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Comparative Study
. 1992 Jan 15;89(2):584-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.2.584.

Cloning of the alpha 1 subunit of a voltage-dependent calcium channel expressed in pancreatic beta cells

S Seino  1 , L Chen, M Seino, O Blondel, J Takeda, J H Johnson, G I Bell
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Comparative Study

Cloning of the alpha 1 subunit of a voltage-dependent calcium channel expressed in pancreatic beta cells

S Seino et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

Abstract

The isoforms of the alpha 1 subunits of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels expressed in human pancreatic islets were identified by using a pair of degenerate oligonucleotide primers and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify mRNAs encoding alpha 1 subunit-like sequences. The sequences of the PCR products indicate that islets express the heart-type alpha 1 subunit as well as a second isoform whose complete sequence has not been previously reported. The sequences of cloned cDNAs encoding the human beta-cell, or neuroendocrine-type, alpha 1 subunit indicate that it is composed of 2181 amino acids. It shares 68%, 64%, and 41% identity with the sequences of the alpha 1 subunits of rabbit heart, skeletal muscle, and brain, respectively, and is predicted to have a similar structure including four homologous domains composed of six membrane-spanning segments each. RNA blotting studies indicate that the beta-cell-type alpha 1 subunit is also expressed in brain as well as in the insulin-producing cell lines RINm5F and beta TC-3; however, it could not be detected by RNA blotting in a third cell line, HIT-T15. In situ hybridization studies revealed expression of beta-cell-type alpha 1 subunit mRNA in beta cells of rat pancreatic islets, implying that this protein may play a role in the regulation of insulin secretion.

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