title: Mouse pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP): gene, expression and novel splicing.
abstract: PACAP is a conserved neuropeptide present in all vertebrates. In the mouse, the PACAP gene and various mRNAs have been isolated. To further characterize the mouse PACAP gene (Adcyap1), we have confirmed its sequence, identified its chromosomal location on distal chromosome 17 and used RT-PCR and 5'RACE in various tissues to identify eight PACAP mRNAs, four of which are novel. Three of these novel transcripts have alternate 5'UTRs, whereas the fourth is altered within the coding region. This is the first report of alternate splicing within the coding region of the PACAP gene. The expression pattern of PACAP in the mouse during embryonic development and adulthood is known. Here, expression of PACAP in the mouse at four postnatal stages in 12 tissues is assessed. We identify continuous expression of PACAP in the brain and eye and stage-specific expression in the gonads and thymus. The complex splicing of PACAP transcripts may regulate the tissue-and stage-specific expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Victoria, BC, V8W2Y2, Victoria, Canada
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Collan J T
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kozak
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Sherwood
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005796:Genes; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009115:Muridae / Q000235:genetics; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; C495402:Adcyap1 protein, mouse; D009479:Neuropeptides; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D012333:RNA, Messenger