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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
CC-chemokine receptor (CCR) 6 is the only known receptor for macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-3alpha, a CC chemokine chemotactic for lymphocytes and dendritic cells. Using anti-serum that we raised against the N-terminal residues of CCR6, we have characterized the surface expression of CCR6 on peripheral blood leukocytes and we have correlated CCR6 expression with responses to MIP-3alpha. We found that CCR6 was expressed only on memory T cells, including most alpha4beta7 memory cells and cutaneous lymphocyte-associated Ag-expressing cells, and on B cells. Accordingly, chemotaxis of T cells to MIP-3alpha was limited to memory cells. Moreover, calcium signals on T cells in response to MIP-3a were confined to CCR6-expressing cells, consistent with CCR6 being the only MIP-3alpha receptor on peripheral blood T cells. Unlike many CC chemokines, MIP-3alpha produced a calcium signal on freshly isolated T cells, and CCR6 expression was not increased by up to 5 days of treatment with IL-2 or by cross-linking CD3. Despite their surface expression of CCR6, freshly isolated B cells did not respond to MIP-3alpha. In addition to staining peripheral blood leukocytes, our anti-serum detected CCR6 on CD34+ bone marrow cell-derived dendritic cells. Our data are the first to analyze surface expression of CCR6, demonstrating receptor expression on differentiated, resting memory T cells, indicating differences in receptor signaling on T cells and B cells and suggesting that CCR6 and MIP-3alpha may play a role in the physiology of resting memory T cells and in the interactions of memory T cells, B cells, and dendritic cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
186-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
CC-chemokine receptor 6 is expressed on diverse memory subsets of T cells and determines responsiveness to macrophage inflammatory protein 3 alpha.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't