title: Identification of an alternate delta-globin mRNA in adult human erythroid cells.
abstract: Here we describe the identification and characterization of an alternate delta-globin mRNA (Alt-d) discovered during high-throughput sequencing of mRNA from adult human erythroid cells. Alt-d mRNA shares the same coding region, splicing pattern, downstream untranslated region, and site of polyadenylation with the previously defined delta-globin (Delta) mRNA. Alt-d mRNA encodes an additional 145 nt in the upstream untranslated region, suggesting an alternative site of transcriptional initiation and transcription through the previously defined promoter, which contains several protein-binding motifs and a TATA box. Northern blot and PCR analyses demonstrated a restricted expression of Alt-d in fetal liver, bone marrow, and adult reticulocytes. Quantitative PCR demonstrated an Alt-d expression pattern similar to that of the Delta transcripts. In addition to intergenic RNA species and the dominant delta-globin transcripts, these data suggest that a third form of RNA is produced from low-level transcription through the delta-globin gene promoter.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Sung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Kaedrea A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terry Lee
authors.forename: Jeffery L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D041905:Erythroid Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012326:RNA Splicing / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D005914:Globins