title: Tissue specific expression of the splice variants of the mouse vacuolar proton-translocating ATPase a4 subunit.
abstract: We have identified splicing variants of the mouse a4 subunit which have the same open reading frame but have a different 5'-noncoding sequence. Further determination of the 5'-upstream region of the a4 gene in mouse indicated the presence of two first exons (exon 1a and exon 1b) which include the 5'-noncoding sequence of each variant. The mRNAs of both splicing variants (a4-I and a4-II) show a similar expression pattern in mouse kidney by in situ hybridization. However, tissue and developmental expression patterns of the variants are different. In addition to strong expression in kidney, a4-I expression was detected in heart, lung, skeletal muscle, and testis, whereas a4-II is expressed in lung, liver, and testis. During development, a4-I was expressed beginning with the early embryonic stage, but a4-II mRNA was detected from day 17. These results suggest that each a4 variant has both a tissue and developmental stage specific function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Membrane Biology, ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawasaki-Nishi
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forgac
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases