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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-20
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Rt6 is a T cell-restricted GPI-anchored membrane protein and a member of the family of mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases. One of the two murine Rt6 genes is deleted in NZW mice. This finding is reminiscent of the deletion of one of the TCR beta genes in the same mouse strain and it is an intriguing possibility that these gene deletions arose by a common genetic mechanism. The Rt6 locus retained by the NZW mouse (designated Rt6-1) is polymorphic among inbred strains of laboratory mice. The NZW mouse shows several strain-specific restriction fragment length variants in this Rt6 locus and five amino acid substitutions occur in the predicted native Rt6 polypeptide of the NZW mouse relative to the corresponding polypeptides of NZB and BALB/c mice. Whereas transcript levels of the two Rt6 genes appear to be normal in spleen and intestine of NZB mice, the corresponding tissues of NZW mice show reduced levels of transcripts from the Rt6 locus retained in this mouse strain. Moreover, reduced levels of Rt6 mRNA also occur in spleen and intestine of (NZB x NZW)F1 hybrid animals, indicating that F1 animals have inherited a dominant factor from the genetic background of the NZW mouse, resulting in low levels of Rt6 expression. It is conceivable that the alterations in the Rt6 genes of the NZW mouse and/or the factor(s) affecting defective Rt6 expression constitute part of the genetic contribution of the NZW mouse to the autoimmune lupus-like disease in (NZB x NZW)F1 animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0953-8178
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:geneSymbol
RT6-1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
883-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7547715-ADP Ribose Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Mice, Inbred NZB, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7547715-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Defects in the structure and expression of the genes for the T cell marker Rt6 in NZW and (NZB x NZW)F1 mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't