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Human interleukin-3 (IL-3) induces disulfide- linked IL-3 receptor alpha- and beta-chain heterodimerization, which is required for receptor activation but not high-affinity binding.

The human interleukin-3 receptor (IL-3R) is a heterodimer that comprises an IL-3 specific alpha chain (IL-3R alpha) and a common beta chain (beta C) that is shared with the receptors for granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and IL-5. These receptors belong to the cytokine receptor superfamily, but they are structurally and functionally more related to each other and thus make up a distinct subfamily. Although activation of the normal receptor occurs only in the presence of ligand, the underlying mechanisms are not known. We show here that human IL-3 induces heterodimerization of IL-3R alpha and beta c and that disulfide linkage of these chains is involved in receptor activation but not high-affinity binding. Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) to IL-3R alpha and beta c were developed which immunoprecipitated, in the absence of IL-3, the respective chains from cells labelled with 125I on the cell surface. However, in the presence of IL-3, each MAb immunoprecipitated both IL-3R alpha and beta c. IL-3- induced receptor dimers were disulfide and nondisulfide linked and were dependent on IL-3 interacting with both IL-3R alpha and beta c. In the presence of IL-3 and under nonreducing conditions, MAb to either IL-3R alpha or beta c immunoprecipitated complexes with apparent molecular weights of 215,000 and 245,000 and IL-3R alpha and beta c monomers. Preincubation with iodoacetamide prevented the formation of the two high-molecular-weight complexes without affecting noncovalent dimer formation or high-affinity IL-3 binding. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and Western blotting (immunoblotting) demonstrated the presence of both IL-3R alpha and beta c in the disulfide-linked complexes. IL-3 could also be coimmunoprecipitated with anti-IL-3R alpha or anti-beta c MAB, but it was not covalently attached to the receptor. Following IL-3 stimulation, only the disulfide-linked heterodimers exhibited reactivity with antiphosphotyrosine antibodies, with beta c but not IL-3R alpha being the phosphorylated species. A model of IL-3R activation is proposed which may be also applicable to the related GM-CSF and IL-5 receptors.[1]

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  1. Human interleukin-3 (IL-3) induces disulfide-linked IL-3 receptor alpha- and beta-chain heterodimerization, which is required for receptor activation but not high-affinity binding. Stomski, F.C., Sun, Q., Bagley, C.J., Woodcock, J., Goodall, G., Andrews, R.K., Berndt, M.C., Lopez, A.F. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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