title: Isoforms of mi transcription factor preferentially expressed in cultured mast cells of mice.
abstract: MITF is a basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factor, which is important for normal phenotypic expression of mast cells. Three isoforms of MITF have been known in mice, MITF-A, -H, and -M. Since cultured mast cells (CMCs) are useful for studying the function of MITF, we examined isoforms of MITF expressed in CMCs using 5'-RACE, and found a new isoform of MITF, MITF-E. We assessed the relative mRNA amount of various MITF isoforms with reverse transcription-PCR. When the mRNA amount of MITF-E was used as a standard, that of MITF-M was approximately 10%, that of MITF-H was approximately 1%, and that of MITF-A was approximately 0.1%. Although MITF-E was the preferential isoform in CMCs, peritoneal mast cells expressed only MITF-M. The expression profile of MITF isoforms appeared to be influenced by the developing process of mast cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology (Room C2), Osaka University Medical School, Yamada-oka 2-2, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oboki
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morii
authors.forename: Tatsuki R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jippo
authors.forename: Yukihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D051739:Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051739:Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor; C497235:Mitf protein, mouse; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors