Kanemura Y, Hiraga S, Arita N, Ohnishi T, Izumoto S, Mori K, Matsumura H, Yamasaki M, Fushiki S, Yoshimine T
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
FEBS Lett. 1999 Jan 15;442(2-3):151-6. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01650-0.
A novel human homologue (GCMB) of the Drosophila glial cells missing gene (dGCM) was isolated using RACE. GCMB contained a gcm motif sequence and a nuclear targeting sequence similar to that of dGCM and mouse GCMb. Homology searches indicated that GCMB was located within chromosome 6p24.2. Transcripts of GCMB were detected by means of RT-PCR in fetal brain, normal adult kidney, 3/3 medulloblastomas, 1/3 gliomas and 4/8 non-neuroepithelial tumor cell lines. Our data suggest that humans have two homologues of gcm like mice and that human gcm genes form a novel family which may function not only during fetal development but also in the postnatal or pathological stage.
利用RACE技术分离出了果蝇神经胶质细胞缺失基因(dGCM)的一种新型人类同源物(GCMB)。GCMB包含一个gcm基序序列和一个与dGCM及小鼠GCMb相似的核定位序列。同源性搜索表明GCMB定位于6号染色体p24.2区域。通过RT-PCR在胎儿脑、正常成人肾脏、3/3的髓母细胞瘤、1/3的神经胶质瘤以及4/8的非神经上皮肿瘤细胞系中检测到了GCMB的转录本。我们的数据表明,人类和小鼠一样有两个gcm同源物,并且人类gcm基因形成了一个新的家族,其可能不仅在胎儿发育过程中发挥作用,还在出生后或病理阶段发挥作用。