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  • Title: Interaction of IL-15 with the shared IL-2 receptor beta and gamma c subunits. The IL-15/beta/gamma c receptor-ligand complex is less stable than the IL-2/beta/gamma c receptor-ligand complex.
    Author: de Jong JL, Farner NL, Widmer MB, Giri JG, Sondel PM.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1996 Feb 15; 156(4):1339-48. PubMed ID: 8568232.
    Abstract:
    This study was designed to compare the interactions of IL-2 and IL-15 with the IL-2R beta and IL-2R gamma c subunits, as differences in receptor interactions between IL-2 and IL-15 might contribute to the functional differences between these two cytokines. The results suggest the existence of a human IL-15R alpha subunit, although physical evidence of this molecule was not obtained. Proliferation of anti-CD3 (OKT3)-stimulated human PBL was compared for responsiveness to IL-2, IL-15, and F42K, and IL-2 mutant that does not bind the IL-2R alpha chain. F42K was more potent than IL-15 in activating a dose-dependent response. This fact, along with Scatchard binding analyses of IL-15 on OKT3 blasts and YT cells revealing both high and intermediate affinity receptors, supports the existence of IL-15R alpha on these cells. Additional characterization of the IL-15R utilized covalent cross-linking to affinity label IL-2R and IL-15R on YT cells and OKT3 blasts. Consistent with previously reported functional data, IL-2R alpha was not co-precipitated from the [125I]IL-15 receptor-ligand complex, demonstrating that IL-15 does not interact physically with the IL-2R alpha subunit. While IL-2R alpha did co-precipitate with IL-2R beta and IL-2R gamma c in the presence of IL-2, IL-15R alpha did not co-precipitate with the IL-2R beta/gamma c complex. Finally, YT cells equilibrated with IL-2 and then precipitated through IL-2R beta showed that IL-2R beta and IL-2R gamma c co-precipitate in a 1:1 ratio, while only IL-2R beta was found in the immunoprecipitates of YT cells equilibrated with IL-15. This indicates that IL-15 creates a less stable bridge between the IL-2R beta and IL-2R gamma c chains than does IL-2 on YT cells. This result was identical for both surface-iodinated YT cells and immunoprecipitates that were probed for IL-2R beta and IL-2R gamma c on Western blots.
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