title: Multiple splice patterns of cyclic AMP response element-binding protein mRNA in the central nervous system of the rat.
abstract: The alternative splicing pattern of cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) in the central nervous system (CNS) of the rat has been investigated by an exon-flanking polymerase chain reaction (PCR) strategy. A series of RT-PCR studies with primer pairs flanking all possible alternative splicing sites (corresponding to a genomic region with at least one full exon and two flanking introns) has revealed multiple splice patterns in nine regions of the rat CNS. These include some novel transcripts that lack the phosphorylation site and a segment of the leucine zipper region which is crucial for dimerization and DNA binding. Some isoforms previously reported as testis-specific were also detected in the rat CNS. The findings from this study, which include differential splicing patterns among CNS regions, suggest a complex expression and functional regulation of CREB in the CNS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-455, Box 0464, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0464, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pietruck
authors.forename: G X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meuser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pierce Palmer
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D012333:RNA, Messenger