Beta A4-amyloid protein precursor mRNA isoforms without exon 15 are ubiquitously expressed in rat tissues including brain, but not in neurons.

نویسندگان

  • R Sandbrink
  • C L Masters
  • K Beyreuther
چکیده

The beta A4-amyloid protein precursor (APP), the source of the beta A4-amyloid deposits found in Alzheimer brains, constitutes a family of transmembrane glycoproteins generated by alternative splicing. While exon 7 and exon 8 are well known to be alternatively spliced, APP mRNA isoforms without exon 15 were only recently identified in leukocytes and rat brain microglial cells and therefore denoted as L-APP mRNAs. In order to perform a detailed analysis of individual L-APP mRNA isoforms in perfused rat tissues, we developed a quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay from reverse transcribed RNA allowing us to analyze the alternatively spliced region in between exon 6 and 16. In all peripheral tissues examined, L-APP mRNA isoforms were detected comprising between 25% (skeletal muscle) and about 70% (aorta, pancreas) of total APP transcripts. All four possible APP mRNA isoforms without exon 15 were shown to exist, i.e. L-APP752, L-APP733, L-APP696, and L-APP677. L-APP expression in the central nervous system (approximately 4% of total APP mRNA) was then studied in more detail by analyzing different brain regions and tissues and primary cultured brain cells. The only cell type which was shown not to express L-APP mRNA to a detectable level is the neuronal cell. Ubiquitous expression of APP mRNAs lacking exon 15 except for neurons indicates an important function in non-neuronal cells and is especially remarkable since neurons are the primarily affected cells in Alzheimer's disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of biological chemistry

دوره 269 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994