人的孤儿核感受器官Nurr1 基因的新颖的接合的变形
徐・砰地作声伊вi□A2O3e 和LE 韦东2A5O4I2A. " 主题词: 接合的站点.. exon5 .. Nurr1 基因 神经学的部门, 孙逸仙大学第一附属的医院, 广州510080, 中国(徐PY)
健康和科学中心, 上海学院为生物科学, Ruijin 医院, 上海200025, 中国(Le WD)
书信对: Le 韦东, M 。D., 房间1209 年, 科学和教育大厦, 生物医学学院, Ruijin 医院, 上海第2 所医疗大学, 197 Ruijin 第二路, 上海200025, 中国(电话: 86-21-64677503 。 电传: 86-21-64670637 。 电子邮件: wdle@sibs 。ac 。cn)
这项研究由一个津贴支持了从中国国家科学基金会(第 30370509), 中国国外学者基础(第 2003-406), 100 天分项目, 由中国科学院主办(第 2002298), 并且由研究经费从健康和科学集中, 上海学院为生物科学(第 J0041-1402) 。
背景Nurr1 superfamily 是核感受器官的成员副本因素。 本研究的宗旨将辨认基因的小说接合的变形在神经细胞和非神经细胞的组织和确定他们的作用。
方法反向副本聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR) 分析使用筛选为Nurr1 接合变形在成人人的中央神经系统(CNS) 并且在其它组织譬如淋巴细胞, 并且肝脏, 肌肉, 并且肾脏细胞。 变形的功能分析用试样由测量执行了Nurr1 反应元素(NuRE) transcriptional 活动在试管内。
结果在这中研究, 作者辨认了Nurr1 一个新颖的接合的变形在exon 5
之内, 发现在多个成人人的组织, 包括淋巴细胞, 并且肝脏, 肌肉, 并且肾脏细胞, 但不是在脑子或脊髓。 程序化分析显示变形有一个75 bp 删除在核苷酸之间1402 年和1476 年。 Nurr1-c 接合的变形的一个功能分析用试样, 由测量执行NuRE transcriptional 活动在试管内, 查出了luciferase (LUC) 活动一个39% 底层(P<0.05) 。
Nurr1 结论A 新颖的接合的变形存在在人的非神经细胞的组织并且功能分析用试样建议变形也许作为一个供选择副本管理者。
下巴Med J 2004 年; 117(6):899-902
孤儿核感受器官, Nurr1, 是类固醇的成员甲状腺激素核感受器官superfamily 。 基因被映射了对染色体2q22-23, 并且包含八exons 和七introns, 以9.822 的总大小kb 。.4U1.3Y 它被展示, Nurr1 是不仅根本的为腹mesencephalic 多巴胺能的(DAergic) 前体神经元的最后的分化入成熟DAergic 表现型, 但并且要求为成熟DAergic 神经元的正常作用。.4U2,3.3Y 几项研究建议, Nurr1 基因也许被介入在Parkinson..s 疾病, 精神分裂症, 并且躁郁病的混乱。.4U4,5.3Y 迄今, Nurr1 几个变形以可变长度N 终端和C 终端领域与人和老鼠胎儿脑组织和淋巴细胞被隔绝了。 多数这些接合Nurr1 变形是在exon 7 之内。.4U6,7.3Y
方法 总核糖核酸与成人人的周边血液淋巴细胞和死后的脑子和脊髓组织被隔绝了使用simian 病毒(SV) 总核糖核酸隔离系统(Promega, 麦迪逊, 美国) 。 总核糖核酸从成人人的肾脏, 肝脏, 并且骨骼肌并且被获得了从Stratagene (La Jolla, 玻利维亚) 。 DNA 由核糖核酸被做了使用SensicriptTM RT 成套工具(巴伦西亚, 西班牙) 。 底漆和条件被使用为聚合酶链式反应(PCR) 被显示在表里。 .4A 肌动蛋白基因片段(545 bp) 被使用了作为内部控制。 程序化底漆被设计了这样, 重叠的序列数据能被使用为比较和对准线。 PCR 产品被切除了从胶凝体, 净化, 并且程序化在两个方向。 分析为Nurr1 DNA 序列相似性pairwise 被执行了使用一个序列对准线系统。 Nurr1 genomic 序列(增加没有。 NM__006186) 被使用了为结构对准线对Nurr1-c genomic 序列, Nurr1 接合的变形。 Nurr1-c DNA 被克隆了入表示传染媒介的not1 站点pCMX
。 一对底漆(向前: 5..-AACTGCACTTCGGAGAGTTG; 相反: CTGCTGCAT-GCAAGTTTTGTTTAG) 被设定放大Nurr1 和Nurr1-c DNA 使用Taqplus 长途PCR 系统(Stratagene) 。 PCR 产品与传染媒介被净化了和连接了pCMX 在3..-T
突出物增加了来被放大的产品的插入站点之后。 luciferase 记者质粒包含三个纵排NurRE 站点被使用了为Nurr1-c 表示分析。 人的胚胎肾脏(HEK)-923 细胞(1.3A10(6)) 是transfected 与被表明的表示传染媒介的100 ng (Nurr1 和Nurr1-c, 各自地), 记者质粒的100 ng, 并且参考pCMX 传染媒介的200 ng 作为控制(Roche, <End of Translation>
Lipofectin: DNA complex = 6 ¦Ìl ¡Ã1 ¦Ìg). After 36 hours of incubation, the cells were harvested and extracts were assayed for luciferase activity in a microplate luminometer/photometer reader (Luminoskan Ascent, Labsystems, Helsinki, Finland). All luciferase activities were normalized to the plasmid human cytomegalovirus X (pCMX) vector and to the galactosidase activity of the pSV-¦Â-Galactosidase vector as a co-transfection efficiency control. RESULTS Based on the sequence of Nurr1 cDNA, we designed 5 pairs of primers to amplify 4 target regions of Nurr1 (Table). These fragments included fragment A, exons 1-3: 430 bp; fragment B, exon 3: 579 bp; fragment C, exons 3-4: 305 bp; fragment D, exons 5-7: 396 bp; and fragment E, exons 6-8: 487 bp. The sizes and sequences of fragments A, B, C and E were identical to each corresponding target region of the gene, suggesting no splicing variants in these areas of Nurr1 mRNA. However, in fragment D, the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) generated two bands in the case of human lymphocytes and liver, kidney and skeletal muscle cells, but only one band in the case of brain and spinal cord tissues. A band with a predicted size of 396 bp and a second band with a shorter size of 321 bp were identified in agarose gel (Figs. 1A, 1B, and 1C). Sequencing analysis showed a novel internal splice site within exon 5 of the shorter form. The internal splice variant, named Nurr1-c, results from a 75 bp deletion between nucleotides 1402 and 1477 in Nurr1 mRNA or between nucleotides 5823 and 5897 in Nurr1 DNA (Fig. 2). A map of Nurr1 and the variant Nurr1-c is illustrated in Figure 3. Furthermore, we also detected an internal splicing site within exon 7 of Nurr1 (Nurr1-a variant), which has already been reported in the human embryonic brain (1) and in human lymphocytes (data not shown). Using PCR-extension screening, we produced a clone containing full-length Nurr1-c, consisting of 3345 nucleotides (data not shown). To investigate the functional activity of Nurr1-c in vitro, we used transient transfection assays to determine its ability to express luciferase in HEK293 cells. The HEK293 cells transfected with Nurr1-c homodimers showed a significantly lower level (reduced 39%, P<0.05) of luciferase (LUC) activity as compared with the cells transfected with wild-type Nurr1 (Fig. 4). DISCUSSION The alternative splicing may be partly responsible for the diversity of Nurr1 functions. For example, truncated isoform Nurr2 (TINUR), an isoform of human Nurr1, with a deletion of 63 amino acids at exon 2 position in the N-terminal region of Nurr1, acts synergistically with other transcriptional regulators.£Û6£Ý Similarly, the mouse Nurr1 variant named Nurr1-a is produced by alternative splicing at exon 7 and is 143 amino acids shorter in the C-terminal region as compared to wild-type Nurr1. As a result, Nurr1-a has lower transcriptional activity and acts as a different transcriptional regulator from Nurr1.£Û7£Ý In this study, we identified a novel variant of Nurr1, named Nurr1-c, resulting from a splice at exon 5, leading to a protein that is 25 amino acids shorter in the C-terminal region than in wild-type Nurr1. Probably because part of the ligand-binding domain is lost at the C-terminal region, Nurr1-c shows a significant reduction (P<0.05) of LUC activity in vitro as compared to Nurr1. This result suggests that the corresponding protein of Nurr1-c may act as a transcriptional activator independent of Nurr1. Since the variant is expressed in many tissues including in lymphocytes and in liver, muscle, and kidney cells, but not in tissue of the adult human brain and spinal cord, Nurr1-c may exercise different functions in these tissues.
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