期刊
IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS
卷 250, 期 -, 页码 303-316出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01160.x
关键词
interleukin-7; interleukin-7 receptor; common ?-chain family; structures; cancer
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资金
- NIH [AI72142]
Over the past 13 similar to years, numerous crystal structures of complexes of the common ?-chain (?c) cytokine receptors and their cytokines have been solved. Even with the remarkable progress in the structural biology of ?c receptors and their cytokines or interleukins, there are valuable lessons to be learned from the structural and biophysical studies of interleukin-7 (IL-7) and its a-receptor (IL-7Ra) and comparisons with other ?c family members. The structure of the IL-7/IL-7Ra complex teaches that interfaces between the ?c interleukins and their receptors can vary in size, polarity, and specificity, and that significant conformational changes might be necessary for complexes of interleukins and their receptors to bind the shared, activating ?c receptor. Binding, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies of IL-7 and IL-7Ra show that glycosylation and electrostatics can be important to interactions between interleukins and their receptor, even where the glycans and charged residues are distant from the interface. The structure of the IL-7Ra homodimer is a reminder that often-ignored non-activating complexes likely perform roles just as important to signaling as activating complexes. And last but not least, the structural and biophysical studies help explain and potentially treat the diseases caused by aberrant IL-7 signaling.
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