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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-26
pubmed:abstractText
Reticulon1, also known as neuroendocrine-specific protein, belongs to the reticulon (RTN) family, whose members possess a conserved reticulon domain and are associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Here, we report cloning and expression of Xenopus homologues of Reticulon1-A (XRTN1-A) and -C (XRTN1-C). XRTN1-A and -C contain an open reading frame of 752 and 207 amino acids, respectively, each containing a conserved reticulon domain. Sequence analysis shows that XRTN1 proteins have an ER membrane retention signal and four putative membrane-spanning domains. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and whole-mount in situ hybridization showed that XRTN1-A is expressed in early neural precursors and differentiating neuronal populations, including the trigeminal placode, olfactory placode, lateral line placode, and otic vesicle. XRTN1-C is expressed in the developing brain and spinal cord. We found that XRTN1-C protein is localized to the ER of Xenopus and mammalian cells and the granules in neurites of primary neurons of the Xenopus spinal cord and rat hippocampus. We also showed that XRTN1-C protein is detected in the heavy membrane fraction, which contains lysosomal and ER-resident proteins, as well as in the nucleus and polysomal fractions of the Xenopus embryo. Finally, we showed that thyroid hormone specifically down-regulates XRTN1-A mRNA in the head of premetamorphic Xenopus tadpoles. Our work characterizes the intracellular roles of XRTN1 during Xenopus neural development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1058-8388
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
236
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3545-53
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Thyroid Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Xenopus Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17969151-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and expression of XRTN1-A and XRTN1-C in Xenopus laevis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk, South Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article