Effect of artificial (CTG) repeat expansion on the expression of myotonin protein kinase (MtPK) in COS-1 cells

被引:14
作者
Sasagawa, N
Saitoh, N
Shimokawa, M
Sorimachi, H
Maruyama, K
Arahata, K
Ishiura, S
Suzuki, K
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,INST MOLEC & CELLULAR BIOSCI,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
[2] NATL INST PHYSIOL SCI,OKAZAKI,AICHI 444,JAPAN
[3] NATL INST NEUROSCI,KODAIRA,TOKYO 187,JAPAN
来源
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE | 1996年 / 1315卷 / 02期
关键词
myotonic dystrophy; triplet-repeat; protein kinase; (human);
D O I
10.1016/0925-4439(95)00101-8
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A major challenge in the study of a new genetic entity called triplet-repeat disease is to identify the role of triplet repeats in the pathogenesis of the disease. We have developed a strategy to demonstrate the effect in the 3'-untranslated end of the (CTG) repeats in myotonic dystrophy gene (MtPK) and found that repeat expansion (CTG(46)) causes a slight decrease in the translation rate of MtPK cDNA, which correlates with the finding in patients with myotonic dystrophy of a low amount of MtPK protein in muscle. These results provide an important clue for characterizing the genetic abnormality in other triplet-repeat diseases.
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页码:112 / 116
页数:5
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