PMID- 29180446 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181126 LR - 20221109 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 293 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Jan 12 TI - Quantitative ligand and receptor binding studies reveal the mechanism of interleukin-36 (IL-36) pathway activation. PG - 403-411 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M117.805739 [doi] AB - IL-36 cytokines signal through the IL-36 receptor (IL-36R) and a shared subunit, IL-1RAcP (IL-1 receptor accessory protein). The activation mechanism for the IL-36 pathway is proposed to be similar to that of IL-1 in that an IL-36R agonist (IL-36alpha, IL-36beta, or IL-36gamma) forms a binary complex with IL-36R, which then recruits IL-1RAcP. Recent studies have shown that IL-36R interacts with IL-1RAcP even in the absence of an agonist. To elucidate the IL-36 activation mechanism, we considered all possible binding events for IL-36 ligands/receptors and examined these events in direct binding assays. Our results indicated that the agonists bind the IL-36R extracellular domain with micromolar affinity but do not detectably bind IL-1RAcP. Using surface plasmon resonance (SPR), we found that IL-1RAcP also does not bind IL-36R when no agonist is present. In the presence of IL-36alpha, however, IL-1RAcP bound IL-36R strongly. These results suggested that the main pathway to the IL-36R.IL-36alpha.IL-1RAcP ternary complex is through the IL-36R.IL-36alpha binary complex, which recruits IL-1RAcP. We could not measure the binding affinity of IL-36R to IL-1RAcP directly, so we engineered a fragment crystallizable-linked construct to induce IL-36R.IL-1RAcP heterodimerization and predicted the binding affinity during a complete thermodynamic cycle to be 74 mum The SPR analysis also indicated that the IL-36R antagonist IL-36Ra binds IL-36R with higher affinity and a much slower off rate than the IL-36R agonists, shedding light on IL-36 pathway inhibition. Our results reveal the landscape of IL-36 ligand and receptor interactions, improving our understanding of IL-36 pathway activation and inhibition. CI - (c) 2018 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Zhou, Li AU - Zhou L AD - From the AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Illinois 01605 and li.zhou@abbvie.com. FAU - Todorovic, Viktor AU - Todorovic V AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. FAU - Kakavas, Steve AU - Kakavas S AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. FAU - Sielaff, Bernhard AU - Sielaff B AD - From the AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Illinois 01605 and. FAU - Medina, Limary AU - Medina L AD - From the AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Illinois 01605 and. FAU - Wang, Leyu AU - Wang L AD - From the AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Illinois 01605 and. FAU - Sadhukhan, Ramkrishna AU - Sadhukhan R AD - From the AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Illinois 01605 and. FAU - Stockmann, Henning AU - Stockmann H AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. FAU - Richardson, Paul L AU - Richardson PL AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. FAU - DiGiammarino, Enrico AU - DiGiammarino E AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. FAU - Sun, Chaohong AU - Sun C AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. FAU - Scott, Victoria AU - Scott V AD - AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illniois 60064. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20171127 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL1) RN - 0 (IL36G protein, human) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1 Receptor Accessory Protein) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin) RN - 0 (interleukin-36 receptor, human) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chemokine CXCL1/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-1/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-1 Receptor Accessory Protein/metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Protein Binding MH - Receptors, Interleukin/*metabolism MH - Surface Plasmon Resonance PMC - PMC5767850 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IL-1Rrp2 OT - IL-36R OT - immunology OT - kinetics OT - protein-protein interaction OT - signaling OT - surface plasmon resonance (SPR) COIS- All authors are employees of AbbVie. The design, study conduct, and financial support for this research were provided by AbbVie. AbbVie participated in the interpretation of data, review, and approval of the publication EDAT- 2017/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/27 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/12 CRDT- 2017/11/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/11/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)40426-0 [pii] AID - M117.805739 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M117.805739 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2018 Jan 12;293(2):403-411. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.805739. Epub 2017 Nov 27.