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Detection of Alternative Splicing During Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
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El empalme alternativo genera una forma secretada de N-CAM en el músculo y el cerebro
H J Gower1, C H Barton, V L Elsom
1Institute of Neurology, London, England.
Cell
|December 23, 1988
Resumen
Los investigadores descubrieron una nueva isoforma secretada de la molécula de adhesión celular neural (N-CAM) en el músculo esquelético humano. Este hallazgo expande las funciones conocidas de N-CAM más allá de la adhesión celular para incluir las interacciones de la matriz extracelular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
Sus antecedentes:
- La molécula de adhesión de células neuronales (N-CAM) existe en múltiples isoformas asociadas a la membrana.
- Las funciones de N-CAM están relacionadas principalmente con la adhesión intercelular.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para dilucidar la estructura de una nueva isoforma N-CAM secretada.
- Para investigar la base genética y la expresión de esta nueva isoforma.
- Explorar las implicaciones funcionales de una N-CAM secretada.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de ADNc del músculo esquelético humano N-CAM mRNA.
- Análisis de clones genómicos para identificar la estructura de los exones.
- Análisis de manchas del norte para detectar especies específicas de ARNm.
- Transfección estable de líneas celulares para estudiar la expresión y localización de las isoformas.
Principales resultados:
- Un nuevo bloque de secuencia dentro del gen N-CAM crea una isoforma secretada a través de la terminación prematura.
- Esta isoforma secretada está específicamente asociada con un ARNm de 5.2 kb en el músculo esquelético y el cerebro.
- Las células transfectadas que expresan la isoforma secretada la acumulan intracelularmente y la liberan en el medio, a diferencia de la N-CAM. con cola lipídica expresada en la superficie celular.
Conclusiones:
- Una nueva isoforma N-CAM secretada surge de un exón único en el gen N-CAM humano.
- Esta isoforma se expresa específicamente en el músculo esquelético y los tejidos cerebrales.
- El descubrimiento de una isoforma N-CAM secretada sugiere funciones más allá de la adhesión celular, que potencialmente involucran interacciones de la matriz extracelular.
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