title: Correlation between the expression of the histone H4 mRNA variant H4-v.1 and the levels of histone H4-(86-100) and H4-(89-102) (OGP) in various rat tissues and alveolar macrophages.
abstract: We studied the expression of the osteogenic and antinociceptive C-terminal histone H4-related peptide fragments, H4-(89-102) (OGP) and H4-(86-100), respectively, within various rat tissues and isolated alveolar macrophages (AM) by radioimmunoassay (RIA). OGP was located mainly within the bone marrow, spleen, thymus, and lungs whereas H4-(86-100) was more concentrated within the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spinal cord, pituitaries and thymus. The expression pattern of the two peptides showed similarities with the tissue expression pattern of the histone H4 mRNA variant H4-v.1. In rat AM, OGP and H4-(86-100) levels were significantly stimulated (2.6- and 1.9-fold, respectively) by LPS (1 microg/ml), along with H4-v.1 mRNA (4.1-fold), but not whole histone H4 (1.1-fold) nor total histone H4 mRNA (1.1-fold). The results suggest that H4-v.1 mRNA may play a role in the synthesis of the naturally occurring peptides H4-(86-100) and OGP via the alternative translation product H4-(84-102), but not whole histone H4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1H-8M5.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Natacha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leduc
authors.forename: Hoang-Thanh
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemaire
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger