Molecular cloning of a novel gene ZAhi-1 and its expression analysis during zebrafish gametogenesis

Mol Biol Rep. 2006 Jun;33(2):111-6. doi: 10.1007/s11033-006-0005-8.

Abstract

Proto-oncogen Ahi-1 is closely related to a lot of human and mouse diseases. Ahi-1 mutation will lead to leukemia in mice and Joubert syndrome in human beings. We have cloned the full cDNA sequence of Ahi-1 homologous in zebrafish, and RT-PCR results of ZAhi-1 in different tissues reveal that ZAhi-1 expressed highest in the mature gonad. In situ hybridization results of zebrafish gonad show that ZAhi-1 only expressed in the early stages' gamete cells. RT-PCR analyses of mouse Ahi-1 in different stages of spermatogenesis have been done according to the published Ahi-1 sequence, and the findings reveal that Ahi-1 is expressed in gamete of pachytene stage. It can then be safely concluded that Ahi-1 might take place in the spermatocyte from the early pachytene stage to the late pachytene stage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Expressed Sequence Tags
  • Gametogenesis*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Zebrafish / embryology*
  • Zebrafish Proteins / genetics*
  • Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Ahi1 protein, zebrafish
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Zebrafish Proteins

Associated data

  • GDB/BM571183