title: Expression of preproendothelin-2 splice variant in cat.
abstract: Previous studies on human uterine and placental tissues have found variants, derived from alternatively spliced mRNAs, of preproendothelin-2 (PPET2) that lack a post-translational proteolytic site essential for normal processing. Here we report a splice variant of cat PPET2 mRNA expressed in the stomach. After cloning the full-length cDNA of cat PPET2, organ distribution analysis of the transcript by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed. In addition to the fragment with a size predicted based on the cDNA sequence obtained by cloning, an additional PCR fragment of smaller size was detected in stomach tissue. Subsequent cloning and sequence analysis of the smaller PCR product demonstrated that it derives from a splice variant with full-length deletion of a region corresponding to exon 4 of the PPET2 gene.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchide
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: Kyosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Temma
authors.forename: Takushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuu
authors.forename: Ushio
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Kaname
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saida
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002415:Cats / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D016232:Endothelins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016232:Endothelins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C099648:preproendothelin 2