title: A novel beta 1 integrin isoform produced by alternative splicing: unique expression in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
abstract: The mRNA's of several integrin subunits are alternatively spliced in the region encoding cytoplasmic domains, that may potentially provide alternative integrin-cytoskeleton interactions and transmembrane signaling pathways. We identified a novel cytoplasmic tail variant of the human beta 1 subunit by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. This fourth beta 1 variant, named beta 1D, is specific for skeletal and cardiac muscle. The determined genomic organization of the 3'-region of the human beta 1 gene reveals that beta 1D is produced by alternative splicing of mRNA. In addition, we show that the expression of beta 1D is developmentally regulated during murine myoblast differentiation, suggesting a role for beta 1D in myogenesis.
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Division of Cell Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Flier
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kuikman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baudoin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Neut
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonnenberg
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D019012:Integrin beta1; D016023:Integrins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D019012:Integrin beta1; D016023:Integrins; D012333:RNA, Messenger