title: Purification and partial characterization of a receptor protein for mouse interferon gamma.
abstract: A receptor protein for mouse interferon gamma has been purified from solubilized plasma membranes of the mouse monomyelocytic cell line WEHI-3. Sequential wheat germ agglutinin and ligand affinity chromatography of membranes extracted with octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside resulted in at least a 680-fold purification of the receptor, as measured by precipitating it in association with liposomes composed of phosphatidylcholine. The purified receptor bound 125I-labeled recombinant mouse interferon gamma (rMuIFN-gamma) with a Kd of 10 nM, a value comparable to that obtained with isolated membranes (3.5 nM). PAGE analysis of radiolabeled (with either 35S or 125I) receptor preparations consistently revealed a major band of 95 kDa. This species was degraded with time to smaller fragments, principally one of 60 +/- 5 kDa. Treatment with peptide:N-glycosidase F reduced the apparent molecular masses of the proteins in the 95- and 60-kDa regions by 15-20 kDa each. GR-20, a monoclonal antibody against the receptor, completely inhibited specific binding of 125I-labeled rMuIFN-gamma to WEHI-3 cells, blocked the induction of priming by rMuIFN-gamma of macrophage-mediated tumor cell killing, removed binding activity for 125I-labeled rMuIFN-gamma from solubilized membranes, and immunoprecipitated a single 95-kDa protein from the extract of surface labeled (125I) WEHI-3 cells. Cross-linking of 125I-labeled rMuIFN-gamma to its receptor yielded a complex of 125 +/- 5 kDa, consistent with the binding of the dimeric form of mouse interferon gamma (32 kDa) to a membrane protein of 95 kDa. These data suggest that the receptor for mouse interferon gamma (or a ligand-binding subunit thereof) is a glycoprotein of 95 kDa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative and Experimental Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pinson
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Trotta
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma