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Purification and partial characterization of a receptor protein for mouse interferon /gamma/

Journal Article · · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; (United States)

A receptor protein for mouse interferon /gamma/ has been purified from solubilized plasma membranes of the mouse monomyelocytic cell line WEHI-3. Sequential wheat germ agglutinin and ligand affinity chromatography of membranes extracted with octyl /beta/-D-glucopyranoside resulted in at least a 680-fold purification of the receptor, as measured by precipitating it in association with liposomes composed of phosphatidylcholine. The purified receptor bound /sup 125/I-labeled recombinant mouse interferon /gamma/ (rMuIFN-/gamma/) with a K/sub d/ of 10 nM, a value comparable to that obtained with isolated membranes, PAGE analysis of radiolabeled (with either /sup 35/S or /sup 125/I) receptor preparations consistently revealed a major band of 95 kDa. This species was degraged with time to smaller fragments, GR-20, a monoclonal antibody against the receptor, completely inhibited specific binding of /sup 125/I-labeled rMuIFN-/gamma/ to WEHI-3 cells, blocked the induction of priming by rMuIFN-/gamma/ of macrophage-mediated tumor cell killing, removed binding activity for /sup 125/I-labeled rMuIFN-/gamma/ from solubilized membranes, and immunoprecipitated a single 95-kDa protein from the extract of surface labeled (/sup 125/I) WEHI-3 cells. Cross-linking of /sup 125/I-labeled rMuIFN-/gamma/ to its receptor yielded a complex of 125 /plus minus/ 5 kDa, consistent with the binding of the dimeric form of mouse interferon /gamma/ (32 kDa) to a membrane protein of 95 kDa. These data suggest that the receptor for mouse interferon /gamma/ is a glycoprotein of 95 kDa.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville (USA)
OSTI ID:
5702671
Journal Information:
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA; (United States) Vol. 85:17; ISSN PNASA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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