PMID- 1690892 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19900504 LR - 20190501 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 7 DP - 1990 Apr TI - Exon skipping during splicing of albumin mRNA precursors in Nagase analbuminemic rats. PG - 2652-6 AB - Based on the observation that albumin transcripts accumulate in the liver nuclear RNA fraction of Nagase analbuminemic rats (NAR), it was proposed [Esumi, H., Takahashi, Y., Sato, S., Nagase, S. & Sugimura, T. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80, 95-99] [corrected] that a 7-base-pair deletion at the splice donor site of intron H-I of the albumin gene in these animals leads to impaired processing of albumin pre-mRNA. To identify the specific splicing abnormality, we examined the primary structure of cytoplasmic albumin mRNA across the junctions of exons G-H-I by RNase protection mapping, Northern blot hybridization, Southern blot analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified cDNA, and DNA sequencing. The major albumin mRNA species in NAR showed precise deletion of exon H, suggesting that this exon was skipped during albumin pre-mRNA processing. Since the intron G-H splice donor and acceptor sites and exon H sequence are normal, the finding of exon H skipping in NAR has important implications regarding the mechanism of splice site selection. Moreover, the NAR model provides an excellent system to study splicing in vivo in a higher animal. FAU - Shalaby, F AU - Shalaby F AD - Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461. FAU - Shafritz, D A AU - Shafritz DA LA - eng GR - P30 DK-41296/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK-17609/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (DNA Probes) RN - 0 (RNA Precursors) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Serum Albumin) RN - 24937-83-5 (Poly A) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 3.1.- (Ribonucleases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Blotting, Northern MH - Blotting, Southern MH - DNA/genetics MH - DNA Probes MH - *Exons MH - Male MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - *Mutation MH - Plasmids MH - Poly A/genetics MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - RNA/genetics MH - RNA Precursors/*genetics MH - *RNA Splicing MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Rats, Mutant Strains MH - Restriction Mapping MH - Ribonucleases MH - Serum Albumin/deficiency/*genetics PMC - PMC53748 EDAT- 1990/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1990/04/01 00:01 PMCR- 1990/10/01 CRDT- 1990/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1990/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1990/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1990/04/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1990/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1073/pnas.87.7.2652 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Apr;87(7):2652-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.7.2652.