title: The major astrocytic phosphoprotein PEA-15 is encoded by two mRNAs conserved on their full length in mouse and human.
abstract: Specific phosphoproteins are targets of numerous extracellular signals received by astrocytes. One such target, which we previously described, is PEA-15, a protein kinase C substrate associated with microtubules. Two cDNAs differing in the length of their 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) were cloned from a mouse astrocytic library. Accordingly, Northern blots revealed two transcripts (1.7 and 2.5 kilobase pairs) abundant brain regions but also found in peripheral tissues. PEA-15-deduced protein sequence (130 amino acids) shared no similarity with known proteins but is 96% identical to its human counterpart. In addition, several regions of the 3'UTR share more than 90% identity between mouse and human. Different potential regulatory sequences are found in the 3'UTR, which also completely includes the proto-oncogene MAT1. The high level of conservation of both the coding and the untranslated regions and the differential tissular distribution of the two transcripts of this major brain phosphoprotein suggest that not only the protein but also the 3'UTR of PEA-15 mRNA play a role in astrocytic functions.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U114 and Chaire de Neuropharmacologie du Collège de France, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estellés
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nothias
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glowinski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vernier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chneiweiss
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003342:Corpus Striatum; D017931:DNA Primers; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; C092039:PEA15 protein, human; C490444:Pea15 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins