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Molecular cloning and expression of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interleukin-8
Takuya Itou1, Yuuki Yoshida, Yoko Shoji
1Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Abstract:
The bottlenose dolphin interleukin (IL)-8 cDNA was molecularly cloned. The dolphin IL-8 has an open reading frame of 303-bp encoding 101 amino acids. The homology of the amino acid sequence with that of other species was: sheep, 89.1%; cattle, 88.1%; pig, 85.1%; dog, 85.1%; horse, 79.2%; human, 74.5%; and macaque, 72.3%. The amino acid sequence suggested that dolphin IL-8 was a CXC chemokine. The recombinant dolphin IL-8 protein was recognized with anti-ovine IL-8 monoclonal antibody.
