title: Human erythropoietin receptor: cloning, expression, and biologic characterization.
abstract: We have isolated the human homologue of the murine erythropoietin receptor (mEPO-R) from an erythroleukemia line, OCIM1, and from fetal liver. Both the cDNA and protein sequence of the human receptor were 82% homologous to the mEPO-R. Heterologous expression of the human cDNA in COS cells yielded a protein of about 66 Kd. The protein could be specifically immunoprecipitated with either an antibody raised against the amino terminus of mEPO-R or by a monoclonal antibody that bound EPO bound to its receptor. Cross-linking of radioiodinated EPO to COS cells expressing the human EPO-R gave apparent molecular weights of 66 and 100 Kd for the receptor. The murine interleukin-3-dependent pre-B-lymphocyte cell line, Ba/F3, was made EPO-dependent by transfection of the human cDNA into the cells and selecting for growth in EPO-containing media.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Institute, Cambridge, MA 02140.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: D'Andrea
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D017467:Receptors, Erythropoietin; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017467:Receptors, Erythropoietin; D004247:DNA