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Lysophosphatidylcholine Stimulates IL-1 Release from Microglia via a P2X₇ Receptor-Independent Mechanism¹

Christian Stock^2,*, Tom Schilling^2,, Albrecht Schwab^* and Claudia Eder^3,

^* Institute of Physiology II, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, and Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty Charité, Berlin, Germany

IL-1 released from activated macrophages contributes significantly to tissue damage in inflammatory, degenerative, and autoimmune diseases. In the present study, we identified a novel mechanism of IL-1 release from activated microglia (brain macrophages) that occurred independently of P2X₇ ATP receptor activation. Stimulation of LPS-preactivated microglia with lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) caused rapid processing and secretion of mature 17-kDa IL-1. Neither LPC-induced IL-1 release nor LPC-stimulated intracellular Ca²⁺ increases were affected by inhibition of P2X₇ ATP receptors with oxidized ATP. Microglial LPC-induced IL-1 release was suppressed in Ca²⁺-free medium or during inhibition of nonselective cation channels with Gd³⁺ or La³⁺. It was also attenuated when Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels were blocked with charybdotoxin (CTX). The electroneutral K⁺ ionophore nigericin did not reverse the suppressive effects of CTX on LPC-stimulated IL-1 release, demonstrating the importance of membrane hyperpolarization. Furthermore, LPC-stimulated caspase activity was unaffected by Ca²⁺-free medium or CTX, suggesting that secretion but not processing of IL-1 is Ca²⁺- and voltage-dependent. In summary, these data indicate that the activity of nonselective cation channels and Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels is required for optimal IL-1 release from LPC-stimulated microglia.

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¹ This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Grant SFB 507/C7 (to C.E.) and Grant Schw 407/9-2 (to A.S.). C.E. is a recipient of a Heisenberg Fellowship.

² C.S. and T.S. contributed equally to this work.

³ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Claudia Eder, Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty Charité, Tucholskystrasse 2, D-10117 Berlin, Germany. E-mail address: claudia.eder{at}charite.de

⁴ Abbreviations used in this paper: LPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; CTX, charybdotoxin; ICE, IL-1-converting enzyme; MTX, margatoxin; oATP, oxidized ATP; [Ca²⁺]_i, intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration.

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