title: Cloning of the bovine prion-like Shadoo (SPRN) gene by comparative analysis of the predicted genomic locus.
abstract: SPRN is a new prion-like gene coding for Sho, a protein with significant similarity to PrP. SPRN was initially described in zebrafish; however, the strong evolutionary conservation led to the hypothesis that SPRN might be the ancestral prion-like gene. We mapped SPRN in Bos taurus by comparative analysis of the locus and of the predicted flanking genes. BACs, spanning the whole SPRN genomic locus, were assigned to BTA26q23 by radiation hybrid mapping and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Sequencing of five genes flanking SPRN, namely, ECHS1, PAOX, MTG1, SPRN, and CYP2E1, high-resolution FISH on mechanically stretched chromosomes, and combed BAC DNA allowed us to establish their order and reciprocal orientation. The results confirmed that BTA26q23 corresponds to HSA10q24.3-26.3, which is the site where the human SPRN is located. The gene order in Bos taurus is the same as in man, cen-ECHS1-PAOX-MTG1-SPRN-CYP2E1-tel, but PAOX has a different orientation in the two species. SPRN has the typical two-exon PRNP arrangement, with the CDS fully contained within exon 2; furthermore, it codes for a 143-amino-acid protein with 74.8% identity and 84.7% similarity with the human PRNP. RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis showed that SPRN is expressed at high levels in brain and less in testis and lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Microbiology A. Buzzati-Traverso, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uboldi
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulis
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guidi
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: Giulia Pia Di
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Meo
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perucatti
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iannuzzi
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raimondi
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eggen
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferretti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 / Q000235:genetics; D004746:Enoyl-CoA Hydratase / Q000235:genetics; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005260:Female; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000235:genetics; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011328:Prions; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; C412017:acetylspermidine oxidase; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D004746:Enoyl-CoA Hydratase