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. 2002 Sep;71(3):607-17.
doi: 10.1086/342098. Epub 2002 Jul 16.

Usher syndrome type III: revised genomic structure of the USH3 gene and identification of novel mutations

Randall R Fields  1 , Guimei Zhou, Dali Huang, Jack R Davis, Claes Möller, Samuel G Jacobson, William J Kimberling, Janos Sumegi
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Usher syndrome type III: revised genomic structure of the USH3 gene and identification of novel mutations

Randall R Fields et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Sep.

Abstract

Usher syndrome type III is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive sensorineural hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction, and retinitis pigmentosa. The disease gene was localized to 3q25 and recently was identified by positional cloning. In the present study, we have revised the structure of the USH3 gene, including a new translation start site, 5' untranslated region, and a transcript encoding a 232-amino acid protein. The mature form of the protein is predicted to contain three transmembrane domains and 204 residues. We have found four new disease-causing mutations, including one that appears to be relatively common in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. We have also identified mouse (chromosome 3) and rat (chromosome 2) orthologues, as well as two human paralogues on chromosomes 4 and 10.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
PCR analysis of the USH3Joensuu transcript. Primers based on the published sequence of USH3Joensuu were used to amplify DNA fragments between the first and second (e1f:e2r), first and third (e1f:e3r), first and fourth (e1f:e4r), second and third (e2f:e3r), and second and fourth (e2f:e4r) exons, with 35 cycles of 30 s at 96°C, 30 s at 58°C, and 4 min at 72°C. Marathon Ready human retina cDNA at two times the recommended concentration from Clontech (lane a) and human genomic DNA at 5 ng/μL (lane b) were used as template. Only the primer pair e2f:e3r produced a robust product of the expected size on retina-specific cDNA. Faint bands are visible in the cDNA amplifications for e1f:e2r and e1f:e4r, at approximately the expected sizes but at orders of magnitude below the intensity of e2f:e3r. Expected sizes for USH3Joensuu are 412, 574, 780, 186, and 392 bp for lane a, with an additional 87 nucleotides between exons 1 and 2 in the case of isoform bJoensuu. Evidence for an additional splice variant was observed in lane a, for e2f:e4r, and reamplification followed by sequencing showed that the band at about 165 bp represents a direct splice between exons 2 and 4, skipping exon 3.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Structure of the USH3revised gene (AF482697) and protein. A, Schematic structure of the USH3revised gene and its mRNA and protein products. The TMPred program predicted two inside-outside (green) and two outside-inside (red) TM domains, arranged in tandems in the USH3 protein (232 aa). There may also be a signal peptide (SignalP Server prediction; data not shown), which, if removed, could result in a mature protein with three TM domains, 204 aa in length. This signal peptide is grey in this figure, including the first inside-outside TM domain. No other previously characterized conserved domains were identified. B, PCR analysis of the transcript, performed using primers based on the sequence of USH3revised cDNA. The expected sizes of the amplified products were E1F/E2R, 337 bp; E1F/E3R, 499 bp; E2F/E3R, 187 bp; and E1F/ER3, 912 bp. M = molecular weight marker (Invitrogen catalogue number 15628019).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Alignment of mouse EST and Ensembl-Arachne data used to predict the mouse USH3revised orthologue. The original alignment was accomplished using DNASTAR's Seqman program in the Lasergene version 5.0 software package, and formatting was provided by Multalin (Corpet et al. 1988), with default settings and manual adjustment.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Alignment of mouse EST and Ensembl-Arachne data used to predict the mouse USH3revised orthologue. The original alignment was accomplished using DNASTAR's Seqman program in the Lasergene version 5.0 software package, and formatting was provided by Multalin (Corpet et al. 1988), with default settings and manual adjustment.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Alignment of human, mouse, and rat USH3revised proteins and two human USH3revised protein paralogues. “X” signifies sites of missense mutations found in the present study; a red background indicates identity of 3/5 residues at that position; blue indicates similarity of 3/5. Alignment of a putative USH3-like gene from human chromosomes 4 and 10 and the putative USH3 orthologues from rat and mouse show that Leu150 can be replaced by isoleucine but is otherwise conserved. Secondary-structure predictions indicate that the L150P mutation would disrupt a helical region (DNAStar's Protean program in the Lasergene version 5.0 software package; data not shown). The alignment also shows that Asn48 is conserved, except in the putative USH3-like gene on human chromosome 4, where it is replaced by an aspartate. Lysine, with its longer alkyl chain and lack of a carboxyl moiety, would be a radical substitution (N48K) in this region, which is predicted to form an extended loop. The original alignment was accomplished using DNAStar's Megalign program in the Lasergene version 5.0 software package; formatting was provided by The Sequence Manipulation Suite: Multiple Align Show.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Expression profile of USH3revised. Single-stranded cDNA from the indicated tissues—with primer pair E1F:E2R, as in figure 2—was used to amplify a 337-bp product corresponding to the first and second exons of USH3revised. The experiment was performed three times for the Clontech MTC panel 2, and one representative result is shown. M = molecular weight marker (Invitrogen catalogue number 15628019).
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Electronic-Database Information

    1. Blast the Mouse Genome, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/seq/MmBlast.html (for mouse genome BLAST versus Arachne [Whole Genome Shotgun assembly by the Whitehead Institute])
    1. DNASTAR, http://www.dnastar.com/ (for Lasergene 5.0 software)
    1. Ensembl-Arachne Mouse Contigs, http://www.ensembl.org/Mus_musculus/contigview/ (for contigs 176095 and 334287; query format is contig_######)
    1. GenBank, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/ (for 207-kb genomic contig sequence [accession number AF388363], BAC clone RP11-251C9 [accession number AC020636], USH3Joensuu cDNA [accession numbers AF388366 and AF388368], putative USH3 paralogue peptide sequences [accession numbers XP_058398 and XP_068256], USH3revised cDNA [accession number AF482697], USH3 (rat) cDNA [accession number AF482698], and assembly of putative USH3 (Mouse) cDNA [accession numbers BB630393, BB638319 and BB639483])
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