title: Interleukin-1 receptors on human thyroid cells and on the rat thyroid cell line FRTL-5.
abstract: Cellular binding of interleukin-1 (IL-1) was tested on monolayers of human thyrocytes in secondary culture, on long-term cultures of human thyrocytes, and on the rat thyroid cell line FRTL-5. The human thyrocytes in secondary culture showed specific binding of human 125I-rIL-1 alpha. Scatchard plots of data obtained at 4 degrees C indicated the presence of a single population of receptors with a Kd of 30 to 170 pM and 2,000 to 6,000 receptors per cell. Incubation at room temperature resulted in internalization of the receptor-ligand complex. Parallel experiments were performed with the IL-1 receptor-positive murine T-cell lines EL-4 and NOB-1. The IL-1 receptors on these cells had Kd values one fifth to one tenth those on human thyroid cells in secondary culture. Both rIL-1 alpha and rIL-1 beta inhibited 125I-rIL-1 alpha binding to human thyrocytes and the murine T cells. In contrast to the cells in secondary culture, there was no specific binding of 125I-rIL-1 alpha to long-term cultivated human thyroid cells or to the FRTL-5 cells. We concluded that recently described differences in the response to IL-1 of different thyroid cell culture systems are most likely caused by differences in expression of IL-1 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases M, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svenson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kayser
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bendtzen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D051381:Rats; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins