Journal article
Human uteroglobin gene: structure, subchromosomal localization, and polymorphism
DNA and cell biology, Vol.16(1), pp.73-83
01/1997
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.73
PMID: 9022046
Abstract
Human uteroglobin (hUG) or Clara cell 10-kD protein (cc10 kDa) is a steroid-dependent, immunomodulatory, cytokine-like protein. It is secreted by mucosal epithelial cells of all vertebrates studied. The cDNA encoding hUG and the 5' promoter region of the gene have been characterized previously. Here, we report that the structure of the entire hUG gene is virtually identical to those of rabbit, rat, and mouse. It is localized on human chromosome 11q12.3-13.1, a region in which several important candidate disease genes have been mapped by linkage analyses. Our data indicate that candidate genes for atopic (allergic) asthma and Best's vitelliform macular dystrophy are in closest proximity to the hUG gene. To determine whether hUG gene mutation may be involved in the pathogenesis of these diseases, we studied two isolated groups of patients, each afflicted with either atopy or Best's disease, respectively. We detected a single base-pair change in the hUG gene in Best's disease patients and normal controls but no such change was detected in atopy patients. This alteration in hUG gene-sequence in Best disease family appears to be a polymorphism. Although the results of our investigation did not uncover mutations in hUG gene that could be causally related to the pathogenesis of either of these diseases, its conservation throughout vertebrate phyla implies that this gene is of physiological importance. Moreover, the close proximity of this gene to several candidate disease genes makes it an important chromosomal marker in cloning and characterization of those genes.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Human uteroglobin gene: structure, subchromosomal localization, and polymorphism
- Creators
- Zhongjian ZhangDrazen B ZimonjicNicolas C PopescuNadia WangDaniela S GerhardEdwin M StoneNancy C ArbourH G De VriesH SchefferJ GerritsenJ M Colle'eL P Ten KateAnil B Mukherjee
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- DNA and cell biology, Vol.16(1), pp.73-83
- DOI
- 10.1089/dna.1997.16.73
- PMID
- 9022046
- NLM abbreviation
- DNA Cell Biol
- ISSN
- 1044-5498
- eISSN
- 1557-7430
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979913102771
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