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Age and gender-dependent alternative splicing of P/Q-type calcium channel EF-hand.


ABSTRACT: Ca(v)2.1 Ca(2+) channels (P/Q-type), which participate in various key roles in the CNS by mediating calcium influx, are extensively spliced. One of its alternatively-spliced exons is 37, which forms part of the EF hand. The expression of exon 37a (EFa form), but not exon 37b (EFb form), confers the channel an activity-dependent enhancement of channel opening known as Ca(2+)-dependent facilitation (CDF). In this study, we analyzed the trend of EF hand splice variant distributions in mouse, rat and human brain tissues. We observed a developmental switch in rodents, as well as an age and gender bias in human brain tissues, suggestive of a possible role of these EF hand splice variants in neurophysiological specialization. A parallel study performed on rodent brains showed that the data drawn from human and rodent tissues may not necessarily correlate in the process of aging.

SUBMITTER: Chang SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1978091 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Age and gender-dependent alternative splicing of P/Q-type calcium channel EF-hand.

Chang S Y SY   Yong T F TF   Yu C Y CY   Liang M C MC   Pletnikova O O   Troncoso J J   Burgunder J-M JM   Soong T W TW  

Neuroscience 20070208 3


Ca(v)2.1 Ca(2+) channels (P/Q-type), which participate in various key roles in the CNS by mediating calcium influx, are extensively spliced. One of its alternatively-spliced exons is 37, which forms part of the EF hand. The expression of exon 37a (EFa form), but not exon 37b (EFb form), confers the channel an activity-dependent enhancement of channel opening known as Ca(2+)-dependent facilitation (CDF). In this study, we analyzed the trend of EF hand splice variant distributions in mouse, rat an  ...[more]

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