Structural basis of human IL-18 sequestration by the decoy receptor IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) in inflammation and tumor immunity

Author:

Detry SammyORCID,Andries JulieORCID,Bloch YehudiORCID,Gabay CemORCID,Clancy DanielleORCID,Savvides Savvas N.ORCID

Abstract

AbstractHuman Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is an omnipresent pro-inflammatory cytokine of the IL-1 family with central roles in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and serving as a staple biomarker in the evaluation of inflammation in physiology and disease, including the inflammatory phase in COVID-19. The sequestration of IL-18 by its soluble decoy receptor IL-18 Binding Protein (IL-18BP) is critical to the regulation of IL-18 activity. Since an imbalance in expression and circulating levels of IL-18 is associated with disease, structural insights into how IL-18BP outcompetes binding of IL-18 by its cognate cell-surface receptors would be highly desirable. However, the structure of human IL-18BP in complex with IL-18 had remained elusive. Here, we elucidate the sequestration mechanism of human IL-18 mediated by IL-18BP based on the crystal structure of the IL-18:IL-18BP complex. These detailed structural snapshots reveal the interaction landscape leading to the ultra-high affinity of IL-18BP towards IL-18 and identify substantial differences with respect to previously characterized complexes of IL-18 with IL-18BP of viral origin. Furthermore, our structure captured a fortuitous higher-order assembly between IL-18 and IL-18BP coordinated by a disulfide-bond distal to the binding surface connecting IL-18 and IL-18BP molecule from different complexes, resulting in a novel complex with 2:2 stoichiometry. This tetrapartite assembly was found to restrain IL-18 activity more effectively than the canonical 1:1 complex. Collectively, our findings will provide a framework for innovative structure-driven therapeutic strategies and further functional interrogation of IL-18 in physiology and disease.Significance statementElevated levels of interleukin-18 (IL-18) have long been implicated in numerous inflammatory diseases while also displaying potent anti-tumoral activities. Recent research on COVID-19 has now underscored the role of IL-18 and IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP), a soluble receptor serving to regulate IL-18 activity, as key players in viral immunity and as promising biomarkers and predictors of disease severity. In this work, we present detailed structural insights into how human IL-18 and IL-18BP interact thereby completing the structural repertoire of IL-18 in complex with its cognate human receptors and viral decoy receptors. Our findings will support structure-based efforts to either disrupt or enhance the interactions of IL-18 with its cognate receptors for therapeutic purposes.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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