Analysis of human IL-6 mutants expressed in Escherichia coli. Biologic activities are not affected by deletion of amino acids 1-28.

  • Brakenhoff J
  • Hart M
  • Aarden L
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Abstract

We have constructed and analyzed amino terminally deleted analogs of IL-6. Progressively shortened variants of mature IL-6 were constructed at the cDNA level and expressed in Escherichia coli. Mutant proteins were recovered from refractile bodies by solubilizing in 6 M guanidine-HCl. The mutant protein concentration in these preparations was estimated by Western blotting by using an IL-6-specific mAb and the biologic activity was measured in the B9 (hybridoma growth factor) assay. The first 28 amino acids of mature IL-6 could be removed without significantly affecting biologic activity. A further removal of amino acids 29 and 30 resulted in an approximately 50-fold decrease, whereas removal of amino acids 31 to 34 virtually abolished the activity. The mutants showed the same reaction pattern in three other IL-6 assays: induction of murine thymocyte proliferation, induction of fibrinogen synthesis by a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2), and the induction of IgM synthesis by an EBV-transformed B cell line. This suggests that a single functional domain might be responsible for all four activities of IL-6.

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Brakenhoff, J. P., Hart, M., & Aarden, L. A. (1989). Analysis of human IL-6 mutants expressed in Escherichia coli. Biologic activities are not affected by deletion of amino acids 1-28. The Journal of Immunology, 143(4), 1175–1182. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.143.4.1175

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