title: V7, a novel leukocyte surface protein that participates in T cell activation. II. Molecular cloning and characterization of the V7 gene.
abstract: V7 is a cell surface glycoprotein expressed on Ag-activated T cells, monocytes, and granulocytes, as well as subpopulations of T cells and accessory cells present in thymic medulla and tonsil. A mAb directed against V7 inhibits the proliferative response of T cells to allogeneic cells or immobilized anti-CD3 Ab, but not lectin mitogens, suggesting that V7 plays a role in TCR/CD3-mediated T cell activation. We have used the anti-V7 Ab in eukaryotic expression cloning experiments to isolate a cDNA clone containing a 3,340-bp insert that encodes V7 when transiently expressed in simian and murine fibroblastoid cells. DNA sequence analysis revealed a novel 1,021-amino acid open reading frame the structure of which conforms to the category of type I integral membrane proteins. The protein sequence includes a 20-residue putative hydrophobic signal sequence followed by a putative extracellular domain of 934 amino acids, a prototypic hydrophobic transmembrane spanning a domain of 25 residues, and finally a short and highly charged putative cytoplasmic domain of 42 residues. The extracellular domain contains seven pairs of regularly spaced cysteine residues, suggestive of Ig-like domains. On the basis of statistical analysis of the sequences of the putative cysteine loops, all seven of the Ig-like domains belong to the variable, or V-type, category. By using fluorescence in situ hybridization, we have mapped the V7 gene to human chromosome Ip13. Thus, the V7 glycoprotein represents a novel member of the Ig superfamily that is involved in critical intracellular signals essential for immune function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ruegg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivas
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Madani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeitung
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laus
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Engleman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods; D002999:Clone Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C093213:CD101 antigen, human; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins