title: Striatum- and testis-specific phosphodiesterase PDE10A isolation and characterization of a rat PDE10A.
abstract: PDE10A, a phosphodiesterase (PDE) exhibiting properties of a cAMP PDE and a cAMP-inhibited cGMP PDE, was cloned and investigated in detail in rats. PDE10A transcripts were abundant in the brain and testis. In situ hybridization analysis using a PDE10A riboprobe demonstrated the presence of PDE10A transcripts in the neurons of the striatum and the olfactory tubercle regions of the brain. Rat PDE10A cDNAs were isolated from a brain cDNA library and nucleotide sequence analysis revealed several N-terminal variants. The deduced amino-acid sequence of one of the major variant forms contained 794 amino acids, and it was 96% identical to that of the human PDE10A2. The other major form has a distinct N-terminal sequence that is not found in humans. PDE10A was partially purified from rat striatum and testis, and characterized with respect to Km, inhibitor sensitivity and immunoreactivity to an anti-PDE10A serum. These findings indicate that PDE10A functions in these tissues.
authors.affiliation: Discovery Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd. Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujishige
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kotera
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C119843:PDE10A protein, human; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases