Basophil and eosinophil activation by CC chemokines

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
M Weber, C A Dahinden

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that CC chemokines act on monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils and basophils, but not neutrophils, with distinct target cell selectivities, possibly explaining the selective attraction and activation of these cell types in different types of chronic inflammation and allergic disease. Functional and desensitization studies on basophils and eosinophils indicate the expression of at least three distinct G-protein-coupled CC chemokine receptors (three on basophils and two on eosinophils), which exert partially selective and partially overlapping ligand specificities and also appear to mediate distinct functions despite similar signal transduction pathways. Functional studies with all known six human CC chemokines show that each cytokine has a distinct spectrum of bioactivities and target cell profile. Interestingly, overall sequence homologies between the chemokines are not predictive for the cell function or cell type that a particular chemokine will preferentially activate, and thus discrete sequence motifs may be important for activating the different CC chemokine receptors. Using different chemokine mutants and hybrids between chemokines, the functional importance of selected individual amino acids and ...Continue Reading

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