Principal expression of two mRNA isoforms (ABCB 5α and ABCB 5β ) of the ATP‐binding cassette transporter gene ABCB 5 in melanoma cells and melanocytes
- 9 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pigment Cell Research
- Vol. 18 (2) , 102-112
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00214.x
Abstract
Summary: ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters play a pivotal role in physiology and pathology. We identified and cloned two novel mRNA isoforms (ABCB 5α and ABCB 5β) of the ABC transporter ABCB 5 in human melanoma cells. The deduced ABCB 5α protein appears to be an altered splice variant containing only a putative ABC, whereas the ABCB 5β isoform shares approximately 70% similarity with ABCB1 (MDR1) and has a deduced topological arrangement similar to that of the whole carboxyl terminal half of the ABCB1 gene product, P‐glycoprotein, including an intact ABC. Northern blot, real‐time PCR, and conventional RT‐PCR were used to verify the expression profiles of ABCB 5α/β. We found that the melanomas included among the NCI‐60 panel of cell lines preferentially expressed both ABCB 5α and ABCB 5β. However, ABCB 5α/β expression was undetectable in two amelanotic melanomas (M14 and LOX‐IMVI). The expression profile of ABCB 5α/β in all of the other melanomas of the panel was confirmed both by RT‐PCR and by sequencing. Neither ABCB 5α nor ABCB 5β expression was found in normal tissues such as liver, spleen, thymus, kidney, lung, colon, small intestines or placenta. ABCB 5α/β mRNAs were also expressed in normal melanocytes and in retinal pigment epithelial cells, suggesting that ABCB 5α/β expression is pigment cell‐specific and might be involved in melanogenesis. Our findings indicate that expression of ABCB 5α/β might possibly provide two novel molecular markers for differential diagnosis of melanomas and constitute potential molecular targets for therapy of melanomas.Keywords
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