A human tyrosine hydroxylase isoform associated with progressive supranuclear palsy shows altered enzymatic activity

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Bodeau-Péan, S
Ravassard, P
Neuner-Jehle, M
Faucheux, B
Mallet, J
Dumas, S
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[1] Hop La Pitie Salpetriere, CNRS, UMR 9923, Lab Genet Mol Neurotransmiss & Proc Neurodigenera, F-75013 Paris, France
[2] Hop La Pitie Salpetriere, INSERM, U289, F-75013 Paris, France
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10.1074/jbc.274.6.3469
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A novel human tyrosine hydroxylase (HTH) messenger RNA subgroup generated by alternative splicing and characterized by the absence of the third exon was recently identified. The corresponding putative protein lacks 74 amino acids including Ser(31) and Ser(40), two major phosphorylation sites implicated in the regulation of HTH activity. These mRNA species are detected in adrenal medulla and are overexpressed in patients suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative disease mostly affecting catecholaminergic neurons of the basal ganglia. In the present work, an HTH protein isoform lacking exon 3 was identified in human adrenal medulla. For this purpose, an antibody was raised against the HTH exon 3, The effect of the removal of exon 3 on the enzymatic activity of HTH was studied in vitro by comparing a purified recombinant fusion protein without exon 3 (glutathione S-transferase (GST)-HTH Delta 3) to the equivalent protein containing exon 3 (GST-HTH3). In initial velocity conditions, GST-HTH Delta 3 has 30% of the maximal velocity of GST-HTH3. Moreover, the skipping of exon 3 results in the absence of activation of GST-HTH by heparin and increases by 10-fold the retroinhibition constant for dopamine, demonstrating the involvement of exon 3 in the regulation of HTH enzymatic activity. The identification of a variably expressed HTH isoform that lacks an exon implicated in activity regulation supports the view that HTH alternative splicing contributes to the functional diversity within the catecholaminergic system and may be implicated in some neurological diseases.
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