A NOVEL SECRETORY PATHWAY FOR INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA, A PROTEIN LACKING A SIGNAL SEQUENCE
A NOVEL SECRETORY PATHWAY FOR INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA, A PROTEIN LACKING A SIGNAL SEQUENCE
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb08268.x
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发表时间:
1990-05-01
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11.4
通讯作者:
SITIA, R
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RUBARTELLI, A;COZZOLINO, F;SITIA, R
Interleukin 1 (IL-1) is a major soluble mediator of inflammation. Two human IL-1 genes .alpha. and .beta., have been isolated, which encode polypeptides with only 20-30% amino acid sequence homology. Unlike most secreted proteins, the two cytokines do not have a signal sequence, an unexpected finding in view of their biological role. Here we show that IL-1.beta. is actively secreted by activated human monocytes via a pathway of secretion different from the classical endoplasmic reticulum.sbd.Golgi route. Drugs which block the intracellular transport of IL-6, of tumour necrosis factor .alpha. and of other secretory proteins do not inhibit secretion of IL-1.beta.. Secretion of IL-1.beta. is blocked by methylamine, low temperature or serum free medium, and is increased by raising the culture temperature to 42.degree.C or by the presence of calcium ionophores, brefeldin A, monensin, dinitrophenol or carbonyl cyanide chlorophenylhydrazone. IL-1.beta. is contained in part within intracellular vesicles which protect it from protease digestion. In U937 cells large amounts of IL-1.beta. are made but none is secreted. In these cells IL-1.beta. is not found in the vesicular fraction, and all the protein is accessible to protease digestion. This suggests that intracellular vesicles that contain IL-.beta. are part of the protein secretory pathway. We conclude that IL-1.beta. is released by activated monocytes via a novel mechanism of secretion which may involve translocation of intracellular membranes and is increased by stress conditions.