title: Expression of coiled-coil protein 1, a novel gene downstream of FGF2, in the developing brain.
abstract: Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) plays an important role in cortical development. However, the genes downstream of FGF2 that mediate its effect are largely unknown. We have performed a microarray screening of genes regulated by FGF2 using primary cortical neuron culture derived from embryonic day 14.5 (E14.5) mouse forebrains. In this study, we have analysed a previously uncharacterised gene encoding a 180-amino acid protein, hereby named 'coiled-coil protein 1 (ccp1)', that showed a modest up-regulation upon FGF2 stimulation. Northern blots and RT-PCR showed specific expression of ccp1 in multiple tissues including adult and embryonic brains. In situ hybridizations revealed that ccp1 was expressed in the cortical plate between Reelin and Tbr1-positive layers in the dorsal cortex at E15.5. Furthermore, the expression pattern of ccp1 at E13.5-E14.5 reflected some of the aspects of tangential migration of cortical progenitors during the early phase. We observed that the expressed ccp1 protein was localised to endo/lysosomal compartment in the cell body as well as to vesicles present in the processes of primary cortical neurons and oligodendrocyte cell line.
authors.affiliation: Beatson Laboratories for Cancer Research, Division of Cancer Sciences and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pellicano
authors.forename: Suzanne L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Inglis-Broadgate
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pante
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ansorge
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D005091:Exons; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007438:Introns; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D040081:Protein Array Analysis; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D000091042:Reelin Protein; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C509982:Ccdc115 protein, mouse; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000091042:Reelin Protein; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; C000717127:RELN protein, human; C000717128:Reln protein, mouse