Journal article
Characterization of Mouse Fibronectin Alternative mRNAs Reveals an Unusual Isoform Present Transiently During Liver Development
Gene expression, v 6(3)
01 Jan 1996
PMID: 9041121
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Abstract
Fibronectins are found in many extracellular matrices as well as being abundant plasma proteins. The plasma isoforms of fibronectin, which are synthesized in the adult by liver hepatocytes, differ from those derived from most other cells and tissues due to alternative mRNA splicing. Studies in several vertebrates have indicated that FN alternative splicing is regulated spatially and temporally during development. The mouse represents an attractive organism in which to study the regulation of fibronectin splicing during development, but the patterns of fibronectin alternative splicing were not known for this species. Mouse fibronectin cDNA clones were isolated and sequenced, revealing > 95% identity with rat fibronectin at the amino acid level; all three segments that undergo alternative splicing are well conserved. RNase protection and RT-PCR were used to determine the patterns of alternative splicing that occur in fibroblasts and adult liver, sources of cellular and plasma fibronectins. Only A – B – mRNAs were detected in liver, and three V region variants were observed, corresponding to the protein isoforms V120, V95, and V0. Fibroblasts produced mRNAs that were heterogeneous for A and B splicing, but all RNAs contained V120. These patterns contrast with the embryonic form (B + A + V120). Characterization of fibronectin mRNAs from livers of fetal and newborn mice revealed that a significant level of B + mRNA was present throughout late gestation, declining at birth. Little A + mRNA was present, and the adult liver V region pattern was observed at all stages. Thus, fibronectin splicing changes during liver development are noncoordinate. One consequence of this temporal regulation is the transient synthesis of B + mRNAs, including a novel isoform, B + A – V0.
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- Title
- Characterization of Mouse Fibronectin Alternative mRNAs Reveals an Unusual Isoform Present Transiently During Liver Development
- Creators
- Grzegorz K. Górski - ,Michele C. Aros - ,Pamela A. Norton - ,
- Publication Details
- Gene expression, v 6(3)
- Publisher
- Cognizant Communication Corporation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1996WK22000002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0030340345
- Other Identifier
- 991020830154504721
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