title: Gerbils of a seizure-sensitive strain have a mitochondrial inner membrane protein with different isoelectric points from those of a seizure-resistant strain.
abstract: The distribution of proteins in the cerebral cortex of a seizure-sensitive (SS) strain of gerbil and its seizure-resistant (SR) counterpart was profiled using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. A series of proteins of similar molecular weight (around 83 kDa) showed small but consistent differences in their isoelectric point (pI) with indistinguishable profiles of distribution between the two strains. Amino acid sequences of peptides produced by limited proteolysis of each protein in the spots from the strains were identical or highly homologous to those of mitofilin, a mitochondrial inner membrane protein (IMMT) in humans. Analysis of cDNA sequences revealed the proteins of these spots to be gerbil mitofilin-like proteins (gIMMT), with a few base substitutions between SS and SR strains, in particular within a region near a putative transmembrane domain that is highly conserved in humans and gerbils. The amino acid at the site was acidic, Glu in humans and Asp in the strain SR of gerbil and a neutral, Asn in strain SS. In addition to these base substitutions, production of multiple species of mRNA for gIMMT by alternative splicing was observed.
authors.affiliation: Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan. omori@libra.ls.m-kagaku.co.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: Kumiko W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Shimotohno
authors.forename: Yoshiya L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Murashima
authors.forename: Kunitada
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimotohno
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seto-Ohshima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000737:chemistry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012640:Seizures / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger