title: Cloning of cDNA and expression of the gene encoding rat presenilin-2.
abstract: We have cloned the rat homologue of the presenilin-2 (PS-2) cDNA. PS-2 is responsible for chromosome 1-linked familial Alzheimer's disease. Sequence analysis predicted that the rat PS-2 encodes a 448 amino acid (aa) protein, and there was a very high degree of amino acid identity between rat and human PS-2 (95%). All the mutated codons in PS-2 and PS-1 in chromosome 1- or 14-linked familial Alzheimer's disease patients were conserved in rat PS-2. The expression of PS-2 was weaker than that of PS-1. The alternatively spliced short form of PS-2 mRNA, which was detected in human tissues was not detected in various rat tissues. During brain development, the expression level of both PS-2 and PS-1 increased but decreased in the adult. No remarkable change was observed in neural differentiation of PC12 cells.
authors.affiliation: Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mercken
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakazato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imahori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takashima
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016716:PC12 Cells; D053766:Presenilin-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; C508861:PSEN2 protein, human; D053766:Presenilin-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger