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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 7, 4459-4466, February 12, 1999

Detection of Novel Carbohydrate Binding Activity of Interleukin-1

From the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokane-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan

Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP) and the oligosaccharide fraction liberated from THGP by hydrazinolysis inhibited tetanus toxoid-induced T cell proliferation. Intact THGP showed approximately 100-fold more inhibitory activity than the free oligosaccharides. After fractionating the oligosaccharides by anion-exchange column chromatography, the inhibitory activity could be detected in a sialidase-resistant acidic oligosaccharide fraction (fraction AR). The inhibitory activity of fraction AR was not observed when the fraction was added to the T cell culture medium 24 h after the addition of tetanus toxoid. Increased concentration of interleukin (IL) 1 and decreased concentration of IL-2 were observed in the T cell culture medium after the addition of fraction AR. The oligosaccharides in fraction AR also inhibited the growth of an IL-1-dependent cell line, D10-G4. These results strongly suggested that the oligosaccharides in fraction AR bind to IL-1 and suppress its cytokine activity. IL-1 actually bound to the fraction AR immobilized on an amino-bonded thin layer plate. Fractionation of the oligosaccharides indicated that only oligosaccharides containing an N-acetylgalactosamine residue and a sulfate residue bound specifically to IL-1. Removal of either the sulfate residue or the N-acetylgalactosamine residue from the oligosaccharides abolished both the proliferation-inhibition and IL-1 binding activities. Since IL-1 did not bind to thyroid-stimulating hormone, which has the sulfate group at C-4 of the N-acetylgalactosamine residue in its N-linked sugar chains, the binding of IL-1 toward oligosaccharides in fraction AR was considered to be highly specific.

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