title: 125I-labelled human interferons alpha, beta and gamma: comparative receptor-binding data.
abstract: Binding of 125I-labelled human recombinant DNA interferons (IFNs) alpha-2, beta and gamma was compared on various human lymphoid cells and embryonic fibroblasts. While binding constants were within an order of magnitude for all three interferons (10(-10) to 10(-9) M), no competition was observed between IFN-gamma on the one hand and IFN-alpha 2 and IFN-beta on the other. However, consistent with previous reports, IFN-alpha 2 and IFN-beta competed for presumably common receptors. Depending on the cell type, binding sites for IFN-gamma were expressed in different numbers compared to those for IFN-alpha 2 and IFN-beta. These direct comparative binding studies support the hypothesis that the receptor system for IFN-gamma is unrelated to the IFN-alpha/beta system.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merlin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falcoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguet
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism*; D008214:Lymphocytes; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D017471:Receptors, Interferon
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D007371:Interferon-gamma