title: The cell surface receptors for interleukin-1 alpha and interleukin-1 beta are identical.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a factor that can induce proliferation of murine T lymphocytes and can elicit a variety of other biological responses. These include bone resorption, fibroblast proliferation, acute phase protein release from hepatocytes, cartilage breakdown and fever. This spectrum of activities is consistent with a role for IL-1 as a mediator of inflammation. Recently, sequence data have shown that there are at least two members of the IL-1 family; these distantly related proteins have been termed IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta. We have found previously that both murine T cells and fibroblasts possess a relative molecular mass (Mr) approximately 80,000 (80K) plasma membrane receptor for human IL-1 beta. We show here that the receptor for IL-1 alpha on both murine and human cells is identical to that for IL-1 beta. This result raises the issue of what separation, if any, there might be between the biological activities of IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1