title: Molecular cloning of interleukin 1beta from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss reveals no evidence of an ice cut site.
abstract: The complete coding sequence of rainbow trout IL-1beta has been obtained. The gene contains a short 5' UTR (97 bp), a 780 bp open reading frame and a 466 bp 3' UTR, which includes a polyadenylation signal, 7 ATTTA motifs and an 18 bp poly A tail. The predicted amino acid sequence (260 amino acids) contains 3 potential glycosylation sites, with a predicted molecular weight of 29 kDa, and shows between 49 and 56% amino acid similarity to mammalian IL-1betas and 57% similarity to carp IL-1beta. Greatest homology was apparent within the secondary structure of the gene, with few of the amino acids known to bind to the IL-1 receptor being conserved. No ICE cut site was apparent but multiple alignment with mammalian sequences allowed a putative mature peptide of 166 amino acids to be identified, in which Ala(95)would be the amino terminus. Northern blot analysis showed that whilst no IL-1beta expression was detectable in head kidney leukocytes immediately after isolation, expression could be induced by stimulation with LPS for 4 h in culture. Similarly, with isolated head kidney macrophages expression was significantly increased following stimulation with LPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Grabowski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Secombes
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002347:Carps; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA