title: Molecular cloning of mouse insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4 (IGFBP4) cDNA and expression of a fusion protein with IGF-binding activity.
abstract: The TC-1 bone marrow stromal cell line expresses a 2.3 kb IGFBP-4 mRNA transcript. Reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify the complete open reading frame of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 (IGFBP-4) from poly(A)+ of a murine bone marrow stromal cell line (TC-1). Sequence analysis reveals that the murine IGFBP-4 is highly homologous to the rat IGFBP-4 and less so to the human IGFBP-4. The inferred amino acid sequence has a molecular weight of 25.7 kD. An IGFBP-4/maltose binding protein fusion peptide expression in the pMal-p2 vector produced a fusion protein exhibiting both IGFBP immunoreactivity and IGF-I binding activity with specificity characteristic of IGFBPs.
authors.affiliation: Research Service, VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bethel
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vitullo
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Aron
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I