Fiszer D, Rozwadowska N, Rychlewski L, Kosicki W, Kurpisz M. Identification of IL-18RAP mRNA truncated splice variants in human testis and the other human tissues.
Cytokine 2007;
39:178-83. [PMID:
17897836 DOI:
10.1016/j.cyto.2007.07.186]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2006] [Revised: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
IL-18 is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in the regulation of both innate and adaptive immunity. It plays a key role in the autoimmune, inflammatory and infectious diseases. IL-18 acts via a receptor complex that closely resembles that of IL-1, consisting of a ligand binding protein, IL-18Ralpha, and an accessory protein, IL-18RAP (IL-18Rbeta). IL-18RAP is essential for IL-18 signal transduction and ligand binding affinity to IL-18Ralpha receptor chain. mRNA of gene coding for IL-18RAP in human testicular tissue and the nucleotide sequence of splice variants was carefully examined. We have found for the first time ever, IL-18RAP mRNA in studied tissue samples of physiological testis. Using the RT-PCR technique, the whole coding sequence of this gene was amplified. An alternative splicing of mRNA for IL-18RAP was then discovered and subsequently confirmed by cDNA sequencing. The putative amino acid content was predicted and a computer modeling was performed. It might be hypothesized that the truncated forms of IL-18RAP can be involved in the complex mechanism of IL-18 activity regulation.
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