Characterization of ATP-gated P2X7 receptors in fish provides new insights into the mechanism of release of the leaderless cytokine interleukin-1β
Characterization of ATP-gated P2X7 receptors in fish provides new insights into the mechanism of release of the leaderless cytokine interleukin-1β
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DOI:
10.1016/j.molimm.2006.05.015
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发表时间:
2007-02-01
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3.6
通讯作者:
Mulero, Victoriano
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作者:
Lopez-Castejon, Gloria;Young, Mark T.;Mulero, Victoriano
Mammalian interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) is produced as a biologically inactive precursor molecule, which is proteolytically cleaved to an active form by IL-1 beta-converting enzyme (ICE) after the activation of P2X(7) receptor by extracellular ATP. The mechanism of IL-1 beta release in non-mammalian vertebrates is largely unknown, although most of the IL-1 beta gene sequences lack a conserved ICE recognition site. Here we have cloned the P2X(7) receptor from the bony fish seabream and compared agonist and antagonist profiles at this and other non-mammalian P2X(7) receptors expressed in HEK cells, as well in seabream SAF-1 cells expressing endogenous P2X(7) receptors. We used this information to further investigate the mechanisms of IL-1 beta release induced by mammalian and fish P2X(7) receptors. Despite phosphatidylserine externalization and cell permeabilization in seabream leukocytes after the addition of high BzATP concentrations, IL-1 beta remained unprocessed within the cell. However, activation of rat P2X(7) receptors ectopically expressed in HEK293 together with human ICE led to the specific secretion of unprocessed seabream IL-1 beta. In contrast, neither seabream nor zebrafish P2X(7) receptors induced the secretion of mammalian or fish IL-1 beta when expressed in HEK293, while a chimeric receptor harboring the ATP-binding domain of seabream P2X(7) and the intracellular region of its rat counterpart did so. These findings indicate that P2X(7) receptor-mediated activation of ICE and release of IL-1 beta result from different downstream signaling pathways and suggest that although the mechanisms involved in IL-1 beta secretion are conserved throughout evolution, distinct inflammatory signals have been selected for the secretion of this cytokine in different vertebrates. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.