title: Mouse spermine oxidase gene splice variants. Nuclear subcellular localization of a novel active isoform.
abstract: Spermine oxidase (SMO) is a flavoenzyme involved in polyamine homeostasis in animal cells. The mouse spermine oxidase gene (mSMO) codes for splice variants, including the previously reported major active isoform, herein named alfa (alpha). In the present work, eight additional gene splicing variants were characterized. The heterologous expression and biochemical characterization of three recombinant isoforms (namely mSMOmu, -gamma and -delta) revealed that only the recombinant protein mSMO micro displays biochemical characteristics similar to those of mSMOalpha; the other two recombinant proteins contained no detectable SMO activity. In order to investigate in greater detail, the SMO enzyme activity associated with their subcellular localization, mSMOalpha and -mu V5-tagged proteins were transiently and stably transfected in the murine neuroblastoma cell line, N18TG2. Very interestingly, the novel active mSMOmu isoform was found to be present in both nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments, thus providing the first evidence of SMO activity in the nucleus, while a cytoplasmic localization was confirmed for the mSMOalpha isoform. In addition, the relative transcription levels of the gene splicing variants were evaluated by RT-PCR analysis to verify a relationship with the SMO enzyme activity in various murine organs.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cervelli
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellini
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marcocci
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nocera
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Polticelli
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Federico
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amendola
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariottini
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics*; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase
chemical_list: D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing); D007527:Isoenzymes; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase