title: Interleukin-13 induces the production of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) and the expression of the mRNA for the intracellular (keratinocyte) form of IL-1ra in human myelomonocytic cells.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the expression of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) in human myelomonocytic cells treated with IL-13. IL-13 induced IL-1ra transcripts in human circulating monocytes and polymorphonuclear cells (PMN). Induction by IL-13 was not blocked, but rather superinduced, in the presence of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. Actinomycin D blocked induction, suggesting involvement of gene transcription. The half-life of IL-1ra transcripts was prolonged by IL-13 from 1.3 hours to 4.5 hours in monocytes and to 12 hours in PMN. By reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, IL-13 was found to augment the transcripts coding for the soluble form of IL-1ra, but also to induce the expression of the intracellular (keratinocyte) form of IL-1ra, the latter being extremely low or undetectable in myelomonocytic cells. IL-13 induced production of IL-1ra in myelomonocytic cells, augmenting both cell-associated and released protein. Induction of IL-1ra by IL-13 may represent a further mechanism by which this molecule can counteract the potent proinflammatory properties of IL-1.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Centro Daniela e Catullo Borgomainerio, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muzio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Re
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sironi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Polentarutti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minty
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caput
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantovani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colotta
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D018793:Interleukin-13; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C507763:IL1RN protein, human; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007375:Interleukin-1; D018793:Interleukin-13; D007378:Interleukins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins