title: Cloning, sequencing and analysis of cDNA encoding bovine intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1).
abstract: Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is an inducible glycoprotein that interacts with the leukocyte beta 2-integrins, LFA-1 and Mac-1. We have isolated and analyzed a cDNA clone coding for the putative bovine ICAM-1 gene and compared it with known comparative sequences from other species as well as bovine ICAM-3. The 3398-bp bovine ICAM-1 cDNA sequence codes for 535 amino acids and shows 57% homology with human ICAM-1 and 47% homology with bovine ICAM-3 at the amino acid levels. The predicted number and positions of cysteine residues in bovine ICAM-1 are all conserved among species including bovine ICAM-3. It has two arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) sites in the extracellular region and a serine residue in the cytoplasmic tail. Northern blot results show that the bovine ICAM-1 gene is expressed in stimulated leukocytes whereas bovine ICAM-3 is expressed predominantly in resting neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University Ames 50010, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kehrli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern / Q000662:veterinary; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1