Running title: Barbadin modulates specific neutrophil functions Abbreviations: Aoc = 2-aminooctanoic acid; AF = Alexa Fluor; AP2 = clathrin adaptor protein 2; AUC = area under the curve; BRET = bioluminescence resonance energy transfer; BSA = bovine serum albumin; CL = chemiluminescence; DMEM = Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium; DMSO = dimethyl sulfoxide; DPBS = Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline; FPR = formyl peptide receptor; GPCR = G protein-coupled receptor; HBSS = Hank's balanced salt solution; HRP = horseradish peroxidase; Lau = Lauroyl; KRG = Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer: MOI = multiplicity of infection; MPO = myeloperoxidase; βNPhe = N-phenylmethylβ-alanine; βNrpe = N-(R)-1-phenylethyl-β-alanine; PFA = paraformaldehyde; PKC = protein kinase C; PLC = phospholipase C; PMA = phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; RhB = rhodamine B; RT = room temperature; ROS = reactive oxygen species; SOD = superoxide dismutase; TR-FRET = time-resolved förster resonance energy transfer
AbstractFormyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2), a member of the family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), mediates neutrophil migration, a response that has been linked to -arrestin recruitment. -Arrestin regulates GPCR endocytosis and can also elicit non-canonical receptor signaling. To determine the poorly understood role of β-arrestin in FPR2 endocytosis and in NADPH-oxidase activation in neutrophils, Barbadin was used as a research tool in this study.Barbadin has been shown to bind the clathrin adaptor protein (AP2) and thereby prevent arrestin/AP2 interaction and -arrestin-mediated GPCR endocytosis. In agreement with this, AP2/-arrestin interaction induced by an FPR2-specific agonist was inhibited by Barbadin.Unexpectedly, however, Barbadin did not inhibit FPR2 endocytosis, indicating that a mechanism independent of -arrestin/AP2 interaction may sustain FPR2 endocytosis. This was confirmed by the fact, that FPR2 also underwent agonist-promoted endocytosis in -arrestin deficient cells, albeit at a diminished level as compared to wild type cells. Dissection of the Barbadin effects on FPR2-mediated neutrophil functions including NADPH-oxidase activation mediated release of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and chemotaxis reveled that Barbadin had no effect on chemotactic migration whereas the release of ROS was potentiated/primed. The effect of Barbadin on ROS production was reversible, independent of -arrestin recruitment, and similar to that induced by latrunculin A. Taken together, our data demonstrate that endocytic uptake of FPR2 occurs independently of -arrestin, while Barbadin selectively augments FPR2-mediated neutrophil ROS production independently of receptor endocytosis.Given that Barbadin binds to AP2 and prevents the AP2/-arrestin interaction, our results indicate a role for AP2 in FPR2-mediated ROS release from human neutrophils. a large number of ligands belonging to different chemical classes [5][6][7]. Depending on the agonists examined, the signals generated by FPR2 mediate primarily pro-inflammatoryactivities, yet anti-in...