title: Cloning of the chicken interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 gene and production of a specific monoclonal antibody.
abstract: Mammalian interleukin-13 (IL-13) is an important regulatory T2 cytokine secreted by activated T lymphocytes. The IL-13 receptor (IL-13R) has two different chains, IL-13Ralpha1 and IL-13Ralpha2. Although the chicken IL-13 gene is well characterized, little is known about IL-13Rs. We cloned a cDNA encoding the 380 amino acid pro-peptide of chicken IL-13Ralpha2 (chIL-13Ralpha2) and developed a monoclonal antibody (mAb), HU13-1, against it. The chIL-13Ralpha2 amino acid sequence showed 37-39% sequence identity with mammalian homologs. High levels of chIL-13Ralpha2 mRNA were expressed in liver, testis, ovary, brain, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated IN24 cells. HU13-1 specifically recognized recombinant chIL-13Ralpha2 in ELISAs, and western blots identified a 45-kDa glycoprotein or a 41-kDa non-glycosylated protein in LPS-stimulated IN24 cell lysates. LPS induced a gradual increase in HU13-1-positive IN24 cells over 20 h. These results indicate that mAb HU13-1 recognizes native chIL-13Ralpha2 and will be valuable for further studies of chIL-13Rs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Molecular and Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furusawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053663:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha2 Subunit / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D053663:Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha2 Subunit