title: Structure, chromosomal localization and expression of mouse genes encoding type III Reg, RegIII alpha, RegIII beta, RegIII gamma.
abstract: Reg (regenerating gene), first isolated from a rat regenerating islet cDNA library, is expressed in regenerating islet beta-cells. Recently, it has been revealed that Reg and Reg-related genes constitute a multigene family, Reg family, which consists of three subtypes (type I, II, III) based on the primary structures of the encoded proteins of the genes. In mouse, type I and type II Reg genes (i.e. RegI and RegII gene) have so far been isolated. In the present study, the complete nucleotide (nt) sequences of the cDNAs and genes encoding murine type III Reg (regenerating gene product), RegIII alpha, RegIII beta and RegIII gamma were determined. RegIII alpha, RegIII beta and RegIII gamma encode 175-, 175- and 174-amino acid (aa) proteins, respectively, with 60-70% homology. All three genes are composed of six exons and five introns spanning approx. 3 kb, and exhibit distinctive structural features unique for members of the Reg gene family. All the mouse Reg genes, RegIII alpha, RegIII beta, RegIII gamma, RegI and RegII, are assigned to the adjacent site of chromosome 6C by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). RegIII alpha, RegIII beta and RegIII gamma were expressed weakly in pancreas, strongly in intestinal tract, but not in hyperplastic islets, whereas both RegI and RegII were expressed in hyperplastic islets. These results suggest that genes of the mouse Reg family are derived from a common ancestor gene by several gene duplications, and have obtained divergency in expression and function in the process of genetic evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Narushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yonekura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D001483:Base Sequence; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D000073718:Pancreatitis-Associated Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000073718:Pancreatitis-Associated Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C000612143:Reg3a protein, mouse; C490255:Reg3g protein, mouse; C088549:RegIII protein, mouse