Two distinct species of human growth hormone-variant mRNA in the human placenta predict the expression of novel growth hormone proteins.
J Biol Chem
; 263(18): 9001-6, 1988 Jun 25.
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| ID: mdl-3379057
We have sought direct evidence for the in vivo expression of the human growth hormone-variant (hGH-V) gene by screening a placental cDNA library with a hGH-V-specific oligonucleotide. Nine independent hGH-V cDNA clones were isolated and analyzed, and three distinct species were detected. Five of these hGH-V cDNAs represent mRNAs spliced and processed in a pattern analogous to that of the highly homologous human growth hormone and human chorionic somatomammotropin gene transcripts. Each of the remaining four hGH-V cDNAs contains an additional segment of 253 nucleotides corresponding in position and sequence to the fourth intron of the hGH-V gene. In addition, one of the mRNAs in this second group uses an alternative downstream polyadenylation site. The alternatively spliced hGH-V mRNA, which we refer to as hGH-V2 mRNA, constitutes approximately 30% of the hGH-V transcripts both in the human term placenta and in a stable mouse fibroblast line expressing the transfected hGH-V gene. The placental expression of the hGH-V gene is specific to villous tissue. The hGH-V2 mRNA is predicted to encode a protein which substitutes the 65 carboxyl-terminal amino acids of hGH-V with a new 104-residue carboxyl terminus resulting in significant divergence in their relative physical properties. The alternative splicing of the hGH-V transcripts to hGH-V and hGH-V2 mRNAs expands the potential complexity of the hGH-V gene's role in normal placental function.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Placenta
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Transcripción Genética
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Variación Genética
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ARN Mensajero
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Hormona del Crecimiento
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Genes
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Biol Chem
Año:
1988
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos