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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Angiotensinogen is cleaved by renin and angiotensin-converting enzyme to liberate the potent vasocontrictor peptide angiotensin II. We have recently identified a cis-acting genetic lesion associated with high levels of angiotensinogen mRNA in the testis and salivary gland of Swiss mice. To determine the molecular basis of this mutation, the Swiss angiotensinogen gene was cloned, and its structure was compared to that from a low-expressing strain (BALB/c). I show that a retrovirus-like element belonging to the intracisternal A-particle gene family has been inserted 9 kb upstream from the cap site of the Swiss angiotensinogen gene. This intracisternal A-particle, named IAP-Agt, segregated concordantly with angiotensinogen expression phenotypes in CXB recombinant inbred mice. However, genomic Southern analysis showed that IAP-Agt was present in some, but not all, inbred laboratory mouse strains displaying high levels of angiotensinogen gene expression. On the basis of this evolutionary evidence, it is unlikely that IAP-Agt is the cause of the angiotensinogen mutation. It is intriguing that Ren-2, the duplicated mouse renin gene, is expressed to high levels in the male salivary gland and also contains a transposed intracisternal A-particle genome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1044-5498
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
623-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Angiotensinogen, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Biological Evolution, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-DNA Transposable Elements, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Genes, Intracisternal A-Particle, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Proviruses, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:2175614-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
The angiotensinogen gene of Swiss mice is closely linked to a retrovirus-like element.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't