Peptide name : Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)

Source/Organism : African buffalo

Linear/Cyclic : Not found

Chirality : Not found

Peptide length: 166

C-terminal modification: Not found

N-terminal modification : Not found

Non-natural peptide information: None

Assay type : Not specified

Assay time : Not found

Activity : Not found

Cell line : Not found

Cancer type : Not found

Other activity : Not found

Amino acid composition bar chart :

Molecular mass : 19431.3368 Dalton

Aliphatic index : 0.886

Instability index : 37.844

Hydrophobicity (GRAVY) : -0.458

Isoelectric point : 9.6281

Charge (pH 7) : 8.5029

Aromaticity : 0.114

Molar extinction coefficient (cysteine, cystine): (12950, 12950)

Hydrophobic/hydrophilic ratio : 0.84444444

hydrophobic moment : -0.186

Missing amino acid : H

Most occurring amino acid : K

Most occurring amino acid frequency : 19

Least occurring amino acid : T

Least occurring amino acid frequency : 1

Secondary structure fraction (Helix, Turn, Sheet): (0.3, 0.3, 0.3)

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1 : Suzuki S, et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of Th1 and Th2 cytokines of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Int J Immunogenet. 2012; 39:170-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2011.01062.x

2 : Okagawa T, et al. Transcriptional profiling of inflammatory cytokine genes in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) infected with Theileria parva. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2012; 148:373-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.06.015

Paper title : Molecular cloning and characterization of Th1 and Th2 cytokines of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

Doi : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-313X.2011.01062.x

Abstract : The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) has been implicated as the reservoir of several bovine infectious agents. However, there is insufficient information on the protective immune responses in the African buffalo, particularly in infected animals. In this study, we analysed Th1 cytokines IL-2 and IFN-γ, and Th2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-10. The cloned cDNA of IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-γ contained an open reading frame of 468, 501, 408 and 540 nucleotides, encoding polypeptides of 155, 166, 135 and 179 amino acids, respectively. Nucleotide sequence homology of IL-2, IFN-γ and IL-4 was more than 98% between the African buffalo and cattle, which resulted in identical polypeptides. Meanwhile, IL-10 gene of African buffalo and cattle had 95% homology in nucleotide sequence, corresponding to thirteen amino acid residues substitution. Cysteine residues and potential glycosylation sites were conserved within the family Bovinae. Phylogenetic analyses including cytokines of the African buffalo placed them within a cluster comprised mainly of species belonging to the order Artiodactyla, including cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goat, pig and artiodactyl wildlife. A deeper understanding of the structure of these cytokines will shed light on their protective role in the disease-resistant African buffalo in comparison with other closely related species.

Paper title : Transcriptional profiling of inflammatory cytokine genes in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) infected with Theileria parva.

Doi : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.06.015

Abstract : Theileria parva (T. parva) causes East Coast fever (ECF), which is of huge economic importance to Eastern and Southern African countries. In a previous bovine model, inflammatory cytokines were closely associated with disease progression in animals experimentally infected with T. parva. The African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), the natural reservoir for T. parva, is completely resistant to ECF despite a persistently high parasitaemia following infection with T. parva. Characterizing basic immunological interactions in the host is critical to understanding the mechanism underlying disease resistance in the African Cape buffalo. In this study, the expression level of several cytokines was analyzed in T. parva-infected buffaloes. There were no significant differences in the expression profiles of inflammatory cytokines between the infected and uninfected animals despite a remarkably high parasitaemia in the former. However, the expression level of IL-10 was significantly upregulated in the infected animals. These results indicate a correlation between diminished inflammatory cytokines response and disease resistance in the buffalo.