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Cloning and functional characterization of the mouse C3a anaphylatoxin receptor gene

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 The mouse anaphylatoxin C3a receptor (mC3aR) gene was isolated using a human C3aR cDNA probe. The genomic fragment contains an open reading frame of 1431 base pairs that encodes a peptide of 477 amino acids. A cDNA with identical sequence was subsequently obtained from the mouse pre-B cell line 70Z/3 by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction based on sequence of the mC3aR gene. Northern blot analysis suggested expression of the mC3aR in lung and heart, and to a lesser extent, in brain, liver, muscle, kidney, and testis. The deduced amino acid sequence of the mouse C3aR is 65% identical to that of the human C3aR. Like the human receptor, mouse C3aR contains a predicted large extracellular loop of ∼165 amino acids (residues 161–325) between the fourth and fifth transmembrane domains. This loop, however, is the least conserved structure (45% identical sequence) of all the extracellular and intracellular domains between the mouse and human C3aRs. The mouse gene product bound 125I-labeled human C3a with a K d of 2.54 nM when expressed in the stably transfected rat basophilic leukemic cell line RBL-2H3. Bound C3a could be effectively displaced by excess quantities of unlabeled C3a, but not by C4a or C5a. C3a induced dose-dependent calcium mobilization in the transfected cells, which could be blocked by pertussis toxin treatment. These results confirm that the cloned gene encodes a functional C3aR capable of coupling to a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein. The sequence divergence of the large extracellular loop does not appear to affect C3a binding and transmembrane signaling.

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Received: 25 April 1997 / Revised: 1 August 1997

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Hsu, M., Ember, J., Wang, M. et al. Cloning and functional characterization of the mouse C3a anaphylatoxin receptor gene. Immunogenetics 47, 64–72 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002510050327

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