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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Structural basis for full-length chemerin recognition and signaling through chemerin receptor 1.

Aijun Liu, Yezhou Liu, Junlin Wang, Richard D Ye

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Inflammation and Resolution in Obesity-Related Cardiovascular Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Multiscale Computational Dissection of CCRL2-Mediated Chemerin Presentation.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2025
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4 authors.

Aijun Liu *Dongguan Songshan Lake Central Hospital, Dongguan Third People's Hospital, The Affiliated Dongguan Songshan Lake Central Hospital, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523326, China. liuaijun@cuhk.edu.cn.ORCID 0009-0003-1636-3519
Yezhou Liu *Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7575-8260
Junlin WangKobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, Guangdong, China.
Richard D YeKobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518172, Guangdong, China. richardye@cuhk.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2164-5620

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M713049National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32070950National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82302448Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission RCBS20221008093330067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemerin, a chemotactic adipokine, plays essential roles in adipogenesis and inflammation. Serum chemerin concentration is closely associated with obesity and metabolism disorders. The mature form of chemerin (residues 21-157) acts primarily through chemerin receptor 1 (CMKLR1) for transmembrane signaling. As a result, CMKLR1 serves as a promising target for therapeutic intervention of immunometabolic diseases such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Here, we present a high-resolution cryo-EM structure of CMKLR1-Gi signaling complex bound to biologically active full-length chemerin. The mature chemerin shows binding features distinct from its C-terminal nonapeptide including interaction with both the extracellular loops (ECLs) and the N-terminus of CMKLR1. Combining results from functional assays, our studies demonstrate that chemerin interacts with CMKLR1 in a "two-site" mode similar to chemokine-chemokine receptor interactions, but acting as a "reverse chemokine" by inserting its C-terminus instead of the N-terminus as in the case of chemokines into the transmembrane binding pocket of CMKLR1. These structural insights are expected to help develop synthetic analogs with therapeutic potential.

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ChemokinesReceptors, ChemokineSignal TransductionCryoelectron MicroscopyHEK293 CellsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsModels, MolecularProtein BindingReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledChemokinesCMKLR1 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRARRES2 protein, humanReceptors, ChemokineReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID39616240
PMCPMC11608321

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