CXCR1

CXCR1 is a CXCL8/IL-8-responsive G protein-coupled chemokine receptor that mediates neutrophil recruitment and cytotoxic activity at inflammatory or infectious sites[1]. Mechanistically, CXCL8 activates CXCR1 and CXCR2, but CXCL8 monomers and dimers differentially regulate receptor phosphorylation, desensitization, β-arrestin translocation, internalization, and ERK signaling[1]. Structural studies show CXCR1 complexed with CXCL8 and Gαi, and, compared with related isoforms, CXCR1 strongly prefers monomeric CXCL8, whereas dimeric CXCL8 creates steric clashes with extracellular loop 2[2]. In tumor models, CXCR1 and CXCR2 agonists produced by tumors induce neutrophil extracellular traps that interfere with CD8+ T-cell and NK-cell cytotoxicity[3]. For experimental applications, repertaxin/reparixin functions as a non-competitive allosteric blocker of CXCR1/CXCR2, preventing CXCL8 receptor signaling, PMN chemotaxis, adhesion, CD11b up-regulation, granule release, and cytokine production[4][5].