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ArticleMolecular biology reports2011

L-Dopa decarboxylase expression profile in human cancer cells.

Ioanna Chalatsa, Eleftheria Nikolouzou, Emmanuel G Fragoulis, Dido Vassilacopoulou

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ioanna ChalatsaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15701, Athens, Greece.
Eleftheria Nikolouzou
Emmanuel G Fragoulis
Dido Vassilacopoulou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-Dopa decarboxylase (DDC) catalyses the decarboxylation of L-Dopa. It has been shown that the DDC gene undergoes alternative splicing within its 5'-untranslated region (UTR), in a tissue-specific manner, generating identical protein products. The employment of two alternative 5'UTRs is thought to be responsible for tissue-specific expression of the human DDC mRNA. In this study, we focused on the investigation of the nature of the mRNA expression in human cell lines of neural and non-neural origin. Our results show the expression of a neural-type DDC mRNA splice variant, lacking exon 3 in all cell lines studied. Co-expression of the full length non-neural DDC mRNA and the neural-type DDC splice variant lacking exon 3 was detected in all cell lines. The alternative DDC protein isoform, Alt-DDC, was detected in SH-SY5Y and HeLa cells. Our findings suggest that the human DDC gene undergoes complex processing, leading to the formation of multiple mRNA isoforms. The study of the significance of this phenomenon of multiple DDC mRNA isoforms could provide us with new information leading to the elucidation of the complex biological pathways that the human enzyme is involved in.

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Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic5' Untranslated RegionsCell Line, TumorDNA, ComplementaryDNA PrimersDopa DecarboxylaseElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelExonsHeLa CellsHumansModels, BiologicalProtein IsoformsRNA, Messenger5' Untranslated RegionsDNA, ComplementaryDNA PrimersDopa DecarboxylaseProtein IsoformsRNA, Messenger

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