title: The rat interleukin 10 receptor: cloning and sequencing of cDNA coding for the alpha-chain protein sequence, and demonstration by western blotting of expression in the rat brain.
abstract: cDNA coding for the alpha chain of the rat interleukin 10 (IL-10) receptor was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cloned and sequenced. The nucleic acid coding sequence exhibited 88% and 68% homology with the mouse and human IL-10 receptor sequences, respectively. The translated protein exhibited 83% and 61% homology with the mouse and human IL-10 receptor proteins. Specific antibodies were raised to the extracellular domain of the rat IL-10 receptor expressed as a secreted protein in recombinant Drosophila S2 cells. Western blotting using these antibodies demonstrated the presence of the IL-10 receptor in five major regions of the rat brain (cortex, cerebellum, hippocampus, hypothalamus and pituitary), supporting a role for IL-10 as a central regulator of inflammation.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Herts, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vigues
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bristow
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007249:Inflammation; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D053701:Receptors, Interleukin-10; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053701:Receptors, Interleukin-10; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10