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ArticleBMC genomics2004

Genomic organization and the tissue distribution of alternatively spliced isoforms of the mouse Spatial gene.

Magali Irla, Denis Puthier, Samuel Granjeaud, Murielle Saade, Geneviève Victorero, Marie-Geneviève Mattei, Catherine Nguyen

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Article in BMC genomics, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Magali IrlaERM 0206 INSERM, Case 928, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, F-13288 Marseille Cedex 9, Université de la méditerranée, faculté de science de Luminy, France. irla@tagc.univ-mrs.fr
Denis Puthier
Samuel Granjeaud
Murielle Saade
Geneviève Victorero
Marie-Geneviève Mattei
Catherine Nguyen
Inserm · FRCentre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy · FR

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Abstract

backgroundThe stromal component of the thymic microenvironment is critical for T lymphocyte generation. Thymocyte differentiation involves a cascade of coordinated stromal genes controlling thymocyte survival, lineage commitment and selection. The "Stromal Protein Associated with Thymii And Lymph-node" (Spatial) gene encodes a putative transcription factor which may be involved in T-cell development. In the testis, the Spatial gene is also expressed by round spermatids during spermatogenesis.

resultsThe Spatial gene maps to the B3-B4 region of murine chromosome 10 corresponding to the human syntenic region 10q22.1. The mouse Spatial genomic DNA is organised into 10 exons and is alternatively spliced to generate two short isoforms (Spatial-alpha and -gamma) and two other long isoforms (Spatial-delta and -epsilon) comprising 5 additional exons on the 3' site. Here, we report the cloning of a new short isoform, Spatial-beta, which differs from other isoforms by an additional alternative exon of 69 bases. This new exon encodes an interesting proline-rich signature that could confer to the 34 kDa Spatial-beta protein a particular function. By quantitative TaqMan RT-PCR, we have shown that the short isoforms are highly expressed in the thymus while the long isoforms are highly expressed in the testis. We further examined the inter-species conservation of Spatial between several mammals and identified that the protein which is rich in proline and positive amino acids, is highly conserved.

conclusionsThe Spatial gene generates at least five alternative spliced variants: three short isoforms (Spatial-alpha, -beta and -gamma) highly expressed in the thymus and two long isoforms (Spatial-delta and -epsilon) highly expressed in the testis. These alternative spliced variants could have a tissue specific function.

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Alternative SplicingAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCattleChromosome MappingCosmidsExonsHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMammalsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNuclear ProteinsOrgan SpecificityProtein IsoformsNuclear ProteinsProtein IsoformsRNA Splice Sitesspatial protein, mouse

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PMID15236666
PMCPMC481062
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