title: Nucleotide sequence and expression of the human gene encoding apolipoprotein H (beta 2-glycoprotein I).
abstract: Human apolipoprotein H (ApoH), also called beta 2-glycoprotein I, is a 50-kDa serum glycoprotein whose function is not clearly defined. We have cloned and sequenced ApoH cDNAs both from human liver and from a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2). Both cDNA sequences predict a protein 345 amino acids (aa) in length. This sequence includes a 19-aa hydrophobic, N-terminal signal sequence which is not present in the mature protein [Lozier et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81 (1984) 3640-3644]. It differs from this previously reported aa sequence at two positions, both of which strengthen the conservation among the four short consensus repeats within the ApoH molecule. COS-1 cells transiently transfected with the ApoH cDNA in a eukaryotic expression vector produced a single species of ApoH mRNA and secreted in the ApoH protein. The level of ApoH mRNA expressed by HepG2 cells is downregulated by incubation with inflammatory mediators, implying that ApoH is a negative acute-phase protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehdi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nunn
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Steel
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Peeples
mesh_terms: D000210:Acute-Phase Reaction; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D053482:beta 2-Glycoprotein I
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D016207:Cytokines; D006023:Glycoproteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D053482:beta 2-Glycoprotein I