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1 Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mdwinell{at}mcw.edu.
Human colonic epithelial cells express CXCR4, the sole cognate receptor for the chemokine
stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1/CXCL12. The aim of this study was to define the
mechanism and functional consequences of signaling intestinal epithelial cells through the
CXCR4 chemokine receptor. CXCR4, but not SDF-1/CXCL12, was constitutively expressed by
T84, HT-29, HT-29/18C1, and Caco-2 human colon epithelial cell lines. Studies using T84 cells
showed that CXCR4 was G-protein coupled in intestinal epithelial cells. Moreover, stimulation
of T84 cells with SDF-1/CXCL12 inhibited cAMP production in response to the adenylyl
cyclase activator forskolin, and this inhibition was abrogated by either anti-CXCR4 antibody or
receptor desensitization. Studies with pertussis toxin suggested SDF-1/CXCL12 activated
negative regulation of cAMP production through G
i-subunits coupled to CXCR4. Consistent
with the inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP production, SDF-1/CXCL12 also inhibited
forskolin-induced ion transport in voltage clamped polarized T84 cells. Taken together, these
data indicate that epithelial CXCR4 can transduce functional signals in human intestinal
epithelial cells that modulate important cAMP mediated cellular functions.
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