title: Expression of endothelin-2 (ET-2) gene in a human renal adenocarcinoma cell line: purification and cDNA cloning of ET-2.
abstract: It has been found that human renal adenocarcinoma ACHN cells synthesize and secrete immunoreactive endothelin (ir-ET) in the culture medium. Partial characterization of this material with reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) suggested that ACHN cells synthesized only human endothelin-2 (ET-2). Isolation and characterization of this ir-ET-2 has revealed that this peptide has almost the same amino acid sequence and molecular weight as that of human ET-2 deduced from the nucleotide sequence of cloned human ET-2 gene. To delineate the precise structure of human ET-2 precursor, ET-2 cDNAs were cloned from a cDNA library constructed with mRNA derived from the ACHN cells, and the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences were determined. The ET-2 cDNA that has the longest open reading frame encodes prepro-ET-2 protein, consisting of 178 amino acid residues. The ET-like sequence found in the prepro-ET-1 and -ET-3 was also conserved in this prepro-ET-2. The Northern blot analysis of mRNA revealed that the transcript of the human ET-2 gene was 1.4 kb.
authors.affiliation: Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuhara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosoya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kitada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D016232:Endothelins / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D004247:DNA