title: Transcription of a single mannose receptor gene by macrophage and retinal pigment epithelium.
abstract: To determine if the macrophage mannose receptor transcript is present in mouse, rat, pig, and human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), primary cultures and/or freshly dissected retinal pigment epithelium from four different species were used to isolate total RNA. RT-PCR was used to amplify segments of the macrophage mannose receptor from each sample. Amplified products were sequenced and compared with known sequences of the macrophage mannose receptor. Macrophage mannose receptor transcripts were identified in all RPE samples. Comparison between sequences identified in RPE with macrophage sequences from the same species revealed 100% identity. Sequence homology between the different species was 74% or greater. These data are consistent with the transcription of a single mannose receptor gene by these two phagocytic cell types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Greaton
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000235:genetics*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000378:metabolism*; D012313:RNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D012313:RNA