Tokuyama Y, Yagui K, Sakurai K, Hashimoto N, Saito Y, Kanatsuka A
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1998 Jul 9;248(1):153-6. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8925.
Molecular cloning of rat Pax4 cDNA from a rat insulinoma cell line, RINm5F, library by PCR-based cloning strategy revealed four isoforms of the protein. Analysis of tissue distribution using Northern blotting and RT-PCR showed specific expression of Pax4 mRNA in pancreatic islets and RIN cells. RT-PCR confirmed that the mRNAs of four isoforms are expressed in RIN cells. These Pax4 variants may regulate the transcriptional activity of Pax4 during the development of pancreatic islets.
通过基于聚合酶链反应(PCR)的克隆策略,从大鼠胰岛素瘤细胞系RINm5F文库中克隆大鼠Pax4互补脱氧核糖核酸(cDNA),发现了该蛋白的四种异构体。利用Northern印迹法和逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)分析组织分布,结果显示Pax4信使核糖核酸(mRNA)在胰岛和RIN细胞中特异性表达。RT-PCR证实四种异构体的mRNA在RIN细胞中均有表达。这些Pax4变体可能在胰岛发育过程中调节Pax4的转录活性。