title: Structure, mRNA expression and linkage mapping of the brain-type fatty acid-binding protein gene (FABP7) from zebrafish (Danio rerio).
abstract: The brain fatty acid-binding protein (B-FABP) is involved in brain development and adult neurogenesis. We have determined the sequence of the gene encoding the B-FABP in zebrafish. The zebrafish B-FABP gene spans 2370 bp and contains four exons interrupted by three introns. The coding sequence of zebrafish B-FABP gene is identical to its cDNA sequence and the coding capacity of each exon is the same as that for the human and mouse B-FABP genes. A 1249 bp sequence 5' upstream of exon 1 of the zebrafish B-FABP gene was cloned and sequenced. Several brain development/growth-associated transcription factor binding elements, including POU-domain binding elements and the proposed lipogenic-associated transcription factor NF-Y elements, were found within the 5' region of the B-FABP gene. RT-PCR analysis using mRNA extracted from different tissues of adult zebrafish demonstrated that the zebrafish B-FABP mRNA was predominant in brain with lower levels in liver, testis and intestine, but not in ovary, skin, heart, kidney and muscle. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed a similar tissue-specific distribution for zebrafish B-FABP mRNA except that very low levels of B-FABP mRNA, normalized to beta-actin mRNA, were detected in the heart and muscle RNA, but not in liver RNA. Zebrafish B-FABP mRNA was detected by RT-PCR in embryos beyond 12 h postfertilization, suggesting a correlation of zebrafish B-FABP mRNA expression with early brain development. Radiation hybrid mapping assigned the zebrafish B-FABP gene to linkage group 17. Conserved syntenies of the zebrafish B-FABP gene and the human and mouse orthologous B-FABP genes were observed by comparative genomic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Rong-Zong
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Eileen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Denovan-Wright
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D000074026:Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D021101:Radiation Hybrid Mapping; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; C493408:FABP3 protein, human; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C082667:Fabp5 protein, mouse; C086936:Fabp7 protein, mouse; D000074026:Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C490175:fabp7a protein, zebrafish