title: AICL: a new activation-induced antigen encoded by the human NK gene complex.
abstract: The NK gene complex on mouse chromosome 6 and its human homologue on chromosome 12 encode type II transmembrane proteins with a C-type lectin domain which trigger or inhibit target cell lysis by NK cells (NKR-P1, Ly49, NKG2, CD94) or function as cellular activators of various hematopoietic cells (CD69). We herein report the cDNA cloning of a new molecule, designated activation-induced C-type lectin (AICL), whose gene maps to the human NK gene complex proximal to the CD69 gene. AICL is a 149-amino acid (aa) polypeptide with a short cytoplasmic part of seven aa and a C-type lectin domain separated from the transmembrane region by only nine aa. The highest sequence similarity is found to the C-type lectin domains of CD69 and the chicken lectin 17.5. The presence of AICL transcripts in different cell types of hematopoietic origin, a rapid increase of gene transcription during lymphocyte activation, and a short half-life of the mRNA characterize AICL as a new, broadly expressed activation antigen.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kucherlapati
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: van Lier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000235:genetics*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C104778:CLEC2B protein, human; D037102:Lectins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger