Conserved synteny and gene order difference between human chromosome 12 and pig chromosome 5

• Published in: Cytogenetic and genome research Vol. 94; no. 1-2; pp. 49 - 54
• Main Authors: Goureau, A., Garrigues, A., Tosser-Klopp, G., Lahbib-Mansais, Y., Chardon, P., Yerle, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland Karger 01.01.2001; S. Karger AG; S Karger AG
• Subjects: Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Mapping; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Cats; Cattle; chromosome 12; chromosome 5; Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 - genetics; Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids; Conserved Sequence - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Expressed Sequence Tags; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Order - genetics; Genetic Markers; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Human; Humans; Hybrid Cells - metabolism; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; Life Sciences; Sus scrofa; Swine - genetics; Synteny - genetics; Human; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Gene; Synteny; Chromosome 12; Chromosome 5; Artiodactyla; Ungulata; Pig
• ISSN: 1424-8581; 0301-0171; 1424-859X; 1421-9816
• DOI: 10.1159/000048782

A comparative map of human chromosome 12 (HSA 12) and pig chromosome 5 (SSC 5) was constructed using ten pig expressed sequence tags (ESTs). These ESTs were isolated from primary granulosa cell cultures by differential display (EST b10b), or from a granulosa cDNA library (VIIIE1, DRIM, N*9, RIIID2 and RVIC1) or from a small intestine cDNA library (ATPSB, ITGB7, MYH9, and STAT2). Also used were two Traced Orthologous Amplified Sequence Tags (TOASTs) (LALBA, TRA1), one microsatellite-associated gene (IGF1) and finally five human YACs selected for their cytogenetic position, with a view to increasing the number of informative markers for the comparison. Large-insert clones were obtained by screening a pig bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library with specific primers for each EST and TOAST and for IGF1. These BACs were used as probes for fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) both on porcine and human metaphases. In addition, the human YACs were FISH mapped on pig chromosomes. This allowed us to refine and, in some cases, to correct the previous mapping obtained with a somatic cell hybrid panel. While these data confirm chromosome painting results showing that the distal part of SSC 5p arm is conserved on HSA 22, while the rest of the chromosome corresponds to HSA 12, they also demonstrate gene-order differences between human and pig. In addition, it was also possible to determine the position of the synteny breakpoint.