title: Nucleotide sequence and differential expression of the human 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase gene.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of Hs 3-PGDH gene, encoding human 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase that catalyzes the initiating step in the phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis, has been determined. The 3-PGDH gene has a predicted 533 amino acid open reading frame, encoding a 56.8kDa protein that shares 94.0% similarity with rat-liver 3-PGDH. Two different transcripts corresponding to 3-PGDH mRNA were detected in human normal tissues. A dominant 2.1kb transcript was expressed at high levels in prostate, testis, ovary, brain, liver, kidney, and pancreas, and weakly expressed in thymus, colon, and heart. A 710bp transcript also appeared as a weaker band where the 2.1kb mRNA was expressed, and it was more significant than the 2.1kb mRNA in heart and skeletal muscle. The TPA-induced monocytic differentiation of U937, which also resulted in growth arrest, abruptly downregulated the expression of 3-PGDH. Removal of TPA restored cell growth through the retrodifferentiation process and subsequent expression of 3-PGDH. The 3-PGDH mRNA was markedly expressed in human leukemias, lymphoma Sup-T1, colon adenocarcinoma COLO 320DM, epitheloid carcinoma HeLa S3, and murine lymphoma BW5147.G.1.4, but not in human leukemia K562. This report demonstrates that the human 3-PGDH gene is regulated at the transcriptional level depending on tissue specificty and cellular proliferative status, and its transcriptional regulation mechanism may be a useful target for diagnosis and therapy of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D020014:K562 Cells; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050543:Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D020298:U937 Cells
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases; D050543:Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase