September 2022 GPR84 signaling promotes intestinal mucosal inflammation via enhancing NLRP3 inflammasome Infiltrating GPR84+ macrophages are significantly increased in the colonic mucosa of both the UC patients

September 2022 "T cells are master regulators of the immune response tuning, among others, B cells, macrophages and NK cells. To exert their functions requiring high sensibility and specificity, T cells need to integrate different stimuli from the surrounding microenvironment. A finely tuned signalling compartmentalization orchestrated in dynamic platforms is an essential requirement for the proper and efficient response of these cells to distinct triggers. During years, several studies have depicted the pivotal role of the cytoskeleton and lipid microdomains in controlling signalling compartmentalization during T cell activation and functions. Here, we discuss mechanisms responsible for signalling amplification and compartmentalization in T cell activation, focusing on the role of CD28, chemokine receptors and the actin cytoskeleton. We also take into account the detrimental effect of mutations carried by distinct signalling proteins giving rise to syndromes characterized by defects in T cell functionality." Read more at the source #DrGPCR #GPCR #IndustryNews

August 2022 "The atypical chemokine receptor 1 (ACKR1) was discovered on erythrocytes as the Duffy blood group antigen ( Cutbush et al., 1950 ), also called Duffy-antigen/receptor for chemokines, or DARC ( Novitzky-Basso and Rot, 2012 ). Erythrocytes are terminally differentiated anuclear cells with no transcription and limited translation. Accordingly, within the erythroid lineage ACKR1 expression occurs first and is the highest in erythroblasts ( Duchene et al., 2017 ). Additionally, ACKR1 expression characterizes venular endothelial cells (ECs) ( Pruenster et al., 2009 ; Thiriot et al., 2017 ), including those lining bone marrow (BM) sinusoids ( Duchene et al., 2017 ). This well-established, distinctive pattern of cell expression has been directly challenged by a publication purporting ACKR1 expression in mouse BM by macrophages, but not erythroblasts and ECs, suggesting that macrophage ACKR1 engages its non-cognate ligand CD82 on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to maintain their quiescence ( Hur et al., 2016 ). In light of the extensive literature, these findings have been particularly provocative, as this was the first description of ACKR1 expression by any leukocyte type and, if correct, would change current concepts of ACKR1 involvement in pathophysiology. The reported ACKR1 expression by macrophages in Hur et al. relied on using commercial anti-ACKR1 antibody FAB6695, which has neither been validated by the manufacturer nor by the authors. This prompted us to investigate the specificity of FAB6695 and scrutinize the apparent ACKR1 expression in BM macrophages" Read more at the source #DrGPCR #GPCR #IndustryNews

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