Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 474, Issue 1, Pages 38-42Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01571-4
Keywords
interferon; 200-protein family; AIM2; cell growth
Funding
- NCI NIH HHS [CA69031] Funding Source: Medline
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While interferons (IFNs) (alpha, beta and gamma), a family of cytokines, have the ability to exert the growth-inhibitory effect on target cells, the molecular mechanism(s) by which IFNs inhibit cell growth remains to be identified, Because IFN-inducible 'effector' proteins mediate the biological activities of IFNs; characterization of IFN-inducible proteins is critical to identify their functional role in IFN action. One family (the 200-family) of IFN-inducible proteins is encoded by structurally related murine (Ifi202a, Ifi202b, lfi203, Ifi204 and D3) and human (IF116, MNDA and AIM2) genes. The proteins encoded by genes in the family share a unique repeat of 200-amino acids and are primarily nuclear, The AIM2 gene is a newly identified gene that is not expressed in a human melanoma cell line. Here me report that AIM2 is estimated to be a 39 kDa protein and, unlike other proteins in the family, is localized primarily in the cytoplasm, Interestingly, overexpression of AIM12 in transfected cells retards proliferation and, under reduced serum conditions, increases the susceptibility to cell death. Moreover, AIM12 can heterodimerize with p202 in vitro, Together, these observations provide support to the idea that AIM2 may be an important mediator of IFN action. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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