title: Enzymatic amplification and expression of bovine interleukin-1 receptor antagonist cDNA.
abstract: cDNA generated from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells was used to amplify and clone the bovine interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) using primers derived from semi-conserved regions between human and mouse IL-1ra sequences. 5' and 3' terminal sequences of bovine IL-1ra were amplified by 5' and 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The deduced amino acid sequence of bovine IL-1ra demonstrated 80%, 78%, 78%, 77% and 76% homology with human, mouse, rat, rabbit and equine sequences, respectively. Recombinant bovine IL-1ra produced in Escherichia coli suppressed the growth inhibitory activity of bovine IL-1beta on A375 cells in a dose-dependent manner, indicating that the present bovine IL-1ra cDNA encodes biologically active proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan. r-kirisa@rakuno.ac.jp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015870:Gene Expression; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C507763:IL1RN protein, human; C507764:Il1rn protein, mouse; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins