title: Characterization of the insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor messenger in two teleost species.
abstract: The insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor (IGF-1R) is a tyrosine kinase which plays essential role in the regulation of growth and development. In this study, we have cloned cDNAs encoding the tyrosine kinase domain of the IGF-1R from two species of fish. The turbot and trout nucleotide sequences share 82% identity. Moreover, the deduced polypeptides are also highly conserved (> 90% identity) compared with the IGF-1R sequences described in other vertebrates, particularly within domains involved in the catalytic activity and in the transduction pathway. Northern blot analyses have revealed a unique 13-kb mRNA transcript. Using an RT-PCR approach, we have also shown that the polyadenylation status seems to vary according to the developmental stage in turbot: polyadenylated in oocytes and in the first larval stages, the mRNA becomes undetectable in the polyadenylated fraction in later stages or in adult somatic tissues. These results suggest that IGF-1R mRNA undergoes complex post-transcriptional regulation.
authors.affiliation: Unité 256 CNRS/Université de Rennes 1, Biologie Cellulaire et Reproduction, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elies
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Groigno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boeuf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boujard
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000235:genetics*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1