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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
We describe here the first example of an exonic polymorphism that affects the primary structure of a human ionotropic glutamate receptor. The human kainate receptor GluR7 gene contains a thymine (T)/guanine (G) nucleotide variation that determines a serine or alanine at position 310 in the extracellular region of GluR7 receptor subunits. Our finding contrasts with a previous report that suggested that GluR7 transcripts were RNA-edited at this site. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings did not detect differences in receptor activation and desensitization between the human GluR7 receptor isoforms expressed in HEK-293 cells. Analysis of 41 tissue samples obtained from 30 human brains revealed expression level differences between GluR7 alleles expressed in the same brain. The expression level of the allelic GluR7 mRNAs differed in 27 samples from 1.2- to 12.7-fold. Unequal expression level of allelic mRNAs is characteristic for genes that are affected by genomic imprinting or that contain mutations. Genomic imprinting in most cases is conserved between human and mice. However, we did not detect unequal expression of allelic GluR7 mRNAs in mice. Our results are important for future studies that explore a potential role or roles for GluR7 receptors in the brain and for neurological disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9025-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-1-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Genomic Imprinting, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Receptors, Kainic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11124978-Transfection
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Unequal expression of allelic kainate receptor GluR7 mRNAs in human brains.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. schiffer@salk.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't