title: Promoter, alternative splice forms, and genomic structure of protocadherin 15.
abstract: We originally showed that the protocadherin 15 gene (Pcdh15) is necessary for hearing and balance functions; mutations in Pcdh15 affect hair cell development in Ames waltzer (av) mice. Here we extend that study to understand better how Pcdh15 operates in a cell. The original report identified 33 exons in Pcdh15, with exon 1 being noncoding; additional exons of Pcdh15 have since been reported. The 33 exons of Pcdh15 described originally are embedded in 409 kb of mouse genomic sequence, while the corresponding exons of human PCDH15 are spread over 980 kb of genomic DNA; the exons in Pcdh15/PCDH15 range in size from 9 to approximately 2000 bp. The genomic organization of Pcdh15/PCDH15 bears similarity to that of cadherin 23, but differs significantly from other protocadherin genes, such as Pcdhalpha, beta, or gamma. A CpG island is located approximately 2900 bp upstream of the PCDH15 transcriptional start site. The Pcdh15/PCDH15 promoter lacks TATAA or CAAT sequences within 100 bases upstream of the transcription start site; deletion mapping showed that Pcdh15 harbors suppressor and enhancer elements. Preliminary searches for alternatively spliced transcripts of Pcdh15 identified novel splice variants not reported previously. Results from our study show that both mouse and human protocadherin 15 genes have complex genomic structures and transcription control mechanisms.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. kna3@case.edu
authors: Kumar N
authors: KN
authors: Alagramam
authors: Nathaniel D
authors: ND
authors: Miller
authors: Nithin D
authors: ND
authors: Adappa
authors: Darrell R
authors: DR
authors: Pitts
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Heaphy
authors: Huijun
authors: H
authors: Yuan
authors: Richard J
authors: RJ
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D041721:3T3-L1 Cells; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000070585:Cadherin Related Proteins; D015820:Cadherins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018899:CpG Islands; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: C498835:CDHR15, human; D000070585:Cadherin Related Proteins; D015820:Cadherins; D020033:Protein Isoforms
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