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Human hematopoietic cells express two forms of thecytokine receptor common γ-chain (γc)

Human hematopoietic cells express two forms of the cytokine receptor common γ-chain (γc)
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摘要 Recent studies have revealed that the γ-chain of theIL-2 receptor is shared by the receptors for IL-4, IL7, IL-9, IL-13, and IL-15, and it is therefore also referred toas the common γ-chain (γc). Mutations of γc result inX-linked severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome inhumans, indicating that rye is essential for normal development and function of the immune system. We demonstratethat human hematopoietic cells express two γc transcriptsdiffering in their carboxyl terminal coding region. Onetranscript is the previously reported sequence (γc-long),whereas the newly identified sequence exhibits a deletion of72 nucleotides close to the 3’-end of the open reading frame(γc-short). This alteration predicts a loss of 24 amino acidsincluding a conserved tyrosine residue which is shared byseveral members of the cytokine receptor family. Thepresence of these two distinct forms of rye transcripts wasdemonstrated by sequencing of reversely transcribed andpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) amplified mRNA, restriction digestion of the RT-PCR products, RNAse protection, and Northern blotting from human cell lines andhuman peripheral blood lymphocytes. Furthermore, thetwo variants were present in peripheral blood lymphocytesfrom both female and male donors, which rules out allelicvariants since rye is a single copy gene located on the Xchromosome. A truncation mutant at a site near the observed changes in γc-short has been reported by othersto alter biochemical events activated by cytokines. Thiscombined with the loss of a potential SH2 "docking" sitein γc-short suggests that γc-long and γc-short may link todifferent signaling pathways and may play an importantrole in determining the cellular response to IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-13, IL-15.
出处 《Cell Research》 SCIE CAS CSCD 1997年第2期195-205,共11页 细胞研究(英文版)
关键词 IL-2 receptor γ-chain cytokine receptor common γ-chain IL-2 receptor cytokine receptors RNA splicing 细胞分裂素受体 人类造血细胞 IL-2受体 γ链 表达类型 长链 短链
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