Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells
Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells
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白细胞介素 33 作为活细胞分泌的机械响应细胞因子
DOI:
10.1055/s-0034-1367392
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Richard T. Lee
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作者:
R. Kakkar;Hillary Hei;S. Dobner;H. Reichenspurner;Richard T. Lee
Background: Interleukin 33 (IL-33), a member of the Interleukin 1 cytokine family, is implicated in numerous human inflammatory diseases such as asthma, atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Despite its pathophysiologic importance, fundamental questions regarding the basic biology of IL-33 remain. Nuclear localization and lack of an export signal sequence are consistent with the view of IL-33 as a nuclear factor with the ability to repress RNA transcription. However, signaling via the transmembrane receptor ST2 and documented caspase-dependent inactivation have suggested IL-33 is liberated during cellular necrosis to effect paracrine signaling.Methods and results: We determined the sub-cellular localization of IL-33 and tracked its intracellular mobility and extracellular release. In contrast to published data, IL-33 localized simultaneously to nuclear euchromatin and membrane-bound cytoplasmic vesicles. Fluorescent pulse-chase fate-tracking documented dynamic nucleocytoplasmic flux, which was dependent on nuclear pore complex function. In murine fibroblasts in vitro and in vivo, mechanical strain induced IL-33 secretion in the absence of cellular necrosis.Conclusions: These data document IL-33's dynamic inter-organelle trafficking and release during biomechanical overload. As such we recharacterize IL-33 as both an inflammatory as well as mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells.