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Molecular Cloning of Human Cardiac Troponin T Isoforms: Expression in Developing and Failing Heart

Molecular Cloning of Human Cardiac Troponin T Isoforms: Expression in Developing and Failing Heart

P J Townsend, P J Barton, M H Yacoub, H Farza

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1995 Oct;27(10):2223-36.

PMID: 8576938

Abstract:

Troponin T, which links the troponin complex to tropomyosin, is found as multiple isoforms in the hearts of many animal species. Changes in isoform composition have been correlated with variation in myofilament sensitivity to calcium. In order to determine the origin of diversity of the cardiac troponin T (cTnT) isoforms indicated by existing protein data, we have determined the sequences and patterns of expression of mRNAs encoding troponin T in fetal and adult heart and those present in adult heart in end-stage failure. Three main regions of alternative splicing within the cTnT coding region were identified using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Alternatively spliced RNAs are developmentally regulated and some of the fetal forms are expressed in adult failing heart. The molecular structure of the spliced regions was determined from cloned cDNAs and RT-PCR products. In the 5' region of the mRNA, isoforms are generated by the inclusion or exclusion of 15-, 3- and 27-nucleotide (nt) sequences and by the inclusion or exclusion of a separate 3-nt sequence. In the 3' region of the mRNA, alternative splicing involves a 9-nt sequence which can be present in full, in part or not at all. A further splicing site was identified in the central region involving a 234-nt sequence and resulting in rare but detectable mRNAs. This work demonstrates the complexity of cTnT RNA composition in human heart and provides the information necessary to address the function of cTnT isoforms in contraction.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
IAR42413045	Troponin T from human heart			Price

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