title: RTVP-1, a novel human gene with sequence similarity to genes of diverse species, is expressed in tumor cell lines of glial but not neuronal origin.
abstract: A novel gene, RTVP-1, which shows significant sequence identity to the mammalian testis-specific proteins, a family of plant pathogenesis-related proteins and the vespid venom allergen, antigen-5, has been isolated from a cDNA library of the human glioblastoma brain tumor cell line, U-251 MG. The highest degree of sequence identity was with the human testis-specific protein, TPX1 (38.7% over 119 amino acids). Northern hybridization analysis revealed that in fetal tissue RTVP-1 RNA was detected only in the kidney, but its expression was ubiquitous in adult tissues including brain. Multiple mRNAs encoded by RTVP-1 were highly expressed in a panel of cell lines from nervous system tumors arising from glia, although expression was low or absent in nonglial-derived nervous system tumor cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Preuss Laboratory for Molecular Neuro-oncology, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco 94143-0520, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Furman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Israel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D015870:Gene Expression; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C094538:GLIPR1 protein, human; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA