title: Receptor for interleukin 13. Interaction with interleukin 4 by a mechanism that does not involve the common gamma chain shared by receptors for interleukins 2, 4, 7, 9, and 15.
abstract: Interleukin 13 (IL-13) shares many biological properties with IL-4, and although the receptor for IL-4 (IL-4R) has been characterized, the expression and structure of IL-13 receptor are unknown. We report here that human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells express large numbers of functional IL-13R. Human B lymphocytes and monocytes expressed a very small number of IL-13R, while resting or activated human T cells expressed little or no IL-13R. IL-4 did not compete for IL-13 binding, while IL-13 competed for IL-4 binding, even though IL-4R and IL-13R are structurally distinct on human RCC cells. IL-13 cross-linked with one major protein that is similar in size to the gamma c subunit of IL-2, -4, -7, -9, and -15 receptors but was not recognized by anti-gamma c or anti-IL-4R antibodies. IL-4, on the other hand, cross-linked with two major proteins, the smaller of which appears to be similar in size to IL-13R and gamma c, but (like the IL-13R) it did not react with anti-gamma c antibody. Although as shown in this study and in previous studies, gamma c is a functional component of IL-4R in lymphoid cells, it does not appear to be associated with IL-4R on RCC cells. Even in the absence of common gamma chain IL-4 and IL-13 were able to up-regulate intracellular adhesion molecule-1 antigen on RCC cells. These data suggest that the interaction of IL-13 with IL-4R does not involve gamma c and IL-13R itself may be a novel subunit of the IL-4R.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Biology, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Obiri
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Debinski
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Puri
mesh_terms: D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D053661:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha1 Subunit; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D053660:Receptors, Interleukin-13; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C508181:IL13RA1 protein, human; D053661:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha1 Subunit; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053660:Receptors, Interleukin-13; D015847:Interleukin-4