Class B β-arrestin2-dependent CCR5 signalosome retention with natural antibodies to CCR5

Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 23:6:39382. doi: 10.1038/srep39382.

Abstract

CCR5 stimulation with natural ligands, such as RANTES, classically induces short-term internalization with transient activation of β-arrestins and rapidly recycling on the cell surface. Here we discovered that, in T cells, natural CCR5 antibodies induce a CCR5-negative phenotype with the involvement of β-arrestin2, which leads to the formation of a stable CCR5 signalosome with both β-arrestin2 and ERK1. The activation of β-arrestin2 is necessary to CCR5 signaling for the signalosome formation and stabilization. When all stimuli were washed out, β-arrestin1 silencing favors the activity of β-arrestin2 for the CCR5 signalosome retention. Interestingly, CCR5 turn from Class A trafficking pattern, normally used for its internalization with natural modulating molecules (i.e. RANTES), into a long lasting Class B type specifically induced by stimulation with natural anti-CCR5 antibodies. This new CCR5 pathway is relevant not only to study in depth the molecular basis of all pathologies where CCR5 is involved but also to generate new antidody-based therapeutics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Chemokine CCL5 / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Transport / physiology
  • Receptors, CCR5 / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism
  • beta-Arrestin 2 / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • CCR5 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL5
  • Receptors, CCR5
  • beta-Arrestin 2
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases