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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mice homozygous for lpr (lymphoproliferation) or gld (generalized lymphoproliferative disease) develop lymphadenopathy and suffer from autoimmune disease. The lpr mice have a mutation in a cell-surface protein, Fas, that mediates apoptosis. Fas ligand (FasL) is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related type II membrane protein and binds to Fas. Here, mouse Fasl gene was isolated and localized to the gld region of mouse chromosome 1. Activated splenocytes from gld mice express Fasl mRNA. However, FasL in gld mice carries a point mutation in the C-terminal region, which is highly conserved among members of the TNF family. The recombinant gld FasL expressed in COS cells could not induce apoptosis in cells expressing Fas. These results indicate that lpr and gld are mutations in Fas and Fasl, respectively, and suggest important roles of the Fas system in development of T cells as well as cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:geneSymbol
Fasl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
969-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Antigens, CD95, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Lymphoproliferative Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Muridae, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7511063-Receptors, Cell Surface
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Generalized lymphoproliferative disease in mice, caused by a point mutation in the Fas ligand.
pubmed:affiliation
Osaka Bioscience Institute, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't