Alpha 2-chimerin, an SH2-containing GTPase-activating protein for the ras-related protein p21rac derived by alternate splicing of the human n-chimerin gene, is selectively expressed in brain regions and testes

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4986-4998
Author(s):  
C Hall ◽  
W C Sin ◽  
M Teo ◽  
G J Michael ◽  
P Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Sh2 Domain ◽  
Trophic Factors ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site ◽  
Acceptor Site ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Alternate Splicing ◽  
Pachytene Spermatocytes

n-Chimerin (alpha 1-chimerin) is a brain GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for the ras-related p21rac. We now report the occurrence of another form of chimerin, termed alpha 2-chimerin. This is the product of an alternately spliced transcript of the human n-chimerin gene encoding an N-terminal SH2 (src homology 2) domain in addition to the phorbol ester receptor and GAP domains. alpha 1- and alpha 2-chimerin mRNAs were expressed differently. In the rat brain, only alpha 1-chimerin mRNA was expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells, although both alpha 1- and alpha 2-chimerin mRNAs occurred in neurons in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus. Only alpha 2-chimerin RNA was expressed in rat testes, in early pachytene spermatocytes. A 45-kDa SH2-containing chimerin corresponding to the alpha 2 form was purified from rat brain. As with Escherichia coli 45-kDa recombinant alpha 2-chimerin, purified brain alpha 2-chimerin exhibited racGAP activity which was stimulated by phosphatidylserine. The recombinant SH2 domain bound several 32P-labelled phosphoproteins of PC12 cells, whose phosphorylation increased in response to trophic factors, including nerve growth factor. To examine the relationships of alpha 1- and alpha 2-chimerin transcripts, human genomic DNA clones were characterized. In alpha 2-chimerin mRNA, a 3' splice acceptor site within exon 1 of alpha 1-chimerin mRNA was used, replacing its 5' untranslated region and N-terminal coding sequence. The single human n-chimerin gene was mapped to chromosome 2q31-q32.1, colocalizing with the CRE-BP1 transcription factor gene (2q32). It contained several splice junctions conserved with the sequence-related protein kinase C and bcr genes. alpha 2-Chimerin is only the second SH2-containing GAP and the first example of an SH2 domain generated by alternate splicing.

scholarly journals Alpha 2-chimerin, an SH2-containing GTPase-activating protein for the ras-related protein p21rac derived by alternate splicing of the human n-chimerin gene, is selectively expressed in brain regions and testes.

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4986-4998 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Hall ◽  
W C Sin ◽  
M Teo ◽  
G J Michael ◽  
P Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Sh2 Domain ◽  
Trophic Factors ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site ◽  
Acceptor Site ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Alternate Splicing ◽  
Pachytene Spermatocytes

n-Chimerin (alpha 1-chimerin) is a brain GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for the ras-related p21rac. We now report the occurrence of another form of chimerin, termed alpha 2-chimerin. This is the product of an alternately spliced transcript of the human n-chimerin gene encoding an N-terminal SH2 (src homology 2) domain in addition to the phorbol ester receptor and GAP domains. alpha 1- and alpha 2-chimerin mRNAs were expressed differently. In the rat brain, only alpha 1-chimerin mRNA was expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells, although both alpha 1- and alpha 2-chimerin mRNAs occurred in neurons in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus. Only alpha 2-chimerin RNA was expressed in rat testes, in early pachytene spermatocytes. A 45-kDa SH2-containing chimerin corresponding to the alpha 2 form was purified from rat brain. As with Escherichia coli 45-kDa recombinant alpha 2-chimerin, purified brain alpha 2-chimerin exhibited racGAP activity which was stimulated by phosphatidylserine. The recombinant SH2 domain bound several 32P-labelled phosphoproteins of PC12 cells, whose phosphorylation increased in response to trophic factors, including nerve growth factor. To examine the relationships of alpha 1- and alpha 2-chimerin transcripts, human genomic DNA clones were characterized. In alpha 2-chimerin mRNA, a 3' splice acceptor site within exon 1 of alpha 1-chimerin mRNA was used, replacing its 5' untranslated region and N-terminal coding sequence. The single human n-chimerin gene was mapped to chromosome 2q31-q32.1, colocalizing with the CRE-BP1 transcription factor gene (2q32). It contained several splice junctions conserved with the sequence-related protein kinase C and bcr genes. alpha 2-Chimerin is only the second SH2-containing GAP and the first example of an SH2 domain generated by alternate splicing.

scholarly journals Splice-acceptor site mutation in p53 gene of hu888 zebrafish line

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Piasecka ◽  
Paweł Brzuzan ◽  
Maciej Woźny ◽  
Sławomir Ciesielski ◽  
Dariusz Kaczmarczyk
Keyword(s):  
P53 Gene ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site ◽  
Acceptor Site ◽  
Splice Acceptor ◽  
Site Mutation ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site Mutation

scholarly journals Nova Regulates GABAA Receptor γ2 Alternative Splicing via a Distal Downstream UCAU-Rich Intronic Splicing Enhancer

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 4687-4700 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kate Dredge ◽  
Robert B. Darnell
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Splicing ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site ◽  
Acceptor Site ◽  
Splicing Regulation ◽  
Globin Genes ◽  
Enhancer Element ◽  
Intronic Splicing Enhancer ◽  
Splicing Enhancer

ABSTRACT Nova is a neuron-specific RNA binding protein targeted in patients with the autoimmune disorder paraneoplastic opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia, which is characterized by failure of inhibition of brainstem and spinal motor systems. Here, we have biochemically confirmed the observation that splicing regulation of the inhibitory GABAA receptor γ2 (GABAARγ2) subunit pre-mRNA exon E9 is disrupted in mice lacking Nova-1. To elucidate the mechanism by which Nova-1 regulates GABAARγ2 alternative splicing, we systematically screened minigenes derived from the GABAARγ2 and human β-globin genes for their ability to support Nova-dependent splicing in transient transfection assays. These studies demonstrate that Nova-1 acts directly on GABAARγ2 pre-mRNA to regulate E9 splicing and identify an intronic region that is necessary and sufficient for Nova-dependent enhancement of exon inclusion, which we term the NISE (Nova-dependent intronic splicing enhancer) element. The NISE element (located 80 nucleotides upstream of the splice acceptor site of the downstream exon E10) is composed of repeats of the sequence YCAY, consistent with previous studies of the mechanism by which Nova binds RNA. Mutation of these repeats abolishes binding of Nova-1 to the RNA in vitro and Nova-dependent splicing regulation in vivo. These data provide a molecular basis for understanding Nova regulation of GABAARγ2 alternative splicing and suggest that general dysregulation of Nova's splicing enhancer function may underlie the neurologic defects seen in Nova's absence.

scholarly journals Molecular cloning of rat mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase and detection of the corresponding mRNA and of those encoding the remaining enzymes comprising the ketogenic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA cycle in central nervous system of suckling rat

1998 ◽  
Vol 329 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tim CULLINGFORD ◽  
T. Colin DOLPHIN ◽  
K. Kishore BHAKOO ◽  
Stefan PEUCHEN ◽  
Laura CANEVARI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Ketone Bodies ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Rnase Protection ◽  
Mrna Species ◽  
Cortical Astrocyte ◽  
Degenerate Oligonucleotide

We have investigated, by RNase protection assays in rat brain regions and primary cortical astrocyte cultures, the presence of the mRNA species encoding the three mitochondrially located enzymes acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase (mt. HMG-CoA synthase) and HMG-CoA lyase (HMG-CoA lyase) that together constitute the ketogenic HMG-CoA cycle. As a prerequisite we obtained a full-length cDNA encoding rat HMG-CoA lyase by degenerate oligonucleotide-primed PCR coupled to a modification of PCR-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (PCR-RACE). We report here: (1) the nucleotide sequence of rat mt. HMG-CoA lyase, (2) detection of the mRNA species encoding all three HMG-CoA cycle enzymes in all regions of rat brain during suckling, (3) approximately twice the abundance of mt. HMG-CoA synthase mRNA in cerebellum than in cortex in 11-day-old suckling rat pups, (4) significantly lower abundances of mt. HMG-CoA synthase mRNA in brain regions derived from rats weaned to a high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet compared with the corresponding regions derived from the suckling rat, and (5) the presence of mt. HMG-CoA synthase mRNA in primary cultures of neonatal cortical astrocytes at an abundance similar to that found in liver of weaned animals. These results provide preliminary evidence that certain neural cell types possess ketogenic potential and might thus have a direct role in the provision of fatty acid-derived ketone bodies during the suckling period.

scholarly journals A splice junction deletion deficient in the transport of RNA does not polyadenylate nuclear RNA.

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 1381-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
L P Villarreal ◽  
R T White
Keyword(s):  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Splice Junction ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
The Body ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site ◽  
Acceptor Site ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Normal Position ◽  
Nuclear Rna ◽  
Late Region

A late region deletion mutant of simian virus 40 (dl5) was previously shown to be deficient in the transport of nuclear RNA. This is a splice junction deletion that has lost the 3' end of an RNA leader, an intervening sequence, and the 5' end of the splice acceptor site on the body of the mRNA. In this report, we analyzed the steady-state structure of the untransported nuclear RNA. The 5' ends of this RNA are heterogeneous but contain a prominent 5' end at the normal position (nucleotide 325) in addition to several other prominent 5' ends not seen in wild-type RNA. The 3' end of this RNA does not occur at the usual position (nucleotide 2674) of polyadenylation; instead, this RNA is non-polyadenylated, with the 3' end occurring either downstream or upstream of the normal position.

scholarly journals Procyclic acidic repetitive protein (PARP) genes located in an unusually small alpha-amanitin-resistant transcription unit: PARP promoter activity assayed by transient DNA transfection of Trypanosoma brucei.

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 3492-3504 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Rudenko ◽  
S Le Blancq ◽  
J Smith ◽  
M G Lee ◽  
A Rattray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Transcription Unit ◽  
Splice Acceptor Site ◽  
Acceptor Site ◽  
Nucleotide Position ◽  
Splice Acceptor ◽  
Transcription Analysis ◽  
Alpha Amanitin ◽  
Single Promoter ◽  
Repetitive Protein

At least one of the procyclic acidic repetitive protein (PARP or procyclin) loci of Trypanosoma brucei is a small (5- to 6-kilobase) polycistronic transcription unit which is transcribed in an alpha-amanitin-resistant manner. Its single promoter, as mapped by run-on transcription analysis and UV inactivation of transcription, is located immediately upstream of the first alpha-PARP gene. Transcription termination occurs in a region approximately 3 kilobases downstream of the beta-PARP gene. The location of the promoter was confirmed by its ability to direct transcription of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene in insect-form (procyclic) T. brucei. The putative PARP promoter is located in the region between the 3' splice acceptor site (nucleotide position 0) and nucleotide position -196 upstream of the alpha-PARP genes. Regulatory regions influencing the levels of PARP expression may be located further upstream. We conclude that a single promoter, which is located very close to the 3' splice acceptor site of the alpha-PARP genes, directs the transcription of a small, polycistronic, and alpha-amanitin-resistant transcription unit.

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