Table 2

List of alternative splicing events confirmed using rtPCR

Gene
GenBank accession number (reference transcript*)
GenBank accession number (variant transcript*)
Alternative splicing event: change of mRNA transcript composition in disease state
Alternatively spliced region
rtPCR p value

mTLE





     CACNB1
NM_000723
NM_199247
NE: 65% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 6
0.035
     CACNB4
NM_000726
AY054985
NE: 4.2x ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 2
0.027
     CLCN7
NM_001287
AK096963
IR: 65% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 18
<0.001
     FXYD6
NM_022003
BP372334
NE: 22% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
<0.001
     GRIA1
NM_000827
A46050
NE: 62% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 14
0.002
     KCNK1
NM_002245
AV733795
PIED: 13% ↓ variant/total ratio
EXON 2
<0.001
     KCNQ2
NM_004518
AY358189
NE: 34% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 7
<0.001
     MCOLN1
NM_020533
CA489568
ASD: 47% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 7
<0.001






AD





     CACNA1G
NM_018896
NM_198376
PIED: 67% ↓ variant/total ratio
EXON 36
<0.001
     GABRA6
NM_000811
AK090735
IR: 30% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 6
0.007
     GRIA1
NM_000827
A46050
NE: 2.5x ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 14
0.001
     KCNAB1
NM_172160
NM_172159
NE: 75% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.004
     KCNN1
NM_002248
BM718136
ASD: 25% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 6
<0.001
     KCNN2
NM_021614
BG769522
ES: 85% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 3
0.002
     MCOLN1
NM_020533
CA489568
ASD: 19% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 7
0.016

*Reference transcript refers to traditionally spliced gene product, while the variant refers to the alternatively spliced mRNA transcript. Splice array determined results were confirmed using quantitative rtPCR in a larger sample size (control (n = 28-29) versus mTLE neocortex (n = 43); control (n = 27) versus AD (n = 31) temporal cortex and cerebellum). ASA, alternative splice acceptor site; ASD, alternative splice donor site; ES, exon skipped; EsS, exons skipped; IR, intron retention; NE, novel exon; NEs, novel exons; PIED, partial internal exon deletion.

Heinzen et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R32   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r32

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