title: Presence of mRNAs encoding the soluble D-factor/LIF receptor in human choriocarcinoma cells and production of the soluble receptor.
abstract: Four different kinds of cDNAs encoding the receptor for the differentiation stimulating factor (D-factor)/leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) were isolated from a human liver cDNA library. Three kinds of the cDNAs had different intronic sequences, which introduced a termination codon before the transmembrane domain. However, the site of insertion in human cDNAs is different from those in mouse cDNAs. Recombinant proteins produced by COS-7 cells after transfection of these cDNAs bound D-factor/LIF. mRNAs corresponding to these cDNAs are expressed by the human liver, placenta, and choriocarcinoma cell line NJG. In conditioned medium of choriocarcinoma cells, a native soluble receptor for the D-factor/LIF with a dissociation constant of 7.8 nM and a MW of 160 kDa was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemotherapy, Saitama Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan. tomida@saitama-cc.go.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomida
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D053680:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Subunit; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010920:Placenta; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D053606:Receptors, OSM-LIF; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012995:Solubility; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; C507837:LIF protein, human; C507840:LIFR protein, human; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D053680:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Subunit; C507838:Lif protein, mouse; C507841:Lifr protein, mouse; D008222:Lymphokines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D053606:Receptors, OSM-LIF; D011994:Recombinant Proteins