title: Molecular cloning and sequencing of the banded dogfish (Triakis scyllia) interleukin-8 cDNA.
abstract: The dogfish (Triakis scyllia) interleukin-8 (IL-8) cDNA was isolated from mitogen-stimulated peripheral white blood cells (WBCs) utilising the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The cDNA sequence showed that the dogfish IL-8 clones contained an open reading frame encoding 101 amino acids. A short 5' untranslated region (UTR) of 70 nucleotides and a long 3' UTR of 893 nucleotides were also present in this 1.2-kb cDNA. Furthermore, the 3' UTR of the mRNA contained the AUUUA sequence that has been implicated in shortening of the half-life of several cytokines and growth factors. The predicted IL-8 peptide had one potential N-linked glycosylation site (Asn-72-Thr-74) that is not conserved in other vertebrates. It also contained four cysteine residues (Cys-34, 36, 61 and 77), which are characteristic of CXC subfamily cytokines and found in all vertebrates, to date. The dogfish IL-8 lacked an ELR motif as found in the lamprey and trout. Comparison of the deduced amino acids showed that the dogfish IL-8 sequence shared 50.5, 41.2, 37.1 and 40.4-45.5% identity with the chicken, lamprey, trout and mammalian IL-8 sequences, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Fish Pathology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino 1866, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. inouey@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Tadaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moritomo
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D004284:Dogfish / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012313:RNA