title: Molecular cloning of two isoforms of a receptor for the human hematopoietic cytokine interleukin-11.
abstract: Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a stromal cell-derived cytokine with multiple biologic activities on lymphohematopoietic cells. It belongs to a family of pleiotropic and redundant cytokines that use the gp 130 transducing subunit in their high affinity receptors. By amplifying human cDNA libraries with oligonucleotide primers corresponding to the conserved WSXWS motif found in the hematopoietic cytokine receptor family, a novel cytokine receptor cDNA was identified that, based on high (82%) sequence homology with the recently cloned murine IL-11 receptor, appears to encode the human IL-11 receptor. This receptor is a 422-amino acid protein containing a signal peptide followed by extracellular, transmembrane, and cytoplasmic domains. The extracellular region has a two-domain structure homologous to those of the IL-6 and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) receptors: an immunoglobulin-like domain and a cytokine receptor-like domain. In addition, an isoform of the human IL-11 receptor that lacks the cytoplasmic domain was also identified. In agreement with the pleiotropic effects of IL-11 on different hematopoietic lineages and bone cells, IL-11 receptor transcripts were found to be expressed by the myelogenous leukemia cell line K562, the megakaryocytic leukemia cell line Mo7E, the erythroleukemia cell line TF1, and the osteosarcoma cell lines MG-63 and Saos-2.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM U211), Nantes, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chérel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sorel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebeau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bataille
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minvielle
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jacques
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D053703:Interleukin-11 Receptor alpha Subunit; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000378:metabolism; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000378:metabolism; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020801:Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D053702:Receptors, Interleukin-11; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C508428:IL11RA protein, human; D053703:Interleukin-11 Receptor alpha Subunit; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020801:Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053702:Receptors, Interleukin-11; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor