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Individual LPS Responsiveness Depends on the Variation of Toll-Like Receptor(TLR) Expression Level
( Jaekal Jun ),( Edward Abraham ),( Tania Azam ),( Mihai G. Netea ),( Charles A. Dinarello ),( Jong Seok Lim ),( Young Yang ),( Do Young Yoon ),( Soo Hyun Kim ) 한국미생물생명공학회 2007 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.17 No.11
Interleukin-18 Binding Protein (IL-18BP): A Long Journey From Discovery to Clinical Application
Kim Soohyun,Yu Hyeon,Azam Tania,Dinarello Charles A. 대한면역학회 2024 Immune Network Vol.24 No.1
IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) was originally discovered in 1999 while attempting to identify an IL-18 receptor ligand binding chain (also known as IL-18Rα) by subjecting concentrated human urine to an IL-18 ligand affinity column. The IL-18 ligand chromatography purified molecule was analyzed by protein microsequencing. The result revealed a novel 40 amino acid polypeptide. To isolate the complete open reading frame (ORF), various human and mouse cDNA libraries were screened using cDNA probe derived from the novel IL-18 affinity column bound molecule. The identified entire ORF gene was thought to be an IL-18Rα gene. However, IL-18BP has been proven to be a unique soluble antagonist that shares homology with a variety of viral proteins that are distinct from the IL-18Rα and IL-18Rβ chains. The IL-18BP cDNA was used to generate recombinant IL-18BP (rIL-18BP), which was indispensable for characterizing the role of IL-18BP in vitro and in vivo. Mammalian cell lines were used to produce rIL-18BP due to its glycosylation-dependent activity of IL-18BP (approximately 20 kDa). Various forms of rIL-18BP, intact, C-terminal his-tag, and Fc fusion proteins were produced for in vitro and in vivo experiments. Data showed potent neutralization of IL-18 activity, which seems promising for clinical application in immune diseases involving IL-18. However, it was a long journey from discovery to clinical use although there have been various clinical trials since IL-18BP was discovered in 1999. This review primarily covers the discovery of IL-18BP along with how basic research influences the clinical development of IL-18BP.
Joosten, Leo A B,Crisan, Tania O,Azam, Tania,Cleophas, Maartje C P,Koenders, Marije I,van de Veerdonk, Frank L,Netea, Mihai G,Kim, Soohyun,Dinarello, Charles A BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2016 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Vol.75 No.6
<P>Objectives In the present study, we generated a new protein, recombinant human alpha-1-anti-trypsin (AAT)-IgG1 Fc fusion protein (AAT-Fc), and evaluated its properties to suppress inflammation and interleukin (IL)-1 beta in a mouse model of gouty arthritis. Methods A combination of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals and the fatty acid C16.0 (MSU/C16.0) was injected intra-articularly into the knee to induce gouty arthritis. Joint swelling, synovial cytokine production and histopathology were determined after 4 h. AAT-Fc was evaluated for inhibition of MSU/C16.0-induced IL-1 beta release from human blood monocytes and for inhibition of extracellular IL-1 beta precursor processing. Results AAT-Fc markedly suppressed MSU/C16.0-induced joint inflammation by 85-91% (p<0.001). Ex vivo production of IL-1 beta and IL-6 from cultured synovia were similarly reduced (63% and 65%, respectively). The efficacy of 2.0 mg/kg AAT-Fc in reducing inflammation was comparable to 80 mg/kg of plasma-derived AAT. Injection of AAT-Fc into mice increased circulating levels of endogenous IL-1 receptor antagonist by fourfold. We also observed that joint swelling was reduced by 80%, cellular infiltration by 95% and synovial production of IL-1 beta by 60% in transgenic mice expressing low levels of human AAT. In vitro, AAT-Fc reduced MSU/C16.0-induced release of IL-1 beta from human blood monocytes and inhibited proteinase-3-mediated extracellular processing of the IL-1 beta precursor into active IL-1 beta. Conclusions A single low dose of AAT-Fc is highly effective in reducing joint inflammation in this model of acute gouty arthritis. Considering the long-term safety of plasma-derived AAT use in humans, subcutaneous AAT-Fc emerges as a promising therapy for gout attacks.</P>
Li, Suzhao,Neff, C. Preston,Barber, Kristina,Hong, Jaewoo,Luo, Yuchun,Azam, Tania,Palmer, Brent E.,Fujita, Mayumi,Garlanda, Cecilia,Mantovani, Alberto,Kim, Soohyun,Dinarello, Charles Anthony National Academy of Sciences 2015 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF Vol.112 No.8
<P><B>Significance</B></P><P>Interleukin-1 family members are highly inflammatory but IL-37 member broadly suppresses inflammation and specific immunity. Initially, the mechanism of this suppression was shown to be via translocation to the nucleus following cleavage of the precursor by intracellular caspase-1. We now show that recombinant forms of IL-37 limit inflammation by extracellular binding to surface receptors but require the IL-1 family decoy receptor IL-1R8. Unexpectedly, picomolar concentrations of the IL-37 precursor optimally suppress IL-1β, IL-6, and TNFα production from human blood M1 macrophages, suggesting a unique function for a coreceptor function of IL-1R8. Assessment of IL-37 as well as IL-1R8 levels may provide previously unidentified insights into how the host limits inflammation.</P><P>Similar to IL-1α and IL-33, IL-1 family member IL-37b translocates to the nucleus and is associated with suppression of innate and adaptive immunity. Here we demonstrate an extracellular function of the IL-37 precursor and a processed form. Recombinant IL-37 precursor reduced LPS-induced IL-6 by 50% (<I>P</I> < 0.001) in highly inflammatory human blood-derived M1 differentiated macrophages derived from selective subjects but not M2 macrophages. In contrast, a neutralizing monoclonal anti–IL-37 increased LPS-induced IL-6, TNFα and IL-1β (<I>P</I> < 0.01). The suppression by IL-37 was consistently observed at low picomolar but not nanomolar concentrations. Whereas LPS induced a 12-fold increase in TNFα mRNA, IL-37 pretreatment decreased the expression to only 3-fold over background (<I>P</I> < 0.01). Mechanistically, LPS-induced p38 and pERK were reduced by IL-37. Recombinant IL-37 bound to the immobilized ligand binding α-chain of the IL-18 receptor as well as to the decoy receptor IL-1R8. In M1 macrophages, LPS increased the surface expression of IL-1R8. Compared with human blood monocytes, resting M1 cells express more surface IL-1R8 as well as total IL-1R8; there was a 16-fold increase in IL-1R8 mRNA levels when pretreated with IL-37. IL-37 reduced LPS-induced TNFα and IL-6 by 50–55% in mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells, but not in dendritic cells derived from IL-1R8–deficient mice. In mice subjected to systemic LPS-induced inflammation, pretreatment with IL-37 reduced circulating and organ cytokine levels. Thus, in addition to a nuclear function, IL-37 acts as an extracellular cytokine by binding to the IL-18 receptor but using the IL-1R8 for its anti-inflammatory properties.</P>
Identification of the most active interleukin-32 isoform
Choi, Ji-Da,Bae, Su-Young,Hong, Jae-Woo,Azam, Tania,Dinarello, Charles A.,Her, Erk,Choi, Whan-Soo,Kim, Bo-Kyung,Lee, Chang-Kwon,Yoon, Do-Young,Kim, Sun-Jong,Kim, Soo-Hyun Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009 Immunology Vol.126 No.4
<P>Summary</P><P>Cytokines are crucial in host defence against pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. A newly described cytokine, interleukin-32 (IL-32), induces various proinflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor-&agr;, IL-1&bgr;, IL-6) and chemokines in both human and mouse cells through the nuclear factor-&kgr;B and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inflammatory signal pathway. The IL-32 primarily acts on monocytic cells rather than T cells. In an attempt to isolate the IL-32 soluble receptor, we used an IL-32 ligand-affinity column to purify neutrophil proteinase 3, which is a serine proteinase involved in many inflammatory diseases. IL-32 has biological activity associated with <I>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</I> and chronic proinflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. IL-32 is transcribed as six alternative splice variants and the biological activity of each individual isoform remains unknown. Here, we cloned the complementary DNA of the four IL-32 isoforms (&agr;, &bgr;, &ggr; and &dgr;) that are the most representative IL-32 transcripts. To produce recombinant protein with a high yield, the amino acids of two cysteine residues were mutated to serine residues, because serine residues are not conserved among different species. The multi-step purified recombinant IL-32 isoform proteins were assessed for their biological activities with different cytokine assays. The &ggr; isoform of IL-32 was the most active, although all isoforms were biologically active. The present study will provide a specific target to neutralize endogenous IL-32, which may contribute to basic and clinical immunology.</P>
Structural Characteristics of Seven IL-32 Variants
손동현,Tam T.Nguyen,김시내,심새록,이시영,이영민,전현정,Tania Azam,김주희,김수현 대한면역학회 2019 Immune Network Vol.19 No.2
IL-32 exists as seven mRNA transcripts that can translate into distinct individual IL-32 variants with specific protein domains. These translated protein domains of IL-32 variants code for specific functions that allow for interaction with different molecules intracellularly or extracellularly. The longest variant is IL-32γ possessing 234 amino acid residues with all 11 protein domains, while the shortest variant is IL-32α possessing 131 amino acid residues with three of the protein domains. The first domain exists in 6 variants except IL-32δ variant, which has a distinct translation initiation codon due to mRNA splicing. The last eleventh domain is common domain for all seven IL-32 variants. Numerous studies in different fields, such as inflammation, autoimmunity, pathogen infection, and cancer biology, have claimed the specific biological activity of individual IL-32 variant despite the absence of sufficient data. There are 4 additional IL-32 variants without proper transcripts. In this review, the structural characteristics of seven IL-32 transcripts are described based on the specific protein domains.
Sinae Kim,Jong Ho Lee,Siyoung Lee,Saerok Shim,Tam T. Nguyen,Jihyeong Hwang,Heijun Kim,Yeo-Ok Choi,Jaewoo Hong,Suyoung Bae,Hyun Jhung Jhun,Hokee Yum,이영민,Edward D. Chan,Liping Yu,Tania Azam,Yong-Dae Kim 대한면역학회 2020 Immune Network Vol.20 No.5
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The viral genome encodes twelve genes for viral replication and infection. The third open reading frame is the spike (S) gene that encodes for the spike glycoprotein interacting with specific cell surface receptor – angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) – on the host cell membrane. Most recent studies identified a single point mutation in S gene. A single point mutation in S gene leading to an amino acid substitution at codon 614 from an aspartic acid 614 into glycine (D614G) resulted in greater infectivity compared to the wild type SARS-CoV2. We were interested in investigating the mutation region of S gene of SARS-CoV2 from Korean COVID-19 patients. New mutation sites were found in the critical receptor binding domain (RBD) of S gene, which is adjacent to the aforementioned D614G mutation residue. This specific sequence data demonstrated the active progression of SARS-CoV2 by mutations in the RBD of S gene. The sequence information of new mutations is critical to the development of recombinant SARS-CoV2 spike antigens, which may be required to improve and advance the strategy against a wide range of possible SARS-CoV2 mutations.