title: The human and rodent intestinal fatty acid binding protein genes. A comparative analysis of their structure, expression, and linkage relationships.
abstract: Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) is believed to participate in the uptake, intracellular metabolism, and/or transport of long chain fatty acids within enterocytes. The 15.1-kDA rodent proteins is a member of a family of low Mr cytoplasmic proteins that have evolved to bind different ligands. We have now determined the nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding human I-FABP and defined the primary structure of its protein product. The human I-FABP gene spans 3382 nucleotides and contains 4 exons (103 or 128, 173, 108, and 312 base pairs). interrupted by 3 introns (1194, 1023, and 444 base pairs). The 132-residue rat and human I-FABPs have 82% amino acid sequence identity. Blot hybridization studies of RNAs prepared from a variety of adult rhesus monkey tissues as well as human intestine and liver indicate that I-FABP mRNA is confined to the intestine. I-FABP mRNA was not detectable in a number of cultured human enterocyte-like cell lines, suggesting it may be a sensitive marker for differentiated, villus-associated, small intestinal lining cells. Given the similar patterns of tissue-specific expression exhibited by the rat and human genes, we compared their 5' nontranscribed regions. Optimal alignments of the two sequences disclosed 64% identity among the 260 nucleotides immediately 5' to the start site of transcription. Matrix plots revealed a 14-nucleotide long repeated sequence (5'-TGAACTTTGAACTT-3') in the 5' nontranscribed region of both genes as well as in a comparable region of another family member that is expressed in enterocytes, cellular retinol binding protein II. The linkage relationships between I-FABP and the homologous liver FABP (L-FABP) gene were defined in mice and humans. The mouse genes were mapped using restriction fragment length polymorphisms and recombinant inbred strains. The I-FABP gene is located on mouse chromosome 3 between the amylase 1,2 (Amy 1,2) and alcohol dehydrogenase 3 (Adh-3) loci while the L-FABP gene is on mouse chromosome 6 within 3 centimorgans of the lymphocyte antigen-2 (Ly-2) locus. Mouse L-FABP may be identical to the major liver protein-1 (Lvp-1) which is encoded by a gene situated within a centimorgan of Ly-2. Human gene mapping studies were carried out using a panel of mouse-human somatic cell hybrid clones as well as in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sweetser
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Birkenmeier
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Klisak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zollman
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sparkes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohandas
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lusis
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005796:Genes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D013045:Species Specificity; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C493319:FABP1 protein, human; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C493320:Fabp1 protein, mouse; C493321:Fabp1 protein, rat; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes