title: Molecular cloning of interleukin-12 receptor beta2 chain and its expression in dogs.
abstract: This study cloned canine interleukin-12 receptor beta2 (IL-12Rbeta2). Its nucleotide sequences were determined. Canine IL-12Rbeta2 showed 85.4% homology at the nucleotide level and 76.8% homology at the amino acid level with human IL-12Rbeta2. Its structural motifs were well conserved. We also cloned cDNA with a 91-bp deletion including the transmembrane region, which produced a frame shift and an early stop codon. Examination of the expression of deleted canine IL-12Rbeta2 mRNA revealed that both deleted and intact mRNAs were expressed at a constant ratio in all the dogs. Results suggested that expression of the deleted mRNA was constitutive and produced by alternative splicing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Eri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kitamiya
authors.forename: Toshiroh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Momoi
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018388:Codon, Terminator / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000235:genetics*; D053707:Receptors, Interleukin-12; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018388:Codon, Terminator; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C508439:IL12RB2 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053707:Receptors, Interleukin-12