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    Genomics. 2000 Aug 1;67(3):284-90.

    The cloning and nucleotide sequence of human ST2L cDNA.

    Li H, Tago K, Io K, Kuroiwa K, Arai T, Iwahana H, Tominaga S, Yanagisawa K.

    Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.

    The ST2 gene is a member of the IL-1 receptor family and is hypothesized to be involved in helper T cell function, but its functional ligand and physiological role remain unknown. We have cloned the human ST2L cDNA that encodes a distinct type of membrane-bound ST2 protein. The predicted 556-amino-acid sequence showed 67% identity to the mouse ST2L protein. The human ST2 gene (IL1RL1) contains 13 exons and spans 40 kb in length. Its exon-intron organization was elucidated from a registered human genomic sequence derived from chromosome 2q, which contains three other genes belonging to the IL-1 receptor family in an approximately 202-kb genomic region. The tissue distribution of ST2 expression was examined by RT-PCR, and the soluble form (ST2, IL1RL1-a) and ST2L (IL1RL1-b) appear to be expressed differentially. We also established stable transfectants of a human glioblastoma cell line, T98G, that express human ST2L constitutively, and we confirmed cell-surface expression of human ST2L protein on the transfectants. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

    PMID: 10936050 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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