Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?

Previous studies have demonstrated that invertebrate immune and neural tissues contain mammalian-like cytokines, which activate specific cellular functions. Therefore, it was of interest to attempt to identify these molecules via Applied Biosystems Human Genome Survey Arrays. The array was used to a...

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Main Authors: S Gerber, P Cadet, M Sheehan, GB Stefano, KJ Mantione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 2007-10-01
Series:Invertebrate Survival Journal
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Online Access:http://www.isj.unimo.it/articoli/ISJ146.pdf
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author S Gerber
P Cadet
M Sheehan
GB Stefano
KJ Mantione
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KJ Mantione
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description Previous studies have demonstrated that invertebrate immune and neural tissues contain mammalian-like cytokines, which activate specific cellular functions. Therefore, it was of interest to attempt to identify these molecules via Applied Biosystems Human Genome Survey Arrays. The array was used to analyze the transcriptional profiles of Mytilus edulis RNA samples. The Applied Biosystems Human Genome Survey Array contains 31,700 60-mer oligonucleotides probes representing a set of 27, 868 individual human genes and more than 1,000 control probes. We show interleukin-like and tumor necrosis factor-like genes among other cytokine-like genes significantly expressed in this invertebrate tissue with a signal to noise value greater than 2. In morphine treated tissue additional cytokine genes were expressed. These cytokine-like genes are directly related to previously discovered molecules in invertebrates, suggesting that they first appeared earlier in evolution.
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spelling doaj.art-30fac1defb5f4b919bebda8737c39c502022-12-21T19:17:03ZengUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaInvertebrate Survival Journal1824-307X2007-10-014295100Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?S GerberP CadetM SheehanGB StefanoKJ MantionePrevious studies have demonstrated that invertebrate immune and neural tissues contain mammalian-like cytokines, which activate specific cellular functions. Therefore, it was of interest to attempt to identify these molecules via Applied Biosystems Human Genome Survey Arrays. The array was used to analyze the transcriptional profiles of Mytilus edulis RNA samples. The Applied Biosystems Human Genome Survey Array contains 31,700 60-mer oligonucleotides probes representing a set of 27, 868 individual human genes and more than 1,000 control probes. We show interleukin-like and tumor necrosis factor-like genes among other cytokine-like genes significantly expressed in this invertebrate tissue with a signal to noise value greater than 2. In morphine treated tissue additional cytokine genes were expressed. These cytokine-like genes are directly related to previously discovered molecules in invertebrates, suggesting that they first appeared earlier in evolution.http://www.isj.unimo.it/articoli/ISJ146.pdfmusselMytilus eduliscytokinesmicroarray
spellingShingle S Gerber
P Cadet
M Sheehan
GB Stefano
KJ Mantione
Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?
Invertebrate Survival Journal
mussel
Mytilus edulis
cytokines
microarray
title Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?
title_full Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?
title_fullStr Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?
title_full_unstemmed Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?
title_short Vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates?
title_sort vertebrate interleukins originated in invertebrates
topic mussel
Mytilus edulis
cytokines
microarray
url http://www.isj.unimo.it/articoli/ISJ146.pdf
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