Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?

Intercellular communications control fundamental biological processes required for the survival of multicellular organisms. Secretory proteins are among the most important messengers in this network of information. Proteins destined to this function contain a signal sequence with the necessary infor...

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Main Authors: Sonia eCarta, Rosa eLavieri, Anna eRubartelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00123/full
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description Intercellular communications control fundamental biological processes required for the survival of multicellular organisms. Secretory proteins are among the most important messengers in this network of information. Proteins destined to this function contain a signal sequence with the necessary information to target them to the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), and are released in the extracellular environment by a "classical" pathway of secretion. However, in the early 90s it became evident that non classical mechanisms must exist for the secretion of some proteins, which in spite of their extracellular localization and function, lack a signal peptide. Indeed, the group of leaderless secretory proteins rapidly grew and is still growing. Many of them are implicated in the regulation of the inflammatory response. Interestingly, most members of the IL-1 family (IL-1F), including the master pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β, are leaderless proteins and find their way out of the cells in different manners. In this article, we will review current hypotheses on the mechanisms of externalization of IL-1F members and discuss their relevance with respect to the different functions (as cytokines or as DAMPs) played by the different IL-1 proteins.
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spelling doaj.art-591b30f045a44e6d99db5c25a2ddcce12022-12-21T17:58:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242013-05-01410.3389/fimmu.2013.0012352760Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?Sonia eCarta0Rosa eLavieri1Anna eRubartelli2IRCCS AOU San Martino ISTIRCCS AOU San Martino ISTIRCCS AOU San Martino ISTIntercellular communications control fundamental biological processes required for the survival of multicellular organisms. Secretory proteins are among the most important messengers in this network of information. Proteins destined to this function contain a signal sequence with the necessary information to target them to the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), and are released in the extracellular environment by a "classical" pathway of secretion. However, in the early 90s it became evident that non classical mechanisms must exist for the secretion of some proteins, which in spite of their extracellular localization and function, lack a signal peptide. Indeed, the group of leaderless secretory proteins rapidly grew and is still growing. Many of them are implicated in the regulation of the inflammatory response. Interestingly, most members of the IL-1 family (IL-1F), including the master pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β, are leaderless proteins and find their way out of the cells in different manners. In this article, we will review current hypotheses on the mechanisms of externalization of IL-1F members and discuss their relevance with respect to the different functions (as cytokines or as DAMPs) played by the different IL-1 proteins.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00123/fullTLRIL-1βsecretionIL-18IL-33IL-1α
spellingShingle Sonia eCarta
Rosa eLavieri
Anna eRubartelli
Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?
Frontiers in Immunology
TLR
IL-1β
secretion
IL-18
IL-33
IL-1α
title Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?
title_full Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?
title_fullStr Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?
title_full_unstemmed Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?
title_short Different members of the IL-1 family come out in different ways: DAMPs vs cytokines?
title_sort different members of the il 1 family come out in different ways damps vs cytokines
topic TLR
IL-1β
secretion
IL-18
IL-33
IL-1α
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00123/full
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