An arrestin-dependent multi-kinase signaling complex mediates MIP-1beta/CCL4 signaling and chemotaxis of primary human macrophages

J Leukoc Biol. 2009 Oct;86(4):833-45. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0908551. Epub 2009 Jul 20.

Abstract

MIP-1beta/CCL4 is a principal regulator of macrophage migration and signals through CCR5. Several protein kinases are linked to CCR5 in macrophages including the src kinase Lyn, PI3K, focal adhesion related kinase Pyk2, and members of the MAPK family, but whether and how these kinases regulate macrophage chemotaxis are not known. To define the role of these signaling molecules, we examined the functions and interactions of endogenous proteins in primary human macrophages. Using siRNA gene silencing and pharmacologic inhibition, we show that chemotaxis in response to CCR5 stimulation by MIP-1beta requires activation of Pyk2, PI3K p85, and Lyn, as well as MAPK ERK. MIP-1beta activation of CCR5 triggered translocation of Pyk2 and PI3K p85 from the cytoplasm to colocalize with Lyn at the plasma membrane with formation of a multimolecular complex. We show further that arrestins were recruited into the complex, and arrestin down-regulation impaired complex formation and macrophage chemotaxis toward MIP-1beta. Together, these results identify a novel mechanism of chemokine receptor regulation of chemotaxis and suggest that arrestins may serve as scaffolding proteins linking CCR5 to multiple downstream signaling molecules in a biologically important primary human cell type.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arrestin / immunology*
  • Cell Membrane / enzymology
  • Cell Membrane / immunology
  • Chemokine CCL4 / immunology
  • Chemokine CCL4 / metabolism
  • Chemokine CCL4 / pharmacology*
  • Chemotaxis / drug effects*
  • Chemotaxis / immunology
  • Cytoplasm / enzymology
  • Cytoplasm / immunology
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase 2 / immunology
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase 2 / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Macrophages / cytology
  • Macrophages / enzymology*
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Multienzyme Complexes / immunology
  • Multienzyme Complexes / metabolism*
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / immunology
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Transport / drug effects
  • Protein Transport / immunology
  • Receptors, CCR5 / immunology
  • Receptors, CCR5 / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects*
  • Signal Transduction / immunology
  • src-Family Kinases / immunology
  • src-Family Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Arrestin
  • CCL4 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL4
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • Receptors, CCR5
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase 2
  • PTK2B protein, human
  • lyn protein-tyrosine kinase
  • src-Family Kinases