1997
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.21.13803
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Molecular Cloning of a Novel Human CC Chemokine EBI1-ligand Chemokine That Is a Specific Functional Ligand for EBI1, CCR7

Abstract: By searching the expressed sequence tag (EST) data base, we identified partial cDNA sequences encoding a novel human CC chemokine. We determined the complete cDNA sequence that encodes a highly basic polypeptide of a total 98 amino acids with 20 to 30% identity to other human CC chemokines. We termed this novel chemokine from EBI1-Ligand Chemokine as ELC (see below). The ELC mRNA was most strongly expressed in the thymus and lymph nodes. Recombinant ELC protein was expressed as a fusion protein with the Flag t… Show more

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“…29 CXCR4-or CXCL12-deficient mice share perinatal lethality because of hematopoietic, cardiovascular, and nervous system development defects. 29,38 The CCR7-CCL21 system plays an important role in naive lymphocyte homing to secondary lymphoid organs, which is impaired by disruption of the CCR7 gene [54][55][56] and is required for typical lymphoid tissue localization of Th1-type lymphocytes. 56,57 Both CCR7 and CXCR4 participate in the recruitment of lymphocytes from blood, 30,54 but CXCR4 Ϫ lymphocytes develop and seed peripheral lymphoid tissues normally.…”
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“…29 CXCR4-or CXCL12-deficient mice share perinatal lethality because of hematopoietic, cardiovascular, and nervous system development defects. 29,38 The CCR7-CCL21 system plays an important role in naive lymphocyte homing to secondary lymphoid organs, which is impaired by disruption of the CCR7 gene [54][55][56] and is required for typical lymphoid tissue localization of Th1-type lymphocytes. 56,57 Both CCR7 and CXCR4 participate in the recruitment of lymphocytes from blood, 30,54 but CXCR4 Ϫ lymphocytes develop and seed peripheral lymphoid tissues normally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Homeostatic chemokines are abundantly expressed in primary and secondary lymphoid organs; nevertheless, data demonstrating precise in vivo concentrations are still missing. In vitro migration assays are widely used to assess the activity of both homeostatic and inflammatory chemokines indicating the potency of each protein.In vitro migration using cell lines stably expressing single human chemokine receptors demonstrated chemotactic activities at fairly high concentrations for the homeostatic chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 [16,29] as well as for the inflammatory chemokine CCL7 [39]. Even though inflammatory chemokines are rapidly induced upon pro-inflammatory stimuli, the gradient generated in the early phase of the immune response might not yet be sufficient for the recruitment of cells expressing the selective receptor, raising the question if the chemokine milieu could trigger the initial recruitment.…”
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“…Constitutively expressed chemokines act in primary and secondary lymphoid organs [16,17,26] and peripheral tissues [27,28]. The CCR7 ligands, CCL19 and CCL21 [29,30], are expressed in the T-cell area of secondary lymphoid organs as well as on high endothelial venules (HEV) [31] and orchestrate the migration of CCR7 1 cells. ''Inflammatory'' chemokines are induced upon inflammation and cytokine production (e.g.…”
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“…Naive T cells, expressing the chemokine receptor CCR7, bind their ligands secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine (also called 6Ckine or CCL21) and EBV-induced molecule 1 ligand chemokine (CCL19), found in the T cell zone of the LN, and these receptor-ligand interactions are crucial for T cell homing to the LN (4,5). Following initial activation of T cells, CCR7 is down-modulated and CXCR5 expression is up-regulated, promoting T cell migration to the B lymphocyte-rich follicle expressing the B lymphocyte chemoattractant ligand (CXCL13) (6).…”
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