Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 38, 847-859, Copyright © 1997 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Characterization of the human apobec-1 gene: expression in gastrointestinal tissues determined by alternative splicing with production of a novel truncated peptide

K Hirano, J Min, T Funahashi, DA Baunoch and NO Davidson
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

In humans, both the expression of apobec-1 and the C to U deamination of apoB mRNA are confined to the small intestine. In order to understand the tissue-restricted pattern of apobec-1 expression, we have isolated the chromosomal gene spanning the human apobec-1 locus. The human apobec-1 gene spans 18 kb and contains five exons, all of which are translated. Transcription initiation, determined by RNase protection and primer extension analyses, is localized to a single start site 34 nt upstream of the open-reading frame in exon 1. A common, but functionally silent, gene polymorphism was detected than changes Ilc80 to MCl. RNase protection and reverse-transcription PCR analysis demonstrated the presence of an exon 2-skipped form of apobec- 1 mRNA that arises through use of an alternative splice acceptor. This alternative splicing causes a frame-shift that produces a novel, 36 amino acid peptide. The exon 2-skipped form accounts for approximately 50% of apobec-1 mRNA in the adult small intestine and up to 90% of apobec-1 mRNA in the developing gut. An antipeptide antibody identified the truncated protein in villus cells of the adult small intestine. These data suggest that exon 2-skipping may represent an important control mechanism regulating apobec-1 gene expression in humans.
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