Potassium regulates IL-1 beta processing via calcium-independent phospholipase A2 |
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Authors: | Walev I Klein J Husmann M Valeva A Strauch S Wirtz H Weichel O Bhakdi S |
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Institution: | Institute of Medical Microbiology, Hygiene and Pharmacological Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. |
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Abstract: | We report that potassium leakage from cells leads to activation of the Ca2+-independent phospholipase A2 (iPLA2), and the latter plays a pivotal role in regulating the cleavage of pro-IL-1 beta by the IL-converting enzyme caspase-1 in human monocytes. K+ efflux led to increases of cellular levels of glycerophosphocholine, an unambiguous indicator of phospholipase A2 activation. Both maturation of IL-1 beta and formation of glycerophosphocholine were blocked by bromoenol lactone, the specific iPLA2 inhibitor. Bromoenol lactone-dependent inhibition of IL-1 beta processing was not due to perturbation of the export machinery for pro-IL-1 beta and IL-1 beta or to caspase-1 suppression. Conspicuously, activation of Ca2+-dependent phospholipase A2 did not support but rather suppressed IL-1 beta processing. Thus, our findings reveal a specific role for iPLA2 activation in the sequence of events underlying IL-1 beta maturation. |
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