title: Molecular cloning of the murine homologue of CD63/ME491 and detection of its strong expression in the kidney and activated macrophages.
abstract: The mouse homologue of CD63/ME491 (Mu-CD63) was molecularly cloned and analyzed. Mu-CD63 exhibited a strikingly high similarity to CD63/ME491 and the rat homologue. Northern blot analysis revealed that Mu-CD63 mRNA was expressed strongly in the kidney of adult mice, especially in the glomerulus fraction, implying the possibility that Mu-CD63 plays an important role in maintaining normal renal function. Activated macrophages and splenocytes exhibited strong expression of Mu-CD63 mRNA, whereas cultured thymocytes barely expressed the mRNA irrespective of cell activation. Taken together, the present results suggest that Mu-CD63 expression is associated with differentiation and/or development of certain cell types, but not necessarily with cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D007668:Kidney / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D060149:Tetraspanin 30
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C554587:Cd63 protein, mouse; C554588:Cd63 protein, rat; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D060149:Tetraspanin 30