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Publication : Cloning and expression of a mouse member of the PLUNC protein family exclusively expressed in tongue epithelium.

First Author  LeClair EE Year  2004
Journal  Genomics Volume  83
Issue  4 Pages  658-66
PubMed ID  15028288 Mgi Jnum  J:89262
Mgi Id  MGI:3039301 Doi  10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.09.015
Citation  LeClair EE, et al. (2004) Cloning and expression of a mouse member of the PLUNC protein family exclusively expressed in tongue epithelium. Genomics 83(4):658-66
abstractText  Palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone (Plunc, now renamed Splunc1) is a small secreted protein expressed in the oropharynx and upper airways of humans, mice, rats, and cows. This protein is structurally homologous to known mediators of host defense against gram-negative bacteria. We have characterized the genomic sequence and expression of a novel but closely related gene from rodents, which we call splunc5. Mouse Splunc5 sequence is 60% identical to mouse Splunc1. The genes also share highly conserved genomic elements including intron-exon structure and intronic sequence. Strikingly, splunc5 is expressed exclusively in the interpapillary epithelium of the tongue's dorsal surface. By comparing the expression profiles of splunc5, splunc1, and a third related sequence, lplunc1, in mice, we show that these genes are expressed in unique domains along a continuous corridor of oral, lingual, pharyngeal, and respiratory epithelia. This expression pattern is consistent with the hypothesis that these proteins protect epithelial surfaces colonized by potentially pathogenic microorganisms.
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