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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-7
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) is a potent chemoattractant for neutrophils and eosinophils. cDNAs for LTB(4) receptor (BLT) have been cloned from human, mouse, and guinea pig. Here we report the isolation of BLT from rat genomic library. Rat BLT consists of 351 amino acids with homologies of 80.2, 93.2, and 71.6%, to human, mouse, and guinea pig BLT, respectively. When expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells, rat BLT showed a specific and high-affinity binding to LTB(4) with a Kd value of 0.68 nM (mean, n = 3). Northern blot analysis showed that BLT is exclusively expressed in polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Furthermore, the expression of BLT was high in proteosepeptone-activated peritoneal macrophages, while the resident macrophages did not show significant expression. The present results suggest important roles of LTB(4) in macrophage recruitment and activation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
262
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
806-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Genomic Library, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Leukotriene B4, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Receptors, Leukotriene B4, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10471406-Transfection
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and characterization of rat leukotriene B(4) receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't