title: Cloning and characterization of a specific interleukin (IL)-13 binding protein structurally related to the IL-5 receptor alpha chain.
abstract: Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is a cytokine secreted by activated T lymphocytes that shares many, but not all, biological activities with IL-4. These overlapping activities are probably due to the existence of common receptor components. Two proteins have been described as constituents of the IL-4 receptor, a approximately 140-kDa glycoprotein (IL-4R) and the gamma chain (gammac) of the IL-2 receptor, but neither of these proteins binds IL-13. We have cloned a cDNA encoding an IL-13 binding protein (IL-13R) from the Caki-1 human renal carcinoma cell line. The cloned cDNA encodes a 380-amino acid protein with two consensus patterns characteristic of the hematopoietic cytokine receptor family and a short cytoplasmic tail. The IL-13R shows homology with the IL-5 receptor, and to a lesser extent, with the prolactin receptor. COS-7 cells transfected with the IL-13R cDNA bind IL-13 with high affinity but do not bind IL-4. COS-7 cells co-transfected with the cloned IL-13R cDNA and IL-4R cDNA resulted in the reconstitution of a small number of receptors that recognized both IL-4 and IL-13. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis detected the receptor transcript only in cell lines known to bind IL-13.
authors.affiliation: Sanofi Recherche, BP 137, 31676 Labège Cedex, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caput
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaghad
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lelias
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lefort
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vita
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D018793:Interleukin-13 / Q000378:metabolism*; D053661:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha1 Subunit; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D053660:Receptors, Interleukin-13; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D053649:Receptors, Interleukin-5; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C508181:IL13RA1 protein, human; D018793:Interleukin-13; D053661:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha1 Subunit; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053660:Receptors, Interleukin-13; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D053649:Receptors, Interleukin-5