title: Interleukin-8 is a cyclosporin A binding protein.
abstract: Inflammatory immune reactions occur during transplant rejections and autoimmune diseases. Such reactions are mediated by cytokines, including interleukin-8 (IL-8). Cyclosporin A (CsA) exerts immunosuppressive activities by binding to immunoregulatory proteins termed cyclophilins. The anti-inflammatory effects of CsA are still not fully understood. Searching for novel neutrophil-activating proteins, we observed that an antiserum against human recombinant Interleukin-8 (IL-8) cross-reacted with cyclophilins in Western blots. Furthermore, native IL-8 was found to specifically bind CsA, whereas biologically inactive analogs of CsA were not bound by IL-8. Putative binding sites for CsA on IL-8 could be identified on the basis of structural similarities between IL-8 and cyclophilin. However, IL-8 lacks peptidyl-prolyl-isomerase (PPlase) enzyme activity, which is regarded as a characteristic of cyclophilins. We conclude that the specific binding of CsA to IL-8 may explain some of the anti-inflammatory effects of CsA. IL-8 may be a novel member of the cyclophilins lacking PPlase activity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brune
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nager
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Feige
mesh_terms: D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016209:Interleukin-8; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase