title: Cloning, expression and characterization of ovine interleukins 1 alpha and beta.
abstract: Ovine interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) c-DNA, obtained by polymerase chain reaction, has been cloned into pTZ18R and pTZ19R. The resulting DNA sequence shows close homology with the bovine sequence. The derived amino-acid sequence shows conserved motifs similar to those observed in all species studied so far. No signal peptide is seen. Northern blots of RNA from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated ovine alveolar macrophages show IL-1 beta m-RNA to be produced earlier than and to be more transient than IL-1 alpha m-RNA. c-DNAs coding for the IL-1 alpha proprotein and IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta mature proteins have been cloned and expressed in the yeast Ty-VLP system as fusion proteins. The resultant IL-1 protein preparations, cleaved from their fusion partners by the action of activated coagulation Factor Xa, are 80-95% pure and show biological activity in standard thymocyte co-mitogen and cartilage degradation assays for IL-1. Some species specificity is observed in that sheep thymocytes are more responsive to ovine rIL-1 than are mouse thymocytes. The presence of a Factor Xa cleavage site in the IL-1 alpha proprotein suggests that Factor Xa may be involved in the processing of ovine IL-1 alpha to its mature form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fiskerstrand
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Sargan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA