title: Molecular cloning of two bovine aquaporin-4 cDNA isoforms and their expression in brain endothelial cells.
abstract: Two cDNA isoforms of bovine aquaporin-4 (bAQP4-A and bAQP4-B) were newly isolated. Sequence analysis of both cDNAs revealed open reading frames of 972 (bAQP4-A) and 906 nucleotides (bAQP4-B) with deduced proteins of 323 (bAQP4-A) and 301 amino acid residues (bAQP4-B). Partial 5'-genomic sequence analysis showed that the 5'-noncoding sequences specific to bAQP4-A and -B transcripts were contained in distinct exons, exon 0 for bAQP4-A and new exon X for bAQP4-B. RNase protection assay demonstrated the definite expression of both isoforms in bovine brain. The deduced amino acid sequence of bAQP4-A was highly homologous to the human (97%), rat (95%), and mouse (93%) AQP4. Reverse transcription-PCR detected the expression of AQP4 mRNAs in bovine brain endothelial cells as well as in a variety of bovine organs such as brain, lung, spleen, and kidney. Northern blot analysis indicated that a 6.0 kb message is predominantly expressed in bovine brain and lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan. kazsobue@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sobue
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Katsuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051401:Aquaporin 4; D020346:Aquaporins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: C496030:AQP4 protein, human; D051401:Aquaporin 4; D020346:Aquaporins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger