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Development of a molecular probe to baboon interleukin-10 mRNA for in situ hybridization during experimental
T M Chou1, R W Stich, C Marsala
1Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA. wchou@fdah.com
Abstract:
A nucleic acid probe complementary to baboon interleukin 10 (IL-10) mRNA was developed for in situ hybridization. Highly conserved IL-10 protein sequences from several mammals were aligned to design oligonucleotide primers flanking a 270-bp sequence of the target cDNA. RNA was isolated from stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). IL-10 cDNA was reverse-transcribed from the total PBMC RNA and amplified with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Cloning and sequencing of the PCR product confirmed it to be of baboon IL-10 origin, with 97.8% identity to human and 100% identity to macaque mRNA sequences. The baboon IL-10 DNA probe hybridized in Southern blots to a 7.9-Kbp or 8.6-Kbp band after digestion of genomic baboon DNA with Bam H1 or Eco R1, respectively. Preliminary results with an antisense riboprobe derived from this sequence showed the presence of IL-10 mRNA in sections of granulomatous tissues.