Miller-Dieker lissencephaly gene encodes a subunit of brain platelet-activating factor (original) (raw)

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PLATELET-ACTIVATING factor (PAF) is involved in a variety of biological and pathological processes1 and PAF acetylhydrolase, which inactivates PAF by removing the acetyl group at the _sn_-2 position, is widely distributed in plasma and tissue cytosols2,3. One isoform of PAF acetylhydrolase present in bovine brain cortex is a heterotrimer comprising subunits with relative molecular masses of 45K, 30K and 29K (ref. 4). We have now isolated the comple-mentary DNA for the 45K subunit. Sequence analysis revealed a striking identity (99%) of the subunit with a protein encoded by the causative gene (LIS-1) for Miller-Dieker lissencephaly5, a human brain malformation manifested by a smooth cerebral surface and abnormal neuronal migration. This indicates that the LIS-1 gene product is a human homologue of the 45K subunit of intracellular PAF acetylhydrolase. Our results raise the possibility that PAF and PAF acetylhydrolase are important in the formation of the brain cortex during differentiation and development.

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  1. Department of Health Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan
    Mitsuharu Hattori, Hiroyuki Arai & Keizo Inoue
  2. Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research, Mishima, Osaka, 618, Japan
    Hideki Adachi & Masafumi Tsujimoto

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Hattori, M., Adachi, H., Tsujimoto, M. et al. Miller-Dieker lissencephaly gene encodes a subunit of brain platelet-activating factor.Nature 370, 216–218 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/370216a0

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