Abstract
Horse serum is shown to contain a soluble class I molecule analogous to the secreted Q10 molecule in the mouse. This molecule has several similarities to the recently described mouse Q10 molecule: (1) it is smaller than membrane-bound equine class I molecules; (2) it occurs in a high molecular mass complex of 200–300 kd in serum; and (3) the serum levels of the equine molecule are similar to that of the Q 10 molecule (about 30 μg/ml). A soluble molecule is also detected in the sera of species related to the horse; it has in fact been found in all the wild members of the order Perissodactyla so far tested. However, it was not detected in the serum of members of the orders Carnivora, Sirenia, Proboscidea, Artiodactyla, and Primates that were tested, nor in the serum of members of the order Rodentia other than in that of the genus Mus.
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Abbreviations
- β2m:
-
beta-2 microglobulin
- PBS:
-
phosphate-buffered saline
- SDS-PAGE:
-
sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
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Lew, A.M., Valas, R.B., Maloy, W.L. et al. A soluble class I molecule analogous to mouse Q10 in the horse and related species. Immunogenetics 23, 277–283 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398789
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