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Delineation of IL-5 Domains Predicted to Engage the IL-5 Receptor Complex

Delineation of IL-5 Domains Predicted to Engage the IL-5 Receptor Complex

R R Dickason, M M Huston, D P Huston

J Immunol. 1996 Feb 1;156(3):1030-7.

PMID: 8557976

Abstract:

IL-5 is an interdigitating homodimeric glycoprotein and a member of the helical bundle family of cytokines. IL-5 is a potent activator of eosinophils and a specific promoter of their differentiation. This activity has implicated IL-5 in the pathogenesis of asthma and allergic disease. A detailed understanding of IL-5 structure and function is required to develop immunomodulators of IL-5-mediated inflammatory responses. We generated a panel of neutralizing anti-IL-5 mAbs which were used to map functional domains on IL-5. In addition, the nucleotide sequences for human IL-5, murine IL-5, rat IL-5, and eight human/murine IL-5 chimeras were engineered and expressed in COS-7 cells. These recombinant cytokines and mAbs were used in TF-1 bioassays to identify five functional epitopes on the tertiary structure of IL-5. Residues responsible for the species-specific activity of human IL-5 were identified with the murine BCL1 bioassay. One set of epitopes cluster around the helix A-loop 2 region, which is predicted to engage the IL-5 receptor beta-chain. The second set of epitopes as well as the species specificity domain cluster around the loop 3-helix D region, which is predicted to engage the IL-5 receptor alpha-chain. Together, these analyses target the A/D helical face of IL-5 as the region involved in receptor engagement.

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IAR42413413	IL-5 from rat			Price

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