Interleukin 1 (<em>IL</em>-1) plays a prominent role in immune and inflammatory reactions. Our understanding of the <em>IL</em>-1 family has recently expanded to include six novel members named <em>IL</em>-1F5 to <em>IL</em>-1F10. Recently, it was reported that <em>IL</em>-1F9 activated NF-kappaB through the orphan receptor <em>IL</em>-1 receptor (<em>IL</em>-1R)-related protein 2 (<em>IL</em>-1Rrp2) in Jurkat cells (Debets, R., Timans, J. C., Homey, B., Zurawski, S., Sana, T. R., Lo, S., Wagner, J., Edwards, G., Clifford, T., Menon, S., Bazan, J. F., and Kastelein, R. A. (2001) J. Immunol. 167, 1440-1446). In this study, we demonstrate that <em>IL</em>-1F6 and <em>IL</em>-1F8, in addition to <em>IL</em>-1F9, activate the pathway leading to NF-kappaB in an <em>IL</em>-1Rrp2-dependent manner in Jurkat cells as well as in multiple other human and mouse cell lines. Activation of the pathway leading to NF-kappaB by <em>IL</em>-1F6 and <em>IL</em>-1F8 follows a similar time course to activation by <em>IL</em>-1beta, suggesting that signaling by the novel family members occurs through a direct mechanism. In a mammary epithelial cell line, NCI/ADR-RES, which naturally expresses <em>IL</em>-1Rrp2, all three cytokines signal without further receptor transfection. <em>IL</em>-1Rrp2 antibodies block activation of the pathway leading to NF-kappaB by <em>IL</em>-1F6, <em>IL</em>-1F8, and <em>IL</em>-1F9 in both Jurkat and NCI/ADR-RES cells. In NCI/ADR-RES cells, the three <em>IL</em>-1 homologs activated the MAPKs, JNK and ERK1/2, and activated downstream targets as well, including an <em>IL</em>-8 promoter reporter and the secretion of <em>IL</em>-6. We also provide evidence that <em>IL</em>-<em>1RAcP</em>, in addition to <em>IL</em>-1Rrp2, is required for signaling by all three cytokines. Antibodies directed against <em>IL</em>-<em>1RAcP</em> and transfection of cytoplasmically deleted <em>IL</em>-<em>1RAcP</em> both blocked activation of the pathway leading to NF-kappaB by the three cytokines. We conclude that <em>IL</em>-1F6, <em>IL</em>-1F8, and <em>IL</em>-1F9 signal through <em>IL</em>-1Rrp2 and <em>IL</em>-<em>1RAcP</em>.