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  • Soluble type II interleukin receptor (sIL1R-II) effectively binds and neutralizes human IL-1beta, presenting potential as an anti-IL-1 therapy.
  • Preclinical studies on this receptor have been done in primates, leading to the cloning of monkey IL-1 and IL1R-II for further research.
  • Despite the high similarity between human and monkey IL-1beta, the two differ in their interaction with sIL1R-II due to a single amino acid variation.

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Soluble type II interleukin (IL)-1 receptor (sIL1R-II) binds human IL-1beta with high affinity and neutralizes its activity. Recombinant sIL1R-II is considered a potentially useful anti-IL-1 therapeutic, and preclinical studies have been undertaken with this molecule in primates. To better understand the cytokine-receptor interactions occurring in this nonhuman context, monkey IL-1 and IL1R-II were cloned, and their binding abilities were examined in vitro. IL-1beta from cynomolgus monkey was capable of binding and activating the human type I IL-1 receptor. However, unlike human IL-1beta, it was unable to effectively bind and become neutralized by sIL1R-II. Human and cynomolgus IL-1beta proteins are 96% identical, differing by only six amino acids. Structural and mutational analysis revealed that the unique sIL1R-II binding ability of human IL-1beta is due to a single amino acid difference compared with monkey IL-1beta.

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