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. 2003 Mar 1;370(Pt 2):391–396. doi: 10.1042/BJ20021935

Cloning of a new type II cytokine receptor activating signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)1, STAT2 and STAT3.

Laure Dumoutier 1, Diane Lejeune 1, Simon Hor 1, Helmut Fickenscher 1, Jean-Christophe Renauld 1
PMCID: PMC1223207  PMID: 12521379

Abstract

In the present paper, we report the identification of a new gene encoding a transmembrane protein of 520 amino acids, showing 22% amino acid identity with the extracellular domain of the interleukin (IL)-20 receptor. This gene, termed likely interleukin or cytokine receptor-2 ( LICR2 ), is located on chromosome 1, at 25 kb from the IL22R (IL-22 receptor) gene, and is constitutively expressed in most tissues. A chimaeric receptor, consisting of the extracellular domain of the IL-10 receptor alpha chain and the intracellular domain of LICR2, activated signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)1, STAT2, STAT3 and STAT5 upon IL-10 stimulation, in a Janus kinase 1-dependent manner. In contrast, none of the IL-10-related cytokines described so far could activate LICR2-transfected cells, suggesting that LICR2 is a signalling receptor for a new cytokine of the IL-10 family.

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