title: Accumulation of an intron-retained mRNA for granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor receptor common beta chain in neutrophils of myelodysplastic syndromes.
abstract: We recently identified a reduction in the neutrophil surface expression of common beta chain (beta c) of the receptor for granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in the patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). To determine the etiology of the impaired beta c expression, beta c mRNA from neutrophilic granulocytes of MDS patients and healthy controls was analyzed by a combination of direct reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction-based single-strand conformational polymorphism and sequencing. Nine different beta c transcripts were detected, but none was specific for MDS. However, one of the transcripts (beta c79) containing a 79-base intron insertion between exons V and VI was significantly increased in MDS. This 27-kd isoform consisted of the beta c N-terminal 182 amino acids followed by a new 84-amino-acid sequence. beta c79 was overexpressed in all MDS subtypes. No genomic mutations were detected within the intron or at the intron/exon boundaries. The isoform is predominantly located in the cytoplasm by Western blot analysis and was unable to generate high-affinity binding sites or transduce a signal for proliferation when coexpressed with the receptor for human GM-CSF alpha chain. Our study suggests that the accumulation of the abnormal beta c transcripts with intron V retention results in the reduction in cell-surface expression of beta c observed in MDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. yayois@fmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yayoi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shikama
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shichishima
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Jubinsky
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sieff
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016187:Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016187:Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor