title: Isolation and sequencing of the cDNA encoding phosphatidylinositol transfer protein from rabbit lung.
abstract: The cDNA clones encoding rabbit lung phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PI-TP) were isolated and sequenced. The putative polypeptide consisted of 270 amino acid (aa) residues, the same as human PI-TP, but one aa residue less than the PI-TP of rat and mouse. PI-TP RNA expression in various tissues of a pregnant rabbit was analyzed by Northern blot. Brain, placenta and fallopian tube had the highest PI-TP RNA expression. PI-TP RNA expression in alveolar epithelial type-II cells isolated from rabbit lung markedly increased after a 24-h culture, suggesting that PI-TP RNA expression in type-II cells can be modified by ambient factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792, USA. fhctsao@vms2.macc.wisc.edu
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins