title: Studies on the synthesis and secretion of interleukin 1. I. A 33,000 molecular weight precursor for interleukin 1.
abstract: Previous studies have suggested that murine interleukin 1 (IL 1) may be synthesized as a high m.w. precursor. Using specific antibodies against murine IL 1, we have analyzed the primary form of IL 1 synthesized by normal peritoneal macrophages and P388D1 cell line macrophages, and in vitro using poly (A)+ RNA from stimulated normal and cell line macrophages. In all cases, the labeled protein immunoprecipitated with the anti-IL 1 antibodies exhibited a m.w. of 33,000 on SDS gels. This 33,000 m.w. protein was not an aggregate of low m.w. IL 1. Addition of excess purified low m.w. IL 1 completely blocked the immunoprecipitation of the 33,000 m.w. protein. When cells were pulsed with [35S]methionine for 1 to 5 hr and then incubated in medium containing unlabeled methionine for 19 hr, labeled low m.w. IL 1 was detected in the culture fluid. If cells were pulsed with [35S]methionine to label the 33,000 m.w. protein and then incubated in the presence of a maximally effective concentration of the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, the low m.w. IL 1 was still found in the culture fluid. Our results indicate that IL 1 is synthesized as a 33,000 m.w. precursor that is converted to the low m.w. form that is found in the culture fluid of stimulated murine macrophages.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Lomedico
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mizel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011817:Rabbits; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C043830:interleukin 1 precursor; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D003513:Cycloheximide