title: Identification of the human 26-kD protein, interferon beta 2 (IFN-beta 2), as a B cell hybridoma/plasmacytoma growth factor induced by interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor.
abstract: A factor that promotes the growth of certain B cell hybridomas and of plasmacytomas is shown to be produced by normal human fibroblasts and by a line of human osteosarcoma cells (MG-63) after treatment with IL-1 or TNF. The hybridoma-plasmacytoma growth factor (HPGF) is identified with a 26 kD protein whose mRNA was previously shown to be induced in the same cells by the same inducers. First, poly(A)-rich RNA extracted from IL-1-treated cells could be enriched in HPGF-mRNA content by hybridization to 26 kD cDNA. Second, MG-63-derived HPGF purified to electrophoretic homogeneity was subjected to amino acid sequence analysis, whereby the NH2-terminal sequence was found to match the nucleotide sequence of a 26 kD cDNA clone.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000166:cytology*; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000378:metabolism; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D007370:Interferon Type I; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D004247:DNA