The Journal of Immunology, Vol 143, Issue 12 4000-4008, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists

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IL-1 activates the Na+/H+ antiport in a murine T cell

R Civitelli, SL Teitelbaum, KA Hruska and DL Lacey
Division of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110.

One of the early events following growth factor exposure is elevation of intracellular pH, a process mediated by the Na+/H+ antiport. We studied the effects of human rIL-1 alpha (HrIL-1 alpha) on intracellular pH (pHi) and calcium ([Ca2+]i) in a murine T cell line (MD10 cells), which proliferates in response to IL-1 alone. By using the intracellularly trapped fluorescent dyes (2(1),7(1)-bis-2- carboxyethyl)-5(and -6) carboxyfluorescein) and indo-1, we monitored immediate to early changes of pHi and [Ca2+]i in response to HrIL-1 alpha. Exposure to HrIL-1 alpha (120 pM) leads to an early, sustained intracellular alkalinization (delta pH = + 0.09 +/- 0.03) that plateaus within 20 min. Lower concentrations of the monokine (12 pM, 1.2 pM) have a positive but not statistically significant effect on pHi. These effects parallel the degree of MD10 IL-1R saturation predicted by the KD (49 pM) as assessed by 125I-HrIL-1 alpha binding by MD10 cells (Bmax = approximately 1300). Both the MD10 IL-1 receptor KD and the HrIL-1 alpha concentration required to induce early measurable alkaline pH shifts, however, exceed by three orders of magnitude the HrIL-1 alpha ED50 (50 fM) required for MD10 proliferation. The IL-1-induced rise in pHi is both sodium dependent and amiloride sensitive, indicative of activation of the Na+/H+ antiport. Additionally, PMA (100 nM) and IL-2 (2 nM) alkalinize MD10 cells, with the rise in pHi as a result of PMA exceeding the maximal IL-1 effect (delta pH = + 0.13 +/- 0.04). Furthermore, although PMA alkalinizes cells previously exposed to HrIL- 1 alpha, the monokine does not alter the pHi of PMA-treated MD10 cells. Importantly, intracellular alkalinization induced by either HrIL-1 alpha or PMA is inhibited by staurosporine (1 mu iM). Finally, HrIL-1 alpha does not change MD10 [Ca2+]i, in either an acute or sustained fashion. These results indicate that IL-1 activates the Na+/H+ antiport in T cells by a mechanism that is unrelated to changes in [Ca2+]i but may involve protein kinase C activation.

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