title: Cloning and sequence of guinea pig interleukin 2 (IL-2).
abstract: Interleukin 2 (IL-2) is a T-cell proliferation factor released from TH0- and TH1-type helper T-cells and is an essential cytokine for certain immune responses. We reported here cloning and sequence of IL-2 cDNA in guinea pigs, which have been used for a long time in various immunological experiments and in vivo screening tests for skin sensitization potential of chemicals. Consequently, a cDNA clone was obtained encoding guinea pig IL-2 of 520 bp in length, which contained a complete open reading frame. Alignment of the amino acid sequence with human IL-2 indicates that guinea pig IL-2 is composed of 20 amino acids (aa) of a signal peptide and 132 aa of a mature peptide with a predicted molecular weight of 15133. Guinea pig IL-2 has an amino acid homology of 62% with human IL-2, 52% with murine IL-2, and 55% with rat IL-2. In addition, guinea pig IL-2 has a possible N-linked glycosylation site as seen in bovine and porcine IL-2.
authors.affiliation: Hita Research Laboratories, Chemical Biotesting Center, Chemicals Inspection and Testing Institute, Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeyoshi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2