Structural highlights
Function
IL1B_HUMAN Produced by activated macrophages, IL-1 stimulates thymocyte proliferation by inducing IL-2 release, B-cell maturation and proliferation, and fibroblast growth factor activity. IL-1 proteins are involved in the inflammatory response, being identified as endogenous pyrogens, and are reported to stimulate the release of prostaglandin and collagenase from synovial cells.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) is a key orchestrator of inflammation and host defense that exerts its effects through IL-1 receptor type I (IL-1RI) and IL-1 receptor accessory protein (IL-1RAcP). How IL-1RAcP is recruited by IL-1beta-IL-1RI to form the signaling-competent complex remains elusive. Here we present the crystal structure of IL-1beta bound to IL-1 receptor type II (IL-1RII) and IL-1RAcP. IL-1beta-IL-1RII generated a composite binding surface to recruit IL-1RAcP. Biochemical analysis demonstrated that IL-1beta-IL-1RI and IL-1beta-IL-1RII interacted similarly with IL-1RAcP. It also showed the importance of two loops of IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in determining its antagonism. Our results provide a structural basis for assembly and activation of the IL-1 receptor and offer a general cytokine-receptor architecture that governs the IL-1 family of cytokines.
Structural insights into the assembly and activation of IL-1beta with its receptors.,Wang D, Zhang S, Li L, Liu X, Mei K, Wang X Nat Immunol. 2010 Aug 29. PMID:20802483[2]
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References
- ↑ Van Damme J, De Ley M, Opdenakker G, Billiau A, De Somer P, Van Beeumen J. Homogeneous interferon-inducing 22K factor is related to endogenous pyrogen and interleukin-1. Nature. 1985 Mar 21-27;314(6008):266-8. PMID:3920526
- ↑ Wang D, Zhang S, Li L, Liu X, Mei K, Wang X. Structural insights into the assembly and activation of IL-1beta with its receptors. Nat Immunol. 2010 Aug 29. PMID:20802483 doi:10.1038/ni.1925
