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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-9
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
To identify novel psoriasis-associated genes, we focused on several ESTs (expressed sequence tags) whose expression was predominantly increased in the affected skin in patients with psoriasis vulgaris, as assessed by microarray assay. In this paper, a full-length cDNA corresponding to one of those ESTs (AI440266) was isolated by screening of cultured human keratinocyte cDNA libraries. This cDNA has an open reading frame of a 309-amino-acid protein, sharing significant homology to one of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) families that can catalyze the first and rate-limiting step that generates retinaldehyde from retinol. So, this gene was designated as hRDH-E2 (human epidermal retinal dehydrogenase 2). The hRDH-E2 gene has a single functional copy on chromosome 8q12.1, spanning approximately 20kb with seven exons. The deduced amino acid sequence contains three motifs that are conserved in the SDR family. Qualitative RT-PCR demonstrated that the mRNA levels of hRDH-E2 were significantly elevated in the affected skin in psoriasis patients as compared to the unaffected skin in patients and the normal skin in healthy individual. These results suggest that hRDH-E2 may be involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis through its critical role in retinol metabolism in keratinocyte proliferation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
297
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1171-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Aldehyde Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Expressed Sequence Tags, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Genome, Human, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Poly A, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Psoriasis, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12372410-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the hRDH-E2 gene, a novel member of the SDR family, and its increased expression in psoriatic lesion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article