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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
Type II collagen, like other fibrillar collagens, is synthesized as a procollagen containing amino (NH2)-and carboxyl (COOH)-terminal extension peptides. Based on cDNA cloning of human (Baldwin, C. T., Reginato, A. M., Smith, C., Jimenez, S. A., and Prockop, D. J. (1989) Biochem. J. 262, 521-528) and rat (Kohno, K., Martin, G. R., and Yamada, Y. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 13668-13673) type II procollagen, it was concluded that much of the NH2-terminal propeptide seen in pro-alpha 1(I) was missing. Analysis of human genomic clones for type II collagen revealed an additional exon encoding a 69-amino acid cysteine-rich domain in the NH2-terminal propeptide. This exon (exon 2) is expressed in the mRNA population of chondrocytes isolated from human fetal skeleton and notochord, juvenile costal cartilage, and bovine articular cartilage. Oligonucleotide probes spanning specific exon boundaries were used to detect two populations of procollagen mRNA by Northern blot analysis. Amplification of cDNA templates using polymerase chain reaction provided direct evidence for two distinct pro-alpha 1(II) collagen mRNAs. DNA sequence analysis showed that the two mRNAs resulted from the alternative splicing of exon 2. The protein domain encoded by exon 2 is conserved between the fibrillar collagens and two other extracellular matrix proteins, thrombospondin and von Willebrand factor. In fibrillar collagens, this protein domain may play a regulatory role in fibrillogenesis and feedback inhibition of collagen biosynthesis. Consequently, the differential expression of this protein domain could alter the biosynthesis or fibril formation of type II collagen. In addition, the expression of exon 2 may be a marker for a distinct population of chondrocytes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
265
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10334-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Procollagen, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-RNA Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2355003-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential expression of a cysteine-rich domain in the amino-terminal propeptide of type II (cartilage) procollagen by alternative splicing of mRNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't