Partial agonist/antagonist mouse interleukin-2 proteins indicate that a third component of the receptor complex functions in signal transduction.

AUTOR(ES)

Zurawski, S M

RESUMO

Some mouse interleukin-2 (mIL-2) proteins with substitutions at residue Gln141 are unable to trigger a maximal biological response. The Asp141 protein induces the lowest maximal response. The Asp141 protein can weakly antagonize the biological activity of mIL-2 and strongly antagonizes the biological activity of active mIL-2 mutant proteins that have defects in interactions with the high affinity receptor. Residue 141 mutant proteins bind with reduced affinity to T cells expressing the high affinity IL-2 receptor, yet bind normally to transfected fibroblasts expressing only the alpha and beta chains of the receptor. These results suggest that a third receptor component is important for both binding and signal transduction.

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