title: Molecular cloning and characterization of alternatively spliced mRNA isoforms from psoriatic skin encoding a novel member of the S100 family.
abstract: In an effort to identify psoriasis-associated genes, we compared gene expression in normal and psoriatic skin, using differential display RT-PCR technique. Sequence analysis of a 650-bp cDNA fragment (clone 110) that was highly up-regulated in lesional skin revealed homology to a noncoding cDNA (NICE-2). By subsequent cDNA cloning, using RNA from psoriatic skin, we have identified two alternatively spliced mRNA-isoforms (0.5 and 4.4 kb), which differ in composition of their untranslated regions. By sequence comparison, we have mapped the novel gene, named S100A15, to the S100 gene cluster within the epidermal differentiation complex (chromosome 1q21). Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed a protein of 101 amino acids containing two potential EF-hand motifs with high homology to the S100A7. Northern blot hybridization and semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis confirmed the S100A15 overexpression in psoriasis, showing different levels of expression of the S100A15 mRNA isoforms. In situ hybridization of the S100A15 revealed a markedly increased staining of basal and suprabasal epidermal layers of psoriatic skin compared with healthy tissue. Our data suggest an involvement of the novel S100A15 in epidermal differentiation and inflammation and might therefore be important for the pathogenesis of psoriasis and other diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Ronald.Wolf@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirmohammadsadegh
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walz
authors.forename: Barbora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lysa
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tartler
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Remus
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hengge
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D040461:Gene Components; D006801:Humans; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D000075023:S100 Calcium Binding Protein A7; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000075023:S100 Calcium Binding Protein A7; D009418:S100 Proteins; C510475:S100A7A protein, human