农业科学与技术（英文版）
農業科學與技術（英文版）
농업과학여기술（영문판）
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2009年
1期
89-92
,共4页
曹素芳%李明%王岩%刘长斗%朱赞梅%唐桂芬%肖松云
曹素芳%李明%王巖%劉長鬥%硃讚梅%唐桂芬%肖鬆雲
조소방%리명%왕암%류장두%주찬매%당계분%초송운
Porcine%Interleukin-18%Sequencing%Homology
[Objective] To clone the porcine interleukin-18(IL-18) cDNA and explore the immunological effectiveness of porcine IL-18 as an adjuvant of genetic vaccine. [Method] The spleen lymphocytes were isolated from Henan three-way cross-breeding pigs. According to the porcine IL-18 gene in GenBank, a pair of specific primers was designed. The full length cDNA of porcine IL-18 was amplified by RT-PCR. Subsequently, porcine IL-18 cDNA was cloned into pGEM-T vector and sequenced and analyzed. [Result] The porcine IL-18 gene demonstrated an open reading frame of 579 bp encoding an inactive precursor protein with 192 amino acids. The precursor protein had no typical hydrophobic signal peptide and cleaved by interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) converting enzyme (ICE) in caspase-1 splice site; the porcine mature protein had biological activity. After comparing with other porcine IL-18 genes, the nucleotide sequence homology was over 96% and the deduced amino acid homology was more than 98%. [Conclusion] A full length procine IL-18 gene was gained. It lays the foundation for porcine IL-18 as an adjuvant of genetic vaccine.
