Mapping of the first preferentially expressed cDNA in human fetal cochlea to human 14q11.2-12 and to a region of homologous synteny on mouse chromosome 12
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States)
We have isolated a cDNA, Coch-5B2 (D14S564E) from a human fetal cochlear cDNA library by subtractive hybridization and differential screening methods. This is the first cDNA to date shown to be expressed preferentially in human fetal cochlea (membranous labyrinth). On Northern blot of a panel of 14 human fetal tissue RNAs including cochlea, brain, liver, spleen, skeletal muscle, kidney, lung, skin, thymus, adrenal, small intestine, eye, sternal cartilage, and cultured fibroblasts, very high level expression of D14S564E is seen only in cochlea; very faint bands are discernible in brain and eye. Sequence comparison of this clone to sequences in GenBank/EMBL data bases shows no match to any known genes, indicating that it represents a novel cochlear sequence. Chromosome localization of this cochlear cDNA may provide insight into a region of the human genome to which human deafness disorders may map. We have assigned D14S564E to human chromosome 14 using the NIGMS human/rodent somatic cell hybrid mapping panel 1, and regionally to q11.2-q12 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Besides detection of the human genomic band on the hybrid panel, genomic bands were seen for mouse and hamster, demonstrating evolutionary conservation of D14S564E. By FISH, signal was detected on human 14q11.2-q12 in 20 metaphases. In 3 metaphases, signal was present on both chromosome 14s. The mouse homolog of this cochlear cDNA was also used to probe human metaphases by FISH: signal was detected in the same region, 14q11.2-12, as the human clone in 5 metaphases, confirming human mapping data and homology to the human cDNA. The human cochlear D14S564E was genetically mapped in the mouse to chromosome 12, in a region of homology with human 14q11.2-q12. This region on mouse 12 contains the asp-1 (audiogenic seizure prone) locus and future studies will be directed at determining whether D14S564E is a candidate gene for this disorder.
- OSTI ID:
- 134461
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-1195
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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