title: Isolation, characterization, and cDNA cloning of chicken turpentine-induced protein, a new member of the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) family of proteins.
abstract: Acute-phase serum proteins were induced by administrating a chicken with turpentine oil. One of these proteins was a new protein that appeared in front of albumin in polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis using a 4.5-16% gel. To purify this protein, turpentine-administrated chicken serum was fractionated by ammonium sulfate precipitation at 50% saturation, and the supernatant fraction was chromatographed on a DEAE-Toyopearl 650S column. The purified protein is a mannose-glycoprotein, and its N-terminal sequence, determined by the Edoman method, is not homologous from that of other reported acute-phase proteins. An analysis of physiological function with two different test systems, chemiluminescence measurement and electron spin resonance spectroscopy, showed that the purified protein has antioxidant activity and inhibits superoxide (O(2)) mediated by activation of the receptor. In support of these results, the complete amino acid sequence of 18-B is homologous to the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) family of proteins that participate in the regulation of leukocyte function. 18-B is composed of four SRCR domains, which is different from the previously characterized SRCR family of proteins such as Spalpha, CD6, and CD163. These findings indicate that turpentine-induced 18-B, a new member of scavenger receptor cysteine-rich family, may be implicated in regulation of cell function in a manner of inhibition of the overproduction of the reactive oxygen species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine II, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimatsu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Inanami
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Syuto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niiyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D030161:Avian Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D030161:Avian Proteins; D002241:Carbohydrates; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C424705:PIT 54 protein, chicken; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic