title: The human leukotriene A4 hydrolase gene is expressed in two alternatively spliced mRNA forms.
abstract: We identified a novel short (s-) mRNA of the human leukotriene-A4 (LTA4) hydrolase using sequential reverse transcriptase PCR mapping. The s-mRNA is generated by skipping an 83 bp exon located in the 3' coding region and suggests the expression of an LTA4 hydrolase isoform with a calculated molecular mass of 59 kDa and a distinct C-terminus. Both LTA4 hydrolase mRNAs are constitutively expressed in blood cells, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and tumour cells. The ratios of their mRNA expression levels are cell specific, with relatively high s-form mRNA expression in reticulocytes. Our data strongly suggest that the novel mRNA codes for the structurally related but distinct LTA4 hydrolase isoenzyme that has been postulated.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jendraschak
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kiefl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Schacky
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology; D017931:DNA Primers; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D005091:Exons; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009000:Monocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases; C043134:leukotriene A4 hydrolase