TY - JOUR
T1 - The human NTT gene
T2 - Identification of a novel 17-kb noncoding nuclear RNA expressed in activated CD4+ T cells
AU - Liu, Alice Y.
AU - Torchia, Beth S.
AU - Migeon, Barbara R.
AU - Siliciano, Robert F.
PY - 1997/1/15
Y1 - 1997/1/15
N2 - We describe the cloning and characterization of the NTT gene (noncoding transcript in T cells), identified by differential display RT-PCR based on the differential presence of its transcript in a subset of activated, human CD4+ T-cell clones. The full-length cDNA and genomic sequences were cloned and found to produce a 17-kb transcript that is polyadenylated, but is not spliced. Consistent with the transcript's nuclear predominance, NTT has no open reading frame larger than 270 bp. It is transcribed in a select subset of CD4+ T-cell clones propagated in vitro. Its transcription can also be induced in freshly isolated T cells by in vitro activation with PHA or with PMA and ionomycin. In vivo, NTT transcripts are found only in activated, but not resting, T cells. Transcripts were absent in a variety of lymphoid cell lines and transformed lines from other tissues. NTT is a new member of the small group of genes including XIST (X1-specific transcript), H19, and IPW (imprinted gene in the Prader-Willi syndrome region), which are transcribed but not translated, and may have a role in the regulation of neighboring genes. XIST, H19, and IPW exhibit monoallelic expression, but both NTT alleles are expressed in CD4+ T-cell clones. Southern blot and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses show that NTT is a single-copy gene residing in chromosome 6q23-q24, near the interferon-γ receptor gene (IFN-γR). Their proximity and shared expression pattern suggest a possible functional relationship.
AB - We describe the cloning and characterization of the NTT gene (noncoding transcript in T cells), identified by differential display RT-PCR based on the differential presence of its transcript in a subset of activated, human CD4+ T-cell clones. The full-length cDNA and genomic sequences were cloned and found to produce a 17-kb transcript that is polyadenylated, but is not spliced. Consistent with the transcript's nuclear predominance, NTT has no open reading frame larger than 270 bp. It is transcribed in a select subset of CD4+ T-cell clones propagated in vitro. Its transcription can also be induced in freshly isolated T cells by in vitro activation with PHA or with PMA and ionomycin. In vivo, NTT transcripts are found only in activated, but not resting, T cells. Transcripts were absent in a variety of lymphoid cell lines and transformed lines from other tissues. NTT is a new member of the small group of genes including XIST (X1-specific transcript), H19, and IPW (imprinted gene in the Prader-Willi syndrome region), which are transcribed but not translated, and may have a role in the regulation of neighboring genes. XIST, H19, and IPW exhibit monoallelic expression, but both NTT alleles are expressed in CD4+ T-cell clones. Southern blot and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses show that NTT is a single-copy gene residing in chromosome 6q23-q24, near the interferon-γ receptor gene (IFN-γR). Their proximity and shared expression pattern suggest a possible functional relationship.
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U2 - 10.1006/geno.1996.4463
DO - 10.1006/geno.1996.4463
M3 - Article
C2 - 9027504
AN - SCOPUS:0031568254
VL - 39
SP - 171
EP - 184
JO - Genomics
JF - Genomics
SN - 0888-7543
IS - 2
ER -