SDS
Monkey Interleukin 33 ELISA kit
Catalog #: E09I0204
Sample Type: Biological samples

 

Other Names

DV27; C9ORF26; IL1F11; NFHEV; Interleukin-1 Family, Member 11; Nuclear factor from high endothelial venules

Research Area

Immunology, Cardiovascular

Background

Interleukin-33 (IL-33), also known as NF-HEV and DVS 27, is a 30 kDa pro-inflammatory protein that plays an important role in Th2-biased immune responses and cardiac pathology. Human IL-33 is synthesized as a 270 amino acid (aa) molecule with an N-terminal nuclear localization signal, a helix-turn-helix motif, and a C-terminal region with structural homology to IL-1 family cytokines. Full length IL-33 interacts with nuclear chromatin, binds NFκB, and inhibits pro-inflammatory NFκB transactivation . Cleavage of full length IL-33 leads to the extracellular release of an 18-20 kDa C-terminal fragment known as mature IL-33 . Cathepsin G, Elastase, and Proteinase 3 can each cleave full length IL-33, giving rise to N-terminal heterogeneity of the mature form . IL-33 can be inactivated by further cleavage at several sites by Proteinase 3 and Caspase-1. Additional isoforms of human IL-33 with internal deletions are generated by alternative splicing. Mature human IL-33 shares 57% and 59% aa sequence identity with mouse and rat IL-33, respectively.