title: Molecular characterization of the beta chain of the murine interleukin 5 receptor.
abstract: Interleukin 5 (IL-5) is a multifunctional cytokine that regulates the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells including B cells and eosinophils. The murine IL-5 acts on target cells via an IL-5 specific high-affinity receptor (Kd approximately 150 pM) that has been proposed to be composed of at least two membrane polypeptide chains. The p60 component recognized by anti-murine IL-5 receptor mAbs H7 and T21 binds IL-5 with low affinity (Kd approximately 10 nM). The other component is p130, detectable by following cross-linking experiments with IL-5. Using H7, T21, and R52.120 mAbs specific to murine IL-5 receptor, we characterized the molecular nature of the p130 of the high affinity receptor for murine IL-5. R52.120 mAb did not recognize the IL-5 binding recombinant p60 expressed on COS7 cells, but reacted with p130/140 on IL-5-dependent cell lines. R52.120 mAb showed partial inhibition of the IL-5-induced proliferation of the IL-5-dependent early B cell line Y16 at high IL-5 concentrations. Addition of R52.120 mAb together with H7 or T21 mAb caused more striking inhibition of the IL-5-dependent proliferation than that caused by either of them alone. R52.120 mAb down-regulated the number and dissociation constant of IL-5 binding sites with high affinity without affecting the levels of these with low-affinity. It also preferentially inhibited the formation of the cross-linked complex of p130 with radiolabeled IL-5. These results indicate that p130/p140, recognized by R52.120 mAb, is indispensable, together with p60, for the formation of high affinity IL-5 receptor. We propose to designate p60 and p130/p140 as the alpha and beta chain of IL-5 receptor, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Kumomoto University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hitoshi
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rolink
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053649:Receptors, Interleukin-5; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015848:Interleukin-5; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053649:Receptors, Interleukin-5