CCL22)) mediates its cellular effects principally by binding to its receptor CCR4, and together they constitute a multifunctional chemokine/receptor system with homeostatic and inflammatory roles in the body. We report the CCL22-induced accumulation of phosphatidylinositol-(3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P(3)) in the leukemic T cell line CEM. CCL22 also had the ability to chemoattract human Th2 cells and CEM cells in a pertussis toxin-sensitive manner. Although the PI(3,4,5)P(3) accumulation along with the pertussis toxin-susceptible phosphorylation of protein kinase B were sensitive to the two phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors, LY294002 and wortmannin, cell migration was unaffected. However, cell migration was abrogated with the Rho-dependent kinase inhibitor, Y-27632. These data demonstrate that although there is PI(3,4,5)P(3) accumulation downstream of CCR4, phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity is a dispensable signal for CCR4-stimulated chemotaxis of Th2 cells and the CEM T cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chemokine CCL22
  • Chemokines, CC / metabolism*
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte* / drug effects
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte* / immunology
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Ligands
  • Pertussis Toxin / pharmacology
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism*
  • Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / metabolism
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / physiology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Receptors, CCR4
  • Receptors, Chemokine / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes / physiology*
  • Th2 Cells / immunology
  • rho-Associated Kinases

Substances

  • CCL22 protein, human
  • CCR4 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL22
  • Chemokines, CC
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Ligands
  • Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, CCR4
  • Receptors, Chemokine
  • phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate
  • Pertussis Toxin
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • rho-Associated Kinases