title: Oncofetal splice-pattern of the human H19 gene.
abstract: H19 is an imprinted gene that demonstrates maternal monoallelic expression in fetal tissues and in some cancers, and very likely does not code for a protein. H19 is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, embryonic growth, and differentiation through upstream and downstream cis elements that influence the expression of IGF2, a closely physically linked gene, and also through its RNA involved in metastasis and angiogenic processes. We report the identification of an alternatively spliced variant of H19 RNA that lacks part of exon 1. This variant was detected in human embryonic and placental tissues, but not in bladder or hepatocellular carcinomas. A very low level of this variant was also detected in colon carcinoma. The observed pattern of expression suggests that this splice variant is a developmentally regulated H19 gene transcript.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Biological Chemistry, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Imad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matouk
authors.forename: Basim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ayesh
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayesh
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ohana
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de-Groot
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hochberg
authors.forename: Eithan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galun
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000235:genetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C094335:H19 long non-coding RNA; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated