PMID: 20628231Jul 16, 2010Paper

Molecular characterization of interleukin-1Beta in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
Lauren Young, G A Harrison

Abstract

Interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) plays a significant role in the onset and pathogenesis of inflammation in mammalian hosts. Although well characterized in a range of vertebrate species, little is known about this important cytokine in marsupial mammals. We report here the molecular cloning and characterization of IL-1β in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). M. eugenii IL-1β has an open-reading frame of 813 nucleotides, coding for a putative protein of 270 amino acids to the termination codon. The IL-1 family motif and potential caspase cleavage site (necessary for production of the mature protein) is also present in the sequence. Molecular characterization of tammar wallaby IL-1β provides fundamental information necessary to progress the study of functional immune responses in this unique group of mammals.

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