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ArticleJournal of human genetics2015

Tissue- and case-specific retention of intron 40 in mature dystrophin mRNA.

Atsushi Nishida, Maki Minegishi, Atsuko Takeuchi, Emma Tabe Eko Niba, Hiroyuki Awano, Tomoko Lee, Kazumoto Iijima, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Masafumi Matsuo

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Atsushi NishidaDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobegakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Maki MinegishiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan.
Atsuko TakeuchiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan.
Emma Tabe Eko NibaDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobegakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Hiroyuki AwanoDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Tomoko LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Kazumoto IijimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Yasuhiro TakeshimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Masafumi MatsuoDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kobegakuin University, Kobe, Japan.
Kobe Gakuin University · JPHyogo Medical University · JPKobe Pharmaceutical University · JPKobe University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dystrophin gene, which is mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), comprises 79 exons that show multiple alternative splicing events. Intron retention, a type of alternative splicing, may control gene expression. We examined intron retention in dystrophin introns by reverse-transcription PCR from skeletal muscle, focusing on the nine shortest (all <1000 bp), because these are more likely to be retained. Only one, intron 40, was retained in mRNA; sequencing revealed insertion of a complete intron 40 (851 nt) between exons 40 and 41. The intron 40 retention product accounted for 1.2% of the total product but had a premature stop codon at the fifth intronic codon. Intron 40 retention was most strongly observed in the kidney (36.6%) and was not obtained from the fetal liver, lung, spleen or placenta. This indicated that intron retention is a tissue-specific event whose level varies among tissues. In two DMD patients, intron 40 retention was observed in one patient but not in the other. Examination of splicing regulatory factors revealed that intron 40 had the highest guanine-cytosine content of all examined introns in a 30-nt segment at its 3' end. Further studies are needed to clarify the biological role of intron 40-retained dystrophin mRNA.

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Base CompositionDystrophinHumansIntronsKidneyMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneOrgan SpecificityProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerDystrophinProtein IsoformsRNA, Messenger

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