A frameshift mutation destabilizes androgen receptor messenger RNA in the Tfm mouse.
A composite mouse androgen receptor DNA sequence was obtained by amplifying genomic DNA or cDNA using the polymerase chain reaction. The open reading frame was 2,697 basepairs, encoding a polypeptide of 899 amino acids (98,204 mol wt). Amino acid sequence comparisons indicated that the mouse androgen receptor (AR) is 97% homologous with rat AR and 83% with human AR. The amino acid sequences of the three receptors are identical within the DNA- and steroid-binding domains. Northern blot analysis revealed the predominant mouse AR mRNA to be 10 kilobases (kb). A 1.7-kb mRNA species was detected in mouse kidney using a cDNA probe containing only 5' untranslated AR sequence. Lack of hybridization with AR-coding sequence probes suggested that the 1.7-kb mRNA was not a truncated form of AR mRNA. Sequencing of genomic DNA isolated from testicular feminized (Tfm) mice revealed a single base deletion in the N-terminal domain, resulting in a frameshift mutation. Cycloheximide treatment caused a dramatic increase in AR mRNA in kidneys of Tfm mice, but not wild-type mice, suggesting that the Tfm mutation results in an unstable AR mRNA.
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
N J
NJ
Charest
Z X
ZX
Zhou
D B
DB
Lubahn
K L
KL
Olsen
E M
EM
Wilson
F S
FS
French
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D003513:Cycloheximide