title: [Spliced oct-1 gene mRNA isoforms with untranslated exons and a deletion in the region coding for the POU-specific domain].
abstract: Transcription factor Oct-1 is involved in expression regulation of housekeeping genes, in lymphocyte differentiation, and in the immune response. Tissue-specific oct-1 mRNA isoforms are known to be expressed in lymphoid cells. Four new mouse isoforms were identified. Of these, two were tissue-specific (oct-1R alpha and oct-1R beta) and contained exon 1L. The oct-1R alpha was shown to contain an additional fragment, which corresponds to an exon located in the 3'-region of mouse otf-1. No homolog was found in human OTF-1. The oct-1R alpha isoform proved to lack an exon coding for a fragment of the POU domain. This deletion results in a loss of the first helix of the domain, and the mutant protein is devoid of affinity for octamer ATGCAAAT. Two other mRNA isoforms, oct-1d and oct-1e, were shown to contain untranslated regions between exons 1U and 2. The regions correspond to exons 1i and 2i located between exons 1U and 1L in the 5'-region of the mouse oct-1 gene. Human OTF-1 was not found to contain exon 1i. On evidence of these and published data, it was assumed that a set of oct-1 isoforms is present in the cell, reflecting the complexity of expression regulation of oct-1 and the multiplicity of its functions.
authors.affiliation: Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Deev
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Zhenilo
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Polianovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D009928:Organ Specificity; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; C497693:Hcfc1 protein, mouse; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; C494165:POU2F1 protein, human; C494166:Pou2f1 protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors