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The dynamics and mechanisms of interleukin-1alpha and beta nuclear import.

ABSTRACT: Pro-inflammatory members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family of cytokines (IL-1alpha and beta) are important mediators of host defense responses to infection but can also exacerbate the damaging inflammation that contributes to major human diseases. IL-1alpha and beta are produced by cells of the innate immune system, such as macrophages, and act largely after their secretion by binding to the type I IL-1 receptor on responsive cells. There is evidence that IL-1alpha is also a nuclear protein that can act intracellularly. In this study, we report that both IL-1alpha and IL-1beta produced by microglia (central nervous system macrophages) in response to an inflammatory challenge are distributed between the cytosol and the nucleus. Using IL-1-beta-galactosidase and IL-1-green fluorescent protein chimeras (analyzed by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching), we demonstrate that nuclear import of IL-1alpha is exclusively active, requiring a nuclear localization sequence and Ran, while IL-1beta nuclear import is entirely passive. These data provide valuable insights into the dynamic regulation of intracellular cytokine trafficking.

SUBMITTER: Luheshi NM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2682621 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The dynamics and mechanisms of interleukin-1alpha and beta nuclear import.

Luheshi Nadia M NM Rothwell Nancy J NJ Brough David D

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Pro-inflammatory members of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) family of cytokines (IL-1alpha and beta) are important mediators of host defense responses to infection but can also exacerbate the damaging inflammation that contributes to major human diseases. IL-1alpha and beta are produced by cells of the innate immune system, such as macrophages, and act largely after their secretion by binding to the type I IL-1 receptor on responsive cells. There is evidence that IL-1alpha is also a nuclear protein tha ...[more]

PMID: 18939951

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The dynamics and mechanisms of interleukin-1alpha and beta nuclear import.

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The dynamics and mechanisms of interleukin-1alpha and beta nuclear import.

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