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Interleukin-33 is biologically active independently of caspase-1 cleavage |
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| Published in | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2009, vol. 284, no. 29, p. 19420-6 | |
| Abstract | The new interleukin (IL)-1 family cytokine IL-33 is synthesized as a 30-kDa precursor. Like pro-IL-1beta, human pro-IL-33 was reported to be cleaved by caspase-1 to generate an 18-kDa fragment, which is sufficient to activate signaling by the IL-33 receptor T1/ST2. However, the proposed caspase-1 cleavage site is poorly conserved between species. In addition, it is not clear whether caspase-1 cleavage of pro-IL-33 occurs in vivo and whether, as for IL-1beta, this cleavage is a prerequisite for IL-33 secretion and bioactivity. In this study, we further investigated caspase-1 cleavage of mouse and human pro-IL-33 and assessed the potential bioactivity of the IL-33 precursor. We observed the generation of a 20-kDa IL-33 fragment in cell lysates, which was enhanced by incubation with caspase-1. However, in vitro assays of mouse and human pro-IL-33 indicated that IL-33 is not a direct substrate for this enzyme. Consistently, caspase-1 activation in THP-1 cells induced cleavage of pro-IL-1beta but not of pro-IL-33, and activated THP-1 cells released full-length pro-IL-33 into culture supernatants. Finally, addition of full-length pro-IL-33 induced T1/ST2-dependent IL-6 secretion in mast cells. However, we observed in situ processing of pro-IL-33 in mast cell cultures, and it remains to be determined whether full-length pro-IL-33 itself indeed represents the bioactive species. In conclusion, our data indicate that pro-IL-33 is not a direct substrate for caspase-1. In addition, our results clearly show that caspase-1 cleavage is not required for pro-IL-33 secretion and bioactivity, highlighting major differences between IL-1beta and IL-33. | |
| Keywords | Animals — Blotting, Western — Caspase 1/metabolism — Cell Line — Cells, Cultured — Enzyme Activation/drug effects — Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism — Humans — Interleukin-1beta/metabolism — Interleukins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism — Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology — Mice — Microscopy, Confocal — Monocytes/cytology/drug effects/metabolism — Peptide Fragments/metabolism — Protein Precursors/genetics/metabolism — Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology — Transfection | |
| Identifiers | PMID: 19465481 | |
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Article (Author postprint) (673 Kb) - Free access Other version: http://www.jbc.org/content/284/29/19420.long |
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| Research group | Mécanisme de l'inflammation articulaire (44) | |
| Citation (ISO format) | TALABOT FRISCHKNECHT-AYER, Dominique et al. Interleukin-33 is biologically active independently of caspase-1 cleavage. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009, vol. 284, n° 29, p. 19420-6. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:5352 |
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