title: Cloning, structural organization and chromosomal mapping of rat costimulatory molecule 4-1BBL.
abstract: 4-1BBL (TNFSF9) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand superfamily, which is expressed on some activated antigen presenting cells and B cells. We isolated a rat cDNA clone encoding the rat homologue of the human 4-1BBL (GenBank accession No. AY259541). The deduced rat 4-1BBL protein, consisting of 308 amino acids with a molecular weight of 33,469 Da, was a typical type II transmembrane glycoprotein, the same as human and murine 4-1BBL. "SDAA" in the cytoplasmic domain of rat 4-1BBL was deduced to act as the phosphorylation site for casein kinase I ("SXXS" motif), which is present in the cytoplasmic domains of human and murine 4-1BBL, and all other TNF ligand family members known to utilize reverse signaling. The two introns of 4-1BBL were also cloned (GenBank accession No. AY332409). Rat 4-1BBL is much more homologous with murine 4-1BBL than with human 4-1BBL, in both nucleotide and amino acid sequences. Rat 4-1BBL was expressed in all tested tissues: brain, lung, colon, liver, thymus, testicle, kidney, adrenal, stomach, spleen and heart. The chromosomal location of rat 4-1BBL was first identified by bioinformatics, then by fluorescence in situ hybridization at 9q11 (GenBank accession UniGene No. Rn.46783). Rat, murine and human 4-1BBL genes are evolved from a common gene. The identification and characterization of the rat counterpart of human 4-1BBL will facilitate studies of the biological function of this molecule.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou 215007, China.
authors.forename: Qiu-Ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Li-Jie
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Guang-Bo
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ya-Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jia-Yao
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong-Jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiang-Ke
authors.initials: XK
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Sai-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.forename: Xue-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D053330:4-1BB Ligand; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053330:4-1BB Ligand; C505974:TNFSF9 protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha