IL-10 Protein, Rat

IL-10 Protein, Rat is an immunosuppressive cytokine produced by a variety of mammalian cell types including macophages, monocytes, B-cells, T-cells and keratinocytes.

Interleukin-10 is an anti-inflammatory Th1 immunosuppressive cytokine, the active form of which is a non-covalent homodimer, and which exhibits species-specificity both with respect to structure and biological activity. The rat homologue of IL-10 shares 73% identity with human IL-10 at the amino-acid sequence level, and has, in addition to the two disulphide bonds present in human IL-10, a fifth, unpaired cysteine (cys-149). Preparation of rat IL-10 by bacterial expression followed by solubilisation and refolding in a glutathione redox system, results in a molecule in which cys-149 is almost entirely oxidised, existing either as disulphide dimer or as a mixed disulphide with glutathione, and which has less than 1% of the activity of the native (cys-149-SH) form of the molecule. Site directed mutagenesis of rat IL-10 to replace cys-149 with tyrosine produces a molecule which readily adopts the active conformation upon solubilisation and refolding, and which is recoverable in good yield from bacterial expression systems. Comparison of the biological activities of rat IL-10tyr149 and commercial rat IL-10 preparations confirms that the activity of native-sequence rat IL-10 is either reduced or absent. It is proposed therefore that the biosynthetic analogue ratIL-10tyr149 is a more useful molecule to investigate the biological actions of IL-10 in the rat^[1].

Measured in a cell proliferation assay using HepG2. The EDED₅₀ for this effect is 2.982 ng/mL. corresponding to a specific activity is 3.35×10⁵ units/mg.

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  Measured in a cell proliferation assay using HepG2 cells. The ED₅₀ for this effect is 2.982 ng/mL. corresponding to a specific activity is 3.35×10⁵ units/mg.

Rat

E. coli

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P29456 (S19-N178)

25325  [NCBI]

SKGHSIRGDNNCTHFPVSQTHMLRELRAAFSQVKTFFQKKDQLDNILLTDSLLQDFKGYLGCQALSEMIKFYLVEVMPQAENHGPEIKEHLNSLGEKLKTLWIQLRRCHRFLPCENKSKAVEQVKNDFNKLQDKGVYKAMNEFDIFINCIEAYVTLKMKN

Approximately 18.7 kDa

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  Greater than 95% as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE.

Lyophilized powder

Lyophilized from a 0.22 μm filtered solution of PBS, pH 7.4, 8% trehalose.

<1 EU/μg, determined by LAL method.

It is not recommended to reconstitute to a concentration less than 100 μg/mL in ddH₂O. For long term storage it is recommended to add a carrier protein (0.1% BSA, 5% HSA, 10% FBS or 5% Trehalose).

Stored at -20°C for 2 years. After reconstitution, it is stable at 4°C for 1 week or -20°C for longer (with carrier protein). It is recommended to freeze aliquots at -20°C or -80°C for extended storage.

Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

• [1]. Ball C, et al. Rat interleukin-10: production and characterisation of biologically active protein in a recombinantbacterial expression system. Eur Cytokine Netw. 2001 Mar;12(1):187-93.  [Content Brief]