title: [Characterization of cDNA of T-cell receptor beta chain in rainbow trout].
abstract: Using a two-step PCR strategy, we have cloned several cDNA segments encoding the T-cell receptor beta chain in a Teleost fish, the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The nine clones analyzed encode identical N-terminal-truncated V beta regions which present limited sequence similarities with several mammalian TcR V beta chains, from residue Tyr-35 to residue Ser-95. These V beta regions are followed by V beta-D beta-J beta-like regions which are different in all the sequenced clones, and by identical C beta regions. The trout C beta domain (156 amino acids) is most related to the chicken and to amphibian (axolotl) C beta domains but no cysteine residue appears in the hinge region. Like in other vertebrate C beta s, the TM region carries a positively charged lysine residue (Lys-271). The intracytoplasmic domain is virtually absent. The possibility to analyze the structure, expression and diversity of a T-cell receptor chain in a Teleost fish model will be important for our future understanding of the evolution of specific immune recognition in vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Groupe d'Immunologie Camparée, CNRS URA 1135, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Partula
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fellah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Guerra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charlemagne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
vernacular_title: Caractérisation d'ADNc de la chaîne beta du récepteur des lymphocytes T chez la truite arc-en-ciel.