title: Genomic structure of mouse SPI-C and genomic structure and expression pattern of human SPI-C.
abstract: Erythroblast transformation-specific domain (ETS) transcription factors regulate some of the critical molecular mechanisms controlling the differentiation of multipotent haematopoietic progenitor cells into effector B-lymphocytes. The SPI-group ETS-protein transcription factors PU.1 and SPI-B play essential and, although coexpressed and binding to similar DNA sequences, unique roles in B-cell differentiation in mice. Mouse SPI-C is an SPI-group ETS protein expressed temporarily during B-cell development and in macrophages. Here we present the genomic organization of the mouse SPI-C gene, and show by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (5'-RACE) analysis that transcription of the mouse SPI-C mRNA starts at a single site producing a single processed transcript. We have also isolated a cDNA clone encoding the human SPI-C homologue, which displays 65% amino acid identity to the murine protein. In addition, we show that the genomic structure of the human and mouse genes are similar, containing a 5' non-coding exon followed by five coding exons. Human SPI-C mRNA is preferentially detected in foetal and adult spleen, lymph nodes and at lower levels in bone marrow and foetal liver. Finally a phylogenetic prediction analysis of SPI-group protein sequences suggest that the SPI-C proteins form a distinct subgroup, with human SPI-C being closest related to the mouse SPI-C protein.
authors.affiliation: Section for Immunology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, BMC I:13, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden. robert.carlsson@immuno.lu.se
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carlsson
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hjalmarsson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liberg
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leanderson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D020014:K562 Cells; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C486039:SPIC protein, human; C423918:Spic protein, mouse