G-Utrophin, the autosomal homologue of dystrophin Dp116, is expressed in sensory ganglia and brain

Blake, Derek J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5005-4731, Schofield, Julian N., Zuellig, Richard A., Górecki, Dariusz C., Phelps, S. R., Barnard, E. A., Edwards, Y. H. and Davies, Kay E. 1995. G-Utrophin, the autosomal homologue of dystrophin Dp116, is expressed in sensory ganglia and brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92 (9) , pp. 3697-3701. 10.1073/pnas.92.9.3697

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Abstract

The utrophin gene is closely related to the dystrophin gene in both sequence and genomic structure. The Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) locus encodes three 14-kb dystrophin transcripts in addition to several smaller isoforms, one of which, Dp116, is specific to peripheral nerve. We describe here the corresponding 5.5-kb mRNA from the utrophin locus. This transcript, designated G-utrophin, is of particular interest because it is specifically expressed in the adult mouse brain and appears to be the predominant utrophin transcript in this tissue. G-utrophin is expressed in brain sites generally different from the regions expressing beta-dystroglycan. During mouse embryogenesis G-utrophin is also seen in the developing sensory ganglia. Our data confirm the close evolutionary relationships between the DMD and utrophin loci; however, the functions for the corresponding proteins probably differ.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Duchenne muscular dystrophy, alternative transcript, mouse development, neuron
Publisher:	National Academy of Sciences
ISSN:	0027-8424
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 11:50
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/49492

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