Biological activity of hamster interferon-gamma is modulated by the carboxyl-terminal tail.
Biological activity of hamster interferon-gamma is modulated by the carboxyl-terminal tail.
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仓鼠干扰素-γ的生物活性由羧基末端尾部调节。
DOI：
10.1016/j.cyto.2006.05.006
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2006
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Melby,PeterC
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作者：
Zhao,Weiguo;Valencia,AnaisZ;Melby,PeterC
The Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is highly susceptible to a number of intracellular pathogens. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), the primary macrophage-activating cytokine, plays a key role in the host defense against intracellular pathogens. The hamster IFN-γ cDNA encodes a 174 amino acid protein that has an additional 17 amino acids at the carboxyl-terminus compared to IFN-γ of mice and rats. A homologous C-terminal tail is also found in other non-murine rodents. The biological activity of hamster IFN-γ had not been investigated previously so we first demonstrated the activity of native IFN-γ in assays of IFN-γ-induced receptor signaling and antiviral activity against vesicular stomatitis virus. We then tested the hypothesis that the C-terminal tail of hamster IFN-γ could influence its biological activity. A truncated hamster IFN-γ, in which the C-terminal 17 aa were removed by insertion of a stop codon at the position corresponding to the stop codon in the mouse sequence, had approximately 10-fold greater activity than the full length protein when measured in the two bioassays. Polyclonal and monoclonal anti-hamster IFN-γ antibodies specifically inhibited this biological activity. Collectively, these data indicate that this unique structural feature influences the biological activity of hamster IFN-γ.
