[Growth and differentiation of eosinophils--special reference to IL-5 and its receptor].
IL-5 is a 46 KDa glycoprotein secreted from activated T cells, and plays an important role both in the growth and production of eosinophils. Murine eosinophils have been reported to express high and low affinity receptors. The IL-5 receptor is composed of two membrane protein subunits, alpha and beta subunits. Both alpha and beta chain of mouse and human IL-5 receptor have been identified and sequenced. The alpha subunit is a 60 KDa protein which binds to IL-5 with low affinity. The beta subunit is a 130 KDa protein which does not bind to IL-5 by itself, but forms the high affinity IL-5 receptor in the presence of the alpha subunit. On the other hand, only a high affinity receptor population has been identified on human eosinophils. Affinity cross-linking experiments resulted in the identification of human IL-5 receptor on eosinophils with a molecular mass of 55-60 KDa.
Department of Immunology, University of Tokyo.
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D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053649:Receptors, Interleukin-5; D015398:Signal Transduction
D015848:Interleukin-5; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053649:Receptors, Interleukin-5