title: Differential expression of ATPAF1 and ATPAF2 genes encoding F(1)-ATPase assembly proteins in mouse tissues.
abstract: Atp11p (Atpaf1p; F(1)-ATPase assembly factor 1) and Atp12p (Atpaf2p; F(1)-ATPase assembly factor 2) are proteins required for the assembly of beta (F(1)-beta) and alpha (F(1)-alpha) subunits into the mitochondrial ATPase. Here we report about 100 times lower levels of ATPAF1 and ATPAF2 transcripts in relation to the mRNA levels of F(1)-alpha and F(1)-beta in a range of mouse tissues. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction revealed nearly constant ATPAF1 expression in all tissues in both adult and 5-day-old mice (up to two-fold differences), indicating that ATPAF1 rather behaves like a maintenance gene. In contrast, ATPAF2 expression differed up to 30-fold in the tissues analysed. ATPAF2 tissue-specific expression was also found to correlate well with mRNA levels of both F(1)-alpha and F(1)-beta (BATz.Gt;kidney, liver>heart, brain>skeletal muscle), showing the highest mRNA level in the thermogenic, ATPase-poor brown adipose tissue, which is characterised by a 10-fold decrease in ATPase/respiratory chain stoichiometry relative to the other tissues.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology and Centre for Integrated Genomics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 4 - Krc, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picková
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petruzzella
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Houstek
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C478381:Atpaf1 protein, mouse; C478382:Atpaf2 protein, mouse; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases