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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We recently reported the molecular cloning of a cytotoxic granule-associated RNA-binding protein designated TIA-1. The ability of recombinant TIA-1 to induce DNA fragmentation in permeabilized cells suggested that this protein is the granule component responsible for inducing apoptosis in cytolytic lymphocyte (CTL) targets. Here we report the characterization of a cDNA encoding a TIA-1-related protein designated TIAR. The deduced amino acid sequence of TIAR reveals it to be a 42-kDa protein possessing three RNA-binding domains and a carboxyl-terminal auxiliary domain. Although the RNA-binding domains of TIA-1 and TIAR share greater than 85% amino acid homology, their carboxyl-terminal auxiliary domains are only 51% homologous. The carboxyl terminus of TIAR contains a lysosome-targeting motif, indicating that TIAR is probably a cytotoxic granule-associated protein. Like TIA-1, purified recombinant TIAR induced DNA fragmentation in permeabilized target cells. Although immunoblotting analysis of post-nuclear supernatants revealed TIA-1 protein to be restricted to CTLs, PCR analysis revealed the expression of TIA-1 and TIAR mRNA transcripts in a wide variety of cell types. Our data suggest that the granules of CTLs contain at least two candidate nucleolysins involved in CTL killing.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8681-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Microbial Collagenase, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Poly(A)-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1326761-Sequence Alignment
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and functional characterization of a TIA-1-related nucleolysin.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Tumor Immunology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't