Alternative-Splicing in the Exon-10 Region of GABAA Receptor β2 Subunit Gene: Relationships between Novel Isoforms and Psychotic Disorders
Copyright policy )Alternative-Splicing in the Exon-10 Region of GABAA Receptor β2 Subunit Gene: Relationships between Novel Isoforms and Psychotic Disorders
Non-coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in GABRB2, the gene for beta(2)-subunit of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor, have been associated with schizophrenia (SCZ) and quantitatively correlated to mRNA expression and alternative splicing.Expression of the Exon 10 region of GABRB2 from minigene constructs revealed this region to be an "alternative splicing hotspot" that readily gave rise to differently spliced isoforms depending on intron sequences. This led to a search in human brain cDNA libraries, and the discovery of two novel isoforms, beta(2S1) and beta(2S2), bearing variations in the neighborhood of Exon-10. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis of postmortem brain samples showed increased beta(2S1) expression and decreased beta(2S2) expression in both SCZ and bipolar disorder (BPD) compared to controls. Disease-control differences were significantly correlated with SNP rs187269 in BPD males for both beta(2S1) and beta(2S2) expressions, and significantly correlated with SNPs rs2546620 and rs187269 in SCZ males for beta(2S2) expression. Moreover, site-directed mutagenesis indicated that Thr(365), a potential phosphorylation site in Exon-10, played a key role in determining the time profile of the ATP-dependent electrophysiological current run-down.This study therefore provided experimental evidence for the importance of non-coding sequences in the Exon-10 region in GABRB2 with respect to beta(2)-subunit splicing diversity and the etiologies of SCZ and BPD.
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University China (People's Republic of)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (香港科技大學) China (People's Republic of)
Male, 570, Bipolar Disorder, Science, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Mice, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Animals, Humans, Protein Isoforms, Base Sequence, Q, R, Brain, Exons, Receptors, GABA-A, Alternative Splicing, Gene Expression Regulation, Psychotic Disorders, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Schizophrenia, Medicine, Female, Research Article
Male, 570, Bipolar Disorder, Science, Molecular Sequence Data, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Mice, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Animals, Humans, Protein Isoforms, Base Sequence, Q, R, Brain, Exons, Receptors, GABA-A, Alternative Splicing, Gene Expression Regulation, Psychotic Disorders, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Schizophrenia, Medicine, Female, Research Article
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