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Expression and distribution of NBCn2 (Slc4a10) splice variants in mouse brain: Cloning of novel variant NBCn2-D

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BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1390, 期 -, 页码 33-40

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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.03.046

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Bicarbonate transporter; Alternative splicing; NCBE; Central nervous system

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [30900513, 31000517]
  2. National Institutes of Health [NS18400]
  3. Myers/Scarpa endowed chair

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The SLC4A10 gene, which is highly expressed in the mammalian brain, contains two known alternative splicing units, inserts A and B, and is theoretically capable of producing four NBCn2 splice variants: NBCn2-A, -B, -C, and -D. By immunoprecipitation and western blotting, a previous study showed the putative NBCn2-D to be expressed predominantly in the subcortex (SCX) and medulla (MD) of mouse brain. However, no evidence has been provided, in any species, for the existence of a full-length transcript encoding NBCn2-D. In the present study, we report for the first time the cloning of the full-length cDNAs encoding NBCn2-D from mouse SCX and MD. Based on the frequency of bacterial colonies obtained after PCR, we conclude that in SCX, the NBCn2-A transcript is dominant, whereas in MD, NBCn2-B is dominant. NBCn2-D is the least abundant transcript in each of these two brain regions. An analysis based upon the present PCR data as well as the previous immunoprecipitation/westem-blot data suggests the following prevalence of NBCn2 variants in total mouse brain: NBCn2-A (similar to 83%), NBCn2-B (similar to 10%), NBCn2-C (similar to 5%), and NBCn2-D (similar to 2%). We also estimate the prevalence of each variant in each of the five brain regions (i.e., cerebral cortex, SCX, cerebellum, hippocampus, and MD). We hypothesize that the expression of different NBCn2 splice variants is characteristic of specific tissue/cells. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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