TY - JOUR
T1 - Oxidative folding of interleukin-2 is impaired in flavin-deficient jurkat cells, causing intracellular accumulation of interleukin-2 and increased expression of stress response genes
AU - Camporeale, Gabriela
AU - Zempleni, Janos
PY - 2003/3/1
Y1 - 2003/3/1
N2 - Secretory proteins such as interleukin (IL)-2 undergo oxidative folding (disulfide formation) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) before secretion. Studies in yeast have suggested that oxidative folding depends on the flavoprotein Ero1p; unfolded proteins accumulate in the ER, triggering cellular stress response. Here, human lymphoid cells (Jurkat cells) were used to model effects of cellular flavin supply on secretion of IL-2 (containing one disulfide bond) and cellular stress response. Cells were cultured in media containing 0.85, 3.1, 12.6 or 300.6 nmol/L riboflavin for 5 wk, representing severely deficient, moderately deficient, physiologic and pharmacologic plasma concentrations in humans, respectively. Transport rates of riboflavin were increased in severely and moderately deficient cells compared with cells cultured in physiologic medium; this increase was not sufficient to prevent intracellular depletion of riboflavin, as judged by glutathione reductase activity and intracellular concentrations of glutathione. Intracellular accumulation of IL-2 was greater in severely deficient cells than in other groups. Nevertheless, severely deficient cells secreted normal amounts of IL-2 into the extracellular space, mediated by increased transcriptional activity of the IL-2 gene. Riboflavin-deficient cells responded to intracellular accumulation of IL-2 with increased expression of genes encoding ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 and X box-binding protein, consistent with cellular stress. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that flavin deficiency may cause cellular stress by accumulation of unfolded proteins in human cells.
AB - Secretory proteins such as interleukin (IL)-2 undergo oxidative folding (disulfide formation) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) before secretion. Studies in yeast have suggested that oxidative folding depends on the flavoprotein Ero1p; unfolded proteins accumulate in the ER, triggering cellular stress response. Here, human lymphoid cells (Jurkat cells) were used to model effects of cellular flavin supply on secretion of IL-2 (containing one disulfide bond) and cellular stress response. Cells were cultured in media containing 0.85, 3.1, 12.6 or 300.6 nmol/L riboflavin for 5 wk, representing severely deficient, moderately deficient, physiologic and pharmacologic plasma concentrations in humans, respectively. Transport rates of riboflavin were increased in severely and moderately deficient cells compared with cells cultured in physiologic medium; this increase was not sufficient to prevent intracellular depletion of riboflavin, as judged by glutathione reductase activity and intracellular concentrations of glutathione. Intracellular accumulation of IL-2 was greater in severely deficient cells than in other groups. Nevertheless, severely deficient cells secreted normal amounts of IL-2 into the extracellular space, mediated by increased transcriptional activity of the IL-2 gene. Riboflavin-deficient cells responded to intracellular accumulation of IL-2 with increased expression of genes encoding ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 and X box-binding protein, consistent with cellular stress. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that flavin deficiency may cause cellular stress by accumulation of unfolded proteins in human cells.
KW - Endoplasmic reticulum
KW - Interleukin-2
KW - Jurkat cells
KW - Riboflavin
KW - Stress response
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U2 - 10.1093/jn/133.3.668
DO - 10.1093/jn/133.3.668
M3 - Article
C2 - 12612135
AN - SCOPUS:0037369957
SN - 0022-3166
VL - 133
SP - 668
EP - 672
JO - Journal of Nutrition
JF - Journal of Nutrition
IS - 3
ER -