Immunohistochemical studies on regulation of alternative splicing of fast skeletal muscle troponin T: non-uniform distribution of the exon x3 epitope in a single muscle fiber |
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Authors: | Kazuto Nakada Fuminori Kimura Tamio Hirabayashi Jun-Ichi Miyazaki |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Troponin T (TnT) isoforms of chicken fast skeletal muscle are classified into two types, breast-muscle-type (B-type) and leg-muscle-type (L-type) isoforms. These isoforms are produced from a single gene by differential alternative splicing of pre-mRNA. We investigated immunohistochemically the distribution of B-type TnT isoforms in chicken leg muscle (musculus biceps femoris), using anti-exon x3 that was raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to exon x3 and recognized B-type, but not the L-type, TnT isoforms. Mosaic patterns of immunostaining showing locally different expression of B-type TnT isoforms in a single fiber were observed among fibers, and the non-uniform distribution of the isoforms was also detected in sectioned fibers and myofibrils from the muscle. The results indicated that regulation of pre-mRNA splicing of fast skeletal muscle TnT was different not only among the muscle fibers but also within a single fiber, suggesting that heterogeneous myonuclei in regulation of alternative splicings occur in a single muscle fiber. |
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