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ArticleImmunity2013

Intracellular interleukin-1 receptor 2 binding prevents cleavage and activity of interleukin-1α, controlling necrosis-induced sterile inflammation.

Yue Zheng, Melanie Humphry, Janet J Maguire, Martin R Bennett, Murray C H Clarke

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Article in Immunity, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

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114citing papers in PubMed
11.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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114 citing papers in PubMed, 199 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yue ZhengDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
Melanie Humphry
Janet J Maguire
Martin R Bennett
Murray C H Clarke
University of Cambridge · GBAddenbrooke's Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/09/005/26845British Heart Foundation FS/13/3/30038British Heart Foundation PG/06/024/20354British Heart Foundation RG 04/001British Heart Foundation RG/08/009/25841
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrosis can induce profound inflammation or be clinically silent. However, the mechanisms underlying such tissue specificity are unknown. Interleukin-1α (IL-1α) is a key danger signal released upon necrosis that exerts effects on both innate and adaptive immunity and is considered to be constitutively active. In contrast, we have shown that necrosis-induced IL-1α activity is tightly controlled in a cell type-specific manner. Most cell types examined expressed a cytosolic IL-1 receptor 2 (IL-1R2) whose binding to pro-IL-1α inhibited its cytokine activity. In cell types exhibiting a silent necrotic phenotype, IL-1R2 remained associated with pro-IL-1α. Cell types possessing inflammatory necrotic phenotypes either lacked IL-1R2 or had activated caspase-1 before necrosis, which degraded and dissociated IL-1R2 from pro-IL-1α. Full IL-1α activity required cleavage by calpain after necrosis, which increased its affinity for IL-1 receptor 1. Thus, we report a cell type-dependent process that fundamentally governs IL-1α activity postnecrosis and the mechanism allowing conditional release of this blockade.

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AnimalsCalpainCaspase 1Cell LineGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationInterleukin-1alphaMiceNecrosisOrgan SpecificityProtein BindingProtein PrecursorsProteolysisReceptors, Interleukin-1 Type IISignal TransductionCalpainCaspase 1IL1R2 protein, humanInterleukin-1alphaProtein PrecursorsReceptors, Interleukin-1 Type II

Identifiers

PMID23395675
PMCPMC3659285
OpenAlexW2038182824

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