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ArticleGene2009

Leydig cells express the myelin proteolipid protein gene and incorporate a new alternatively spliced exon.

Shenyang Li, Brian T Greuel, Fanxue Meng, Glauber B Pereira, Adria Pitts, Anna Dobretsova, Patricia A Wight

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Article in Gene, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shenyang LiDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
Brian T Greuel
Fanxue Meng
Glauber B Pereira
Adria Pitts
Anna Dobretsova
Patricia A Wight
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USJohn Brown University · US

Funding

VIRULENCE MECHANISMS IN ESCHERICHIA COLIP20RR016460 · NCRR · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI HENSLEY, LORI · 2001 to 2011
$33.1M
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER CORE FACILITY AT UAMSP30NS047546 · NINDS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI ZHANG, JUN-MING · 2004 to 2008
$3.1M
ANTISILENCING OF PLP GENE EXPRESSION IN OLIGODENDROCYTESR01NS037821 · NINDS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI WIGHT, PATRICIA A. · 1998 to 2010
$2.0M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016460NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR-16460NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047546NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037821NINDS NIH HHS R01NS037821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the myelin proteolipid protein gene (Plp1) is highly expressed in the central nervous system encoding the most abundant myelin protein in oligodendrocytes, it is also expressed in other tissues, including testis. Transgenic studies with mice that harbor Plp1-lacZ fusion genes suggest that Leydig cells are the source of Plp1 gene expression in testis. However, virtually nothing is known about Plp1 gene regulation in Leydig cells, which is the focus of this study. The first intron contains both positive and negative regulatory elements that are important in regulating Plp1 gene expression in oligodendrocytes. To test whether these elements are functional in Leydig cells, a battery of Plp1-lacZ fusion genes with partial deletion of Plp1 intron 1 sequence was transfected into the mouse Leydig cell line, TM3. Results presented here suggest that an enhancer, which is very potent in oligodendrocytes, is only nominally active in TM3 cells. The intron also contains several negative regulatory elements that are operative in TM3 cells. Moreover a new exon (exon 1.2) was identified within the first 'intron' resulting in novel splice variants in TM3 cells. Western blot analysis suggests that these splice variants, along with those containing another alternatively spliced exon (exon 1.1) derived from intron 1 sequence, give rise to multiple Plp1 gene products in the mouse testis.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell LineIntronsLac OperonLeydig CellsMaleMiceMyelin Proteolipid ProteinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence DeletionTranscription, GeneticTransfectionMyelin Proteolipid ProteinPlp1 protein, mouseRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID19232385
PMCPMC2665910
OpenAlexW1992926990

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