Leukotriene B-4 receptor 2 gene polymorphism (rs1950504, Asp196Gly) leads to enhanced cell motility under low-dose ligand stimulation
- Authors
- Jang, Jae-Hyun; Wei, Jun-Dong; Kim, Minsup; Kim, Joo-Young; Cho, Art E.; Kim, Jae-Hong
- Issue Date
- 24-11월-2017
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE, v.49
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
- Volume
- 49
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/81513
- DOI
- 10.1038/emm.2017.192
- ISSN
- 1226-3613
- Abstract
- Recently, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been suggested to contribute to physiopathology and therapeutic effects. Leukotriene B-4 receptor 2 (BLT2), a member of the GPCR family, plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory diseases, including cancer and asthma. However, no studies on BLT2 SNP effects have been reported to date. In this study, we demonstrate that the BLT2 SNP (rs1950504, Asp196Gly), a Gly-196 variant of BLT2 (BLT2 D196G), causes enhanced cell motility under low-dose stimulation of its ligands. In addition, we demonstrated that Akt activation and subsequent production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), both of which act downstream of BLT2, are also increased by BLT2 D196G in response to low-dose ligand stimulation. Furthermore, we observed that the ligand binding affinity of BLT2 D196G was enhanced compared with that of BLT2. Through homology modeling analysis, it was predicted that BLT2 D196G loses ionic interaction with R197, potentially resulting in increased agonist-receptor interaction. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first to describe a SNP study on BLT2 and shows that BLT2 D196G enhances ligand sensitivity, thereby increasing cell motility in response to low-dose ligand stimulation.
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