Dimerization of the Extracellular Domain of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Receptor by Ligand Binding: A Monovalent Ligand Induces 2:2 Complexes

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Abstract

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) binds to a specific cell surface receptor and induces signals for growth and differentiation in cells of granulocyte hematopoietic lineage. In order to understand how G-CSF binding initiates signals into these cells, we have studied its interactions with the entire extracellular domain of the receptor (sG-CSFR). The sG-CSFR was purified from CHO cell conditioned media with a G-CSF affinity column, resting in a preparation fully competent for ligand binding. However, when sG-CSFR was purified by conventional means, i.e., without affinity chromatography, only about half was competent. Therefore, all studies were carried out using affinity-purified material. The sG-CSFR exhibited a weak self-association into a dimer with a dissociation constant of 200microM in the absence of G-CSF. Addition of G-CSF dimerizes the receptor, with a preferred stoichiometry of 2 G-CSF molecules plus 2 receptors. Unexpectedly, receptor-receptor interactions rather than through two receptors binding to the same G-CSF molecule; i.e., G-CSF is a monovalent ligand. G-CSF binding to the receptor monomer occurs with high affinity. The binding of G-CSF also enhances the receptor-receptor dimerization; when G-CSF is bound to both receptors, dimerization is enhanced 2000-fold, while the interaction of a 1:1 receptor-ligand complex with a second ligand-free receptor is enhanced 80-fold. Thus, the mechanism of receptor dimerization is fundamentally different than that of related cytokine receptors such as growth hormone and erythropoietin receptors. Circular dichroic spectra showed a small but significant conformational change of receptor upon binding G-CSF. This is consistent with the idea that G-CSF binding alters the conformation of the receptor, resulting in an increase in receptor-receptor interactions.

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