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* Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 20262; and
Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Surgery, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
The IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) exists in four isoforms, three of which lack signal peptides and are primarily intracellular proteins. The biologic roles of the intracellular isoforms of IL-1Ra have remained unknown. The objective of these studies was to determine whether the major intracellular isoform of IL-1Ra 18-kDa type 1 (icIL-1Ra1), mediated unique functions inside cells. A yeast two-hybrid screen with HeLa cell lysates revealed specific binding of icIL-1Ra1, and not of the other IL-1Ra isoforms, to the third component of the COP9 signalosome complex (CSN3). This binding was confirmed by Far Western blot analysis, sedimentation on a glycerol gradient, glutathione pull-down experiments, and coimmunoprecipitation. In addition to binding specifically to CSN3, icIL-1Ra1 inhibited phosphorylation of p53, c-Jun, and I
B by the crude CSN-associated kinase and of p53 by recombinant protein kinase CK2 and protein kinase D, both associated with CSN3. The biologic relevance of the interaction between icIL-1Ra1 and CSN3 was demonstrated in the keratinocyte cell lines KB and A431, both possessing abundant CSN3. A431 cells exhibited high levels of icIL-1Ra1 but lacked both detectable IL-1
-induced IL-6 and IL-8 production and phosphorylation of p38 MAPK. KB cells displayed the opposite pattern which was reversed after transfection with icIL-1Ra1 mRNA. Inhibition of CSN3 or of icIL-1Ra1 production through gene knockdown with specific small interfering RNA in A431 cells each led to an inhibition of IL-1
-induced IL-6 and IL-8 production. Thus, icIL-1Ra1 exhibits unique anti-inflammatory properties inside cells through binding to CSN3 with subsequent inhibition of the p38 MAPK signal transduction pathway.
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