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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
HE2 is an epididymis-specific sperm-binding secretory protein. We isolated a family of HE2-related complementary DNAs from a human caput/corpus library. The transcripts code for identical 71-amino acid N-termini and different C-termini, and 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions. Compared with the original HE2, HE2beta and HE2gamma proteins have a 25-amino acid deletion near the C-terminus, and HE2gamma isoforms have a second deletion. These frame-shifting deletions result in C-termini differing in length, amino acid sequence, including number of cysteines, and isoelectric point. Identical sequences and deletion start and stop points indicate the HE2 isoforms are derived from alternative splicing of 8 or more exons of a single gene. Northern hybridization revealed that the 0.9-kb messenger RNA (mRNA) is most abundant in human caput; there is much less of it (20%) in corpus and little (<5%) in cauda. In castrated Macaca mulatta, HE2 mRNA decreased to 10% of sham-operated levels. Testosterone replacement maintained HE2 mRNA 3- to 5-fold higher than castrate levels, indicating its androgen dependence. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that the beta1 form is highly expressed in principal cells of the initial segment and caput. It is secreted into the lumen and binds to the sperm surface in the postacrosomal and neck regions. The beta2 form is expressed in principal cells primarily in efferent ducts.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
141
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1245-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10698202-3' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-5' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Epididymis, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Glycopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10698202-Spermatozoa
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
HE2beta and HE2gamma, new members of an epididymis-specific family of androgen-regulated proteins in the human.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7500, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't