Limited specificity and large overlap of the functions of the mouse RAR gamma 1 and RAR gamma 2 isoforms

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作者
Subbarayan, V [1 ]
Kastner, P [1 ]
Mark, M [1 ]
Dierich, A [1 ]
Gorry, P [1 ]
Chambon, P [1 ]
机构
[1] ULP, INST GENET & BIOL MOL & CELLULAIRE, CNRS, INSERM, F-67404 ILLKIRCH GRAFFENSTADEN, FRANCE
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mouse; null mutation; RAR gamma gene; isoforms;
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10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00098-1
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The RAR gamma gene generates two major isoforms, RAR gamma 1 and RAR gamma 2, which originate from two distinct promoters. We report here the engineering of mice lacking RAR gamma 1, but in which RAR gamma 2 is normally expressed. The effect of this null mutation has been compared with those previously described for RAR gamma 2 and all RAR gamma isoforms (total RAR gamma gene inactivation), both in single mutants and in double mutants bearing additional null mutations in their RAR alpha, RAR beta or RXR alpha genes. RAR gamma 1 mutants, but not RAR gamma 2 mutants, displayed a subset of the abnormalities exhibited by total RAR gamma null mutants (growth deficiency, abnormal cricoid cartilage and occasional cervical vertebra defects), suggesting that RAR gamma 1 is the main isoform mediating the corresponding RAR gamma functions. Interestingly, cricoid cartilage defects were also found in a fraction of heterozygote animals for the RAR gamma 1, RAR gamma or RAR alpha mutations, indicating that wild type levels of RARs are required for the normal morphogenesis of this structure. Compound RAR alpha/RAR gamma 1 and RAR alpha/RAR gamma 2 double null mutants exhibited only a small fraction of the defects found in RAR alpha/RAR gamma double null mutants. Moreover, these defects were often partially penetrant, or corresponded to a less severe form. However, they occurred preferentially in certain compound mutants, demonstrating that given isoforms mediate specific functions of RAR gamma in the context of a RAR alpha null background. In a RXR alpha null background, both RAR gamma 1 and gamma 2 isoform mutations resulted in increased severity of the RXR alpha null ocular phenotype. Together, the present observations indicate that the functions of the two RAR gamma isoforms overlap to a large extent, but also that each of these isoforms exhibits a limited functional specificity. Furthermore, the occurrence of morphological defects in heterozygote mutants for a single RAR isoform provides a basis for explaining the strong conservation of these isoforms during vertebrate evolution. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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