Isolation and characterization of a novel inducible mammalian galectin.
A novel mammalian galectin cDNA (ovgal11) was isolated by representational difference analysis from sheep stomach (abomasal) tissue infected with the nematode parasite, Haemonchus contortus. The mRNA is greatly up-regulated in helminth larval infected gastrointestinal tissue subject to inflammation and eosinophil infiltration. Immunohistological analysis indicates that the protein is localized in the cytoplasm and nucleus of upper epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract. The protein is also detected in mucus samples collected from infected abomasum but not from uninfected tissue. The restricted and inducible expression of ovgal11 mRNA and limited secretion of the protein support the hypothesis that OVGAL11 may be involved in gastrointestinal immune/inflammatory responses and possibly protection against infection.
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Centre for Animal Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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D000018:Abomasum / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D037161:Galectins; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006188:Haemonchiasis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary; D006189:Haemonchus / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D015854:Up-Regulation
D037161:Galectins; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D012333:RNA, Messenger