MUC1 splice variants in human ocular surface tissues: possible differences between dry eye patients and normal controls

Experimental Eye Research
Yoannis ImbertWilliam W Young

Abstract

Mucins are highly glycosylated proteins that are vital to the maintenance of healthy epithelial surfaces including the ocular surface. Mucins act as lubricants, protectants, and mediators of signal transduction. The majority of the O-glycosylation sites on the transmembrane mucin MUC1 are found in a highly polymorphic core region containing a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR). MUC1 alleles can be divided into size classes that contain small (30-45) or large (60-90) numbers of repeats. Although at least 12 splice variants of MUC1 have been found in other tissues, no splice variants have been reported in human ocular surface tissues. We have used RT-PCR to identify MUC1 splice variants that were then confirmed by sequencing. We here report the presence in some samples of human cornea, conjunctiva, and lacrimal gland of MUC1/B which features canonical splicing between exons 1 and 2 and MUC1/A, a transcript that retains 27bp from the 3' end of intron 1 and is predicted to add 9 amino acids to the MUC1 sequence upstream of the tandem repeat region. Cornea and conjunctiva both contain the MUC1/SEC splice variant that lacks the transmembrane domain and, therefore, results in a soluble, secreted form of MUC1. Cornea and conjunct...Continue Reading

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