title: Cloning and expression study of the mouse tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit NaT/Scn11a.
abstract: We have cloned a tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit from a mouse cDNA library and designated it as NaT. It encodes 1765 amino acid residues and is virtually identical to that of Scn11a, which has been reported recently, except for 40 nt and 14 aa substitutions. The amino acid identity of NaT/Scn11a with rat NaN/SNS2 is 88%. NaT/Scn11a was mapped to mouse chromosome 9F3-F4 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). While rat NaN/SNS2 has been reported to be expressed specifically in the peripheral sensory neurons, NaT/Scn11a is expressed not only in the peripheral sensory neurons but also in the spinal cord, uterus, testis, ovary, placenta, and small intestine. NaT is detectable in mouse embryos 15 days postcoitus (p.c.), around the phase of organogenesis and gonadal differentiation. These findings demonstrate a unique distribution of NaT/Scn11a and suggest some of its roles in the above-mentioned processes.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015723:Gene Library; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015222:Sodium Channels; D013779:Tetrodotoxin