The presumed atypical chemokine receptor CXCR7 signals through Gi/o proteins in primary rodent astrocytes and human glioma cells

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SDF-1/CXCL12 binds to the chemokine receptors, CXCR4 and CXCR7, and controls cell proliferation and migration during development, tumorigenesis, and inflammatory processes. It is currently assumed that CXCR7 would represent an atypical or scavenger chemokine receptor which modulates the function of CXCR4. Contrasting this view, we demonstrated recently that CXCR7 actively mediates SDF-1 signaling in primary astrocytes. Here, we provide evidence that CXCR7 affects astrocytic cell signaling and function through pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi/o proteins. SDF-1-dependent activation of Gi/o proteins and subsequent increases in intracellular Ca2+ concentration persisted in primary rodent astrocytes with depleted expression of CXCR4, but were abolished in astrocytes with depleted expression of CXCR7. Moreover, CXCR7-mediated effects of SDF-1 on Erk and Akt signaling as well as on astrocytic proliferation and migration were all sensitive to pertussis toxin. Likewise, pertussis toxin abolished SDF-1-induced activation of Erk and Akt in CXCR7-only expressing human glioma cell lines. Finally, consistent with a ligand-biased function of CXCR7 in astrocytes, the alternate CXCR7 ligand, I-TAC/CXCL11, activated Erk and Akt through β-arrestin. The demonstration that SDF-1-bound CXCR7 activates Gi/o proteins in astrocytes could help to explain some discrepancies previously observed for the function of CXCR4 and CXCR7 in other cell types. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Ödemis, V., Lipfert, J., Kraft, R., Hajek, P., Abraham, G., Hattermann, K., … Engele, J. (2012). The presumed atypical chemokine receptor CXCR7 signals through Gi/o proteins in primary rodent astrocytes and human glioma cells. GLIA, 60(3), 372–381. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.22271

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