Miyamoto Toshinobu, Hasuike Shiga, Jinno Yoshihiro, Soejima Hidenobu, Yun Kankatsu, Miura Kiyonori, Ishikawa Mutsuo, Niikawa Norio
Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2002 May;19(5):240-4. doi: 10.1023/a:1015362903486.
The mouse achaete-scute homolog-2 gene (Ascl2 or Mash2) encodes a transcription factor playing a role in the development of the trophoblast. The Ascl2 is an imprinted gene with maternal expression and assigned to an imprinting gene cluster region (ICR) at a distal region of mouse chromosome 7. We previously isolated a phage clone carrying the human homolog, ASCL2, and mapped it to human chromosome 11p15.5, a human ICR. In the present study, we demonstrate the expression patterns of the human ASCL2 in the fetus at a stage between first and second trimesters and in the placental tissues. In addition, it has been shown that the human ASCL2 gene escapes genomic imprinting.
小鼠无刚毛-毛状同系物2基因(Ascl2或Mash2)编码一种在滋养层发育中起作用的转录因子。Ascl2是一个母源表达的印记基因,定位于小鼠7号染色体远端区域的一个印记基因簇区域(ICR)。我们之前分离出一个携带人类同源物ASCL2的噬菌体克隆,并将其定位于人类11号染色体p15.5区域,这是一个人类ICR。在本研究中,我们展示了人类ASCL2在孕早期和孕中期之间阶段的胎儿以及胎盘组织中的表达模式。此外,已表明人类ASCL2基因逃避了基因组印记。