Modulation of leukotriene B4 receptor 1 signaling by receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)

T Ichiki, T Koga, T Okuno, K Saeki… - The FASEB …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
T Ichiki, T Koga, T Okuno, K Saeki, Y Yamamoto, H Yamamoto, M Sakaguchi, T Yokomizo
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Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptor 1 (BLT1), a high‐affinity GPCR for LTB4, plays important
roles in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Although the LTB4‐BLT1 axis is known to
promote inflammation, no studies have defined the binding proteins that modulate LTB4‐
BLT1 signaling. In this study, the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)
interacted with BLT1 in human cervical epithelial HeLa cells. RAGE increased LTB4‐BLT1‐
dependent ERK phosphorylation and inhibited LTB4‐BLT1‐dependent activation of NF‐κB …
Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptor 1 (BLT1), a high‐affinity GPCR for LTB4, plays important roles in acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Although the LTB4‐BLT1 axis is known to promote inflammation, no studies have defined the binding proteins that modulate LTB4‐BLT1 signaling. In this study, the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) interacted with BLT1 in human cervical epithelial HeLa cells. RAGE increased LTB4‐BLT1‐dependent ERK phosphorylation and inhibited LTB4‐BLT1‐dependent activation of NF‐κB and up‐regulation of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. RAGE‐dependent inhibition of NF‐κB was blunted by treatment with an MEK inhibitor, suggesting that RAGE suppresses LTB4‐BLT1‐dependent NF‐κB signaling by enhancing the MEK‐ERK pathway. Meanwhile, in a chemotaxis assay of mouse bone marrow‐derived neutrophils, the velocity of LTB4‐dependent neutrophil migration was attenuated by soluble RAGE, which is an inhibitory decoy protein for RAGE signaling, in a dose‐dependent manner (0.2–5 μg/ml), or by RAGE deficiency. Furthermore, both LTB4‐dependent ERK phosphorylation in neutrophils and LTB4‐dependent neutrophil accumulation in a murine peritonitis model were significantly attenuated in RAGE‐deficient mice compared with C57BL/6J wild‐type mice, indicating that RAGE potentiates LTB4‐dependent neutrophil migration by enhancing ERK phosphorylation. Our results demonstrate that RAGE interacts with BLT1 and modulates LTB4‐BLT1 signaling through potentiation of the MEK‐ERK pathway.—Ichiki, T., Koga, T., Okuno, T., Saeki K., Yamamoto, Y., Yamamoto, H., Sakaguchi, M., Yokomizo, T. Modulation of leukotriene B4 receptor 1 signaling by receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). FASEB J. 30, 1811–1822 (2016). www.fasebj.org
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