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Characterization of the CD200 Receptor Family in Mice and Humans and Their Interactions with CD200 This information is current as Gavin J. Wright, Holly Cherwinski, Mildred Foster-Cuevas, of September 28, 2021. Gary Brooke, Michael J. Puklavec, Mike Bigler, Yaoli Song, Maria Jenmalm, Dan Gorman, Terri McClanahan, Man-Ru Liu, Marion H. Brown, Jonathon D. Sedgwick, Joseph H. Phillips and A. Neil Barclay J Immunol 2003; 171:3034-3046; ; Downloaded from doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.6.3034 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/171/6/3034 References This article cites 39 articles, 20 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/ http://www.jimmunol.org/content/171/6/3034.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! Every submission reviewed by practicing scientists by guest on September 28, 2021 • Fast Publication! 4 weeks from acceptance to publication *average Subscription Information about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: http://jimmunol.org/subscription Permissions Submit copyright permission requests at: http://www.aai.org/About/Publications/JI/copyright.html Email Alerts Receive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at: http://jimmunol.org/alerts The Journal of Immunology is published twice each month by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., 1451 Rockville Pike, Suite 650, Rockville, MD 20852 Copyright © 2003 by The American Association of Immunologists All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0022-1767 Online ISSN: 1550-6606. The Journal of Immunology Characterization of the CD200 Receptor Family in Mice and Humans and Their Interactions with CD2001 Gavin J. Wright,2,3* Holly Cherwinski,3† Mildred Foster-Cuevas,* Gary Brooke,* Michael J. Puklavec,* Mike Bigler,† Yaoli Song,† Maria Jenmalm,† Dan Gorman,† Terri McClanahan,† Man-Ru Liu,† Marion H. Brown,* Jonathon D. Sedgwick,† Joseph H. Phillips,3,4† and A. Neil Barclay3,4* CD200 (OX2) is a broadly distributed cell surface glycoprotein that interacts with a structurally related receptor (CD200R) expressed on rodent myeloid cells and is involved in regulation of macrophage function. We report the first characterization of human CD200R (hCD200R) and define its binding characteristics to hCD200. We also report the identification of a closely related gene to hCD200R, designated hCD200RLa, and four mouse CD200R-related genes (termed mCD200RLa-d). CD200, CD200R, and Downloaded from CD200R-related genes were closely linked in humans and mice, suggesting that these genes arose by gene duplication. The distributions of the receptor genes were determined by quantitative RT-PCR, and protein expression was confirmed by a set of novel mAbs. The distribution of mouse and human CD200R was similar, with strongest labeling of macrophages and neutrophils, but also other leukocytes, including monocytes, mast cells, and T lymphocytes. Two mCD200 receptor-like family members, designated mCD200RLa and mCD200RLb, were shown to pair with the activatory adaptor protein, DAP12, suggesting that these receptors would transmit strong activating signals in contrast to the apparent inhibitory signal delivered by triggering the http://www.jimmunol.org/ CD200R. Despite substantial sequence homology with mCD200R, mCD200RLa and mCD200RLb did not bind mCD200, and presently have unknown ligands. The CD200 receptor gene family resembles the signal regulatory proteins and killer Ig-related receptors in having receptor family members with potential activatory and inhibitory functions that may play important roles in immune regulation and balance. Because manipulation of the CD200-CD200R interaction affects the outcome of rodent disease models, targeting of this pathway may have therapeutic utility. The Journal of Immunology, 2003, 171: 3034–3046. ell surface molecules containing Ig-like domains are one activation of macrophages in several tissues and a profound in- of the most abundant protein classes found in mamma- crease in susceptibility to autoimmune disease models affecting the C lian genomes (1), and the systematic characterization of brain and joints. These results indicated that CD200-CD200R in- by guest on September 28, 2021 these proteins expressed on leukocytes has provided many insights teractions are involved in the control of myeloid cellular function into their function. For example, the proteins that initiate intercel- (4). The broad tissue distribution of CD200 and changes in its level lular communication by forming receptor-ligand pairs and their of expression provide a mechanism for locally regulating myeloid ϭ interactions are typified by low affinities (KD 1–100 M) when cellular activity at appropriate sites, such as inflamed tissue (5, 6). measured in the monomeric state (2). Rat CD200 (OX2) is a The CD200-CD200R regulatory mechanism is an attractive target widely distributed cell surface protein that interacts with a receptor for immunomodulation because its manipulation can induce im- (CD200R) that is highly expressed on myeloid cells. Both proteins mune tolerance and autoimmune diseases. CD200-Fc fusion pro- contain two extracellular Ig-like domains, but the receptor differs teins have been shown to provide beneficial immunomodulatory in that it has a longer cytoplasmic tail containing known signaling effects in models of arthritis and allograft rejection (7, 8). motifs (3). The CD200-deficient mouse had observable alterations In this study, we have identified the homologue of the CD200 in the behavior of myeloid cells in tissues that normally expressed receptor in humans, and show that it is expressed at the surface of CD200. These included both an increase in number and state of myeloid cells and T cells and that it binds CD200. A second related gene was analyzed in humans and an additional four genes in mice that we have designated CD200 receptor-like (CD200RL)5 proteins. *Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United King- Two of the mouse gene products were shown to pair with the immu- † dom; and DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304 noreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif-containing adapter protein, Received for publication April 14, 2003. Accepted for publication July 9, 2003. DAP12, creating the potential for activating signal transduction. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Materials and Methods 1 This work was supported by the Medical Research Council. DNAX is supported by Cell lines and staining reagents Schering Plough. Human mast cells were derived from freshly isolated cord blood, as pre- 2 Current address: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cam- viously described (9, 10). Mouse C57BL/6 mast cells were derived from bridge CB10 1SA, U.K. bone marrow of 2- to 3-wk-old mice. Bone marrow cells were cultured in 3 G.J.W., H.C., J.H.P., and A.N.B. contributed equally to this study. DMEM (BioWhittaker, Walkersville, MD) supplemented with 10% FCS 4 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. A. Neil Barclay, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, U.K. E-mail address: [email protected], or Dr. Joseph H. Phillips, 5 Abbreviations used in this paper: CD200RL, CD200 receptor-like; EAE, experi- DNAX Research, 901 California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1104. E-mail address: mental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; h, human; m, mouse; RU, response unit; EST, [email protected] expressed sequence tag. Copyright © 2003 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/03/$02.00 The Journal of Immunology 3035 (HyClone, Logan, UT), 1.0 mM sodium pyruvate, 0.1 mM nonessential Analysis of the human and mouse genomes amino acids, 0.3 mg/ml of L-glutamine, 20 mM HEPES, 50 M 2-ME, 50 ng/ml of recombinant stem cell factors (PeproTech, Rocky Hill, NJ), and The NCBI human and mouse genome databases were searched using 30 ng/ml of murine rIL-3. After 2 wk, the cells were cultured in RPMI BLAST (12), and corresponding genes and related genes were identified. 1640 medium containing the same supplements as above minus the stem Ability of CD200RL proteins to pair with DAP12 cell factor, but with the addition of 5 ng/ml of murine rIL-4. Ba/F3, a pro-B cell line, was kindly provided by T. Kitamura (University of Tokyo, To- cDNAs encoding full-length hCD200RLa, mCD200RLa, and kyo, Japan). A cDNA containing the CD8 leader segment followed by the mCD200RLb were subcloned into the pMX-pie retrovirus expression vec- FLAG peptide epitope and joined to the extracellular, transmembrane, and tor. Plasmid DNAs representing the various genes were transfected into the cytoplasmic domains of mouse DAP12 (mDAP12) was subcloned into the Phoenix ecotropic virus packaging cell line (G. Nolan), and the viruses retroviral vector pMX-neo (11). Plasmid DNA of this construct was trans- subsequently obtained were used to infect Ba/F3-mDAP12 cells, as previ- fected into the Pheonix ecotropic virus packaging cell line (G. Nolan, Stan- ously described (11). In the absence of a pairing partner, FLAG-tagged ford University, Stanford, CA), and viruses obtained were used to infect DAP12 remains within the cytoplasm of Ba/F3-mDAP12; however, if the Ba/F3 cells. Ba/F3-mDAP12 cells stably express cytoplasmic FLAG- CD200RL proteins can pair with DAP12, the FLAG epitope will appear on tagged mDAP12. Mouse and human peripheral blood leukocytes were pre- the cell surface of Ba/F3-mDAP12. After 1–2 wk in selection conditions, pared from peripheral blood by hypotonic lysis of RBC. Mouse splenic the Ba/F3-mDAP12 cells infected with the various CD200RL genes were leukocytes were prepared from single cell suspensions after hypotonic lysis analyzed by flow cytometry for the surface expression of the FLAG epitope of RBC. of DAP12 (anti-M2 Ab; Sigma-Aldrich, St.