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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In an attempt to clone a suppressive lymphokine of platelet function (PASL), we have obtained a cDNA clone coding for the previously described human ubiquitin-80 amino acid fusion protein. Our clone differs from the described sequence in that it contains the complete amino acid sequence of ubiquitin as well as a short (25 bp) 5' noncoding region. In addition the 3' untranslated region is slightly longer than that previously shown. Like PASL, purified ubiquitin can inhibit the cytotoxic properties of platelets and the production of oxygen metabolites by these cells. Moreover, this molecule is able to act as a proaggregating factor and seems of a great interest in pathologies involving defects in platelet aggregation. Ubiquitin could also have a potential use in the regulation of immunological disorders in which platelets seem to be implicated such as hymenoptera venom hypersensitivity and aspirin-sensitive asthma, since in both situations, ubiquitin is able, as is PASL, to inhibit the cytotoxic function of platelets. Indeed ubiquitin possesses important pharmacological potentialities which have not been previously described. This molecule and PASL share several similarities in their functional and physicochemical properties. PASL could therefore belong to the family of ubiquitins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2735-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of ubiquitin on platelet functions: possible identity with platelet activity suppressive lymphokine (PASL).
pubmed:affiliation
Centre d'Immunologie et de Biologie Parasitaire, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro