title: Human complement factor H: molecular cloning and cDNA expression reveals variability in the factor H-related mRNA species of 1.4 kb.
abstract: Previously, we have shown that three different mRNA species of 4.3 kb, 1.8 kb and 1.4 kb, related to human complement factor H, are constitutively expressed in the human liver. Probing with our cDNA clone H-46 which represents 920 bp of the 3' end of the 4.3 kb mRNA of factor H on human liver RNA, we always detected the 4.3 kb and the additional, abundantly expressed mRNA species of 1.4 kb in length, indicating that the 1.4 kb transcript is highly homologous to the 3' end of the classical factor H mRNA of 4.3 kb. Using H-46 as a probe, several cDNA clones were isolated from a liver cDNA library and sequenced. The open reading frame of the novel mRNA species encodes a peptide consisting of five internal short consensus repeat motifs (SCR), identifying the translational product to be a member of the SCR family. Sequence comparison with cDNA clones derived from liver RNA of a different donor provided evidence for variability in the factor H related proteins encoded by the 1.4 kb mRNA species. Interestingly, this variability was found to be restricted to the three carboxyterminal SCR domains. Expression data indicate that our variant is not recognized by the monoclonal antibody 3D11.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schwaeble
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feifel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Estaller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mölgg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koistinen
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dierich
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003180:Complement C3b Inactivator Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D017242:Complement Factor H; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: C493495:CFH protein, human; D003180:Complement C3b Inactivator Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017242:Complement Factor H