title: Cellular targets and receptors for interleukin-6. II. Characterization of IL-6 binding and receptors in peripheral blood cells and macrophages.
abstract: Within 15 min, approximately 2.5% of 125I-labelled interleukin-6 (IL-6) injected intravenously into rats was taken up by the spleen. As determined by light microscopic autoradiography, uptake was mainly (60%) accounted for by macrophages in the red pulp. 125I-IL-6 binding in rat peritoneal macrophages was quantitatively similar to that in cultured human monocytes and T-cells. By comparison, IL-6 binding to polymorphonuclear granulocytes and freshly isolated monocytes was low. Stimulation with antigen, but not with mitogen (PWM), induced receptor presentation in B-cells, whereas antigen and mitogen downregulated the binding in T-cells. At 4 degrees C, labelled IL-6 bound to cells with a half-time of about 1.5 h. Binding appeared reversible, but dissociation was slow and incomplete. The apparent Kd for IL-6 binding was about 30 pmol l-1 in most cell types, however, values of approximately 120 pmol l-1 were obtained in polymorphonuclear granulocytes. At 37 degrees C, 125I-IL-6 was rapidly internalized by T-cells and monocyte-macrophages, and after a lag time, TCA-soluble radioactivity was released from the cells following a sigmoidal curve. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of radiolabelled IL-6 cross-linked to its binding sites in T-cells, yielded receptor-ligand complexes with molar masses of 70-80 and 120-140 kg mol-1. This would agree with a dimeric conformation of the IL-6 receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Immunology, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munck Petersen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Davidsen
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Moestrup
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sonne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nykjaer
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Møller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004705:Endocytosis; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D007700:Kinetics; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000097:blood; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6