Isolation of four HSP70 genes in the pig and localization on Chromosomes 7 and 14 |
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Authors: | Manoel Nunes Martine Yerle Françoise Dezeure Joel Gellin Patrick Chardon Marcel Vaiman |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Radiobiologie Appliquée, INRA-CEA, DSV DPTE, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France;(2) Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire INRA, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | For insight into the general organization of the swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) complex, the swine major histocompatibility complex (MHC), four sequences related to the heat-shock proteins HSP70 were characterized by screening of a pig genomic cosmid library with a swine cDNA HSP70 2.6-kb probe. This yielded three positive clones: HC2.2, HC3.2, and HC4.2. Restriction site maps revealed a large overlap of HC2.2 with HC3.2, whereas HC4.2 was independent. Southern blot hybridization with the 5 section, the central section, and the 3 section of the 2.6-kb probe and also with a swine 4.5-kb HSP70 genomic probe suggested the existence, within the overlapping clones, of three distinct HSP70 sequences encompassing a segment no longer than 22 kb. The HC4.2 clone, which hybridized with the same probes, displayed a single band of 7.3 kb, probably corresponding to one gene only. Fluorescent in situ hybridization on swine chromosome metaphases with the whole HC2.2 or HC4.2 cosmids allowed the assignment of HC2.2 to MHC region on Chromosome (Chr) 7 (Cen-p1.1), and of HC4.2 to Chr 14 (q2.4–2.5). Thus, as in humans, the swine MHC comprises three closely linked HSP70 loci. The presence of additional genes belonging to the same inducible HSP70 gene family can be expected from what is known in humans. The HSP70 gene found here on the pig Chr 14 may be one of these putative unidentified genes. |
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