Table 3

List of ion channel genes exhibiting alternative splicing in patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Genes by gene class
GenBank accession number (reference transcript*)
GenBank accession number (variant transcript*)
Alternative splicing event: change of mRNA transcript composition in AD
Alternatively spliced region
Splice array p value

Calcium channels





CACNA1A
NM_023035
CQ723237
ASA: 23% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 23
0.007

NM_023035
U79668
ASD: 36% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 48
0.022
CACNA1C
NM_000719
CQ722691
ASD: 19% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 27
0.033
CACNA1G
NM_018896
NM_198376
PIED: 14% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 36
<0.001
CACNA1I
NM_001003406
AX068892
ASD: 29% ↓ variant/total ratio
EXON 16
0.049
CACNA2D1
NM_000722
BG210356
NE: 55% ↑ reference/total ratio
INTRON 3
0.021






Chloride channels





CLCN2
NM_004366
BC021578
ES: 14% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 13
0.041

NM_004366
BF002578
NE: 38% ↓ variant/total ratio
3' downstream
0.042
CLCN6
NM_001286
NM_021736
ES: 15% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 12
0.022
CLCNKA
NM_004070
CQ733615
ASD: 27% ↓ variant/reference
EXON 15
0.039






Sodium channels





SCN2A2
NM_021007
CQ730725
ES: 16% ↓ variant/total ratio
EXON 11
0.023
SCN7A
NM_002976
BC062699
ES: 39% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 1
0.027
SCNN1D
NM_002978
AX230571
ASA: 17% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 1
0.045






Potassium channels





KCNAB1
NM_172160
NM_172159
NE: 21% ↓ variant/reference
INITRON 1
0.028
KCNAB2
NM_003636
AI933060
NE: 51% ↓ variant/total ratio
3' downstream
0.017

NM_003636
AI090677
NEs: 105% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 7
0.039

NM_003636
BM925038
PIED: 65% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 16
0.045
KCNF1
NM_002236
AI566537
PIED: 51% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 1
0.045
KCNG1
NM_172318
BF569197
ASD: 23% ↓ variant/reference ratio
EXON 1
0.005

NM_172318
AI968477
ASD: 28% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 1
0.031
KCNH5
NM_172376
NM_139318
ES: 14% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 11
0.033
KCNMB2
NM_181361
NM_005832
NEs: 25% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
0.030
KCNN1
NM_002248
BX106650
ASD: 47% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 6
0.004

NM_002248
BM718136
ASD: 39% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 6
0.015
KCNQ2
NM_004518
NM_172107
NE: 70% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 10
0.038

NM_004518
BG772772
NEs: 55% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXONS 7-9
0.016
KCNQ3
NM_004519
CQ725469
PIED: 47% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 15
0.036






GABA receptors





GABRA3
NM_000808
AX897950
ES: 48% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 7
0.037
GABRA5
NM_000810
AL035782
EsS: 65% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXONS 2/3
0.030
GABRA6
NM_000811
AK090735
IR: 72% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 6
0.037






Ionotropic glutamate receptors





GRIK2
NM_021956
CQ715784
ASD: 57% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 10
0.007
GRIK4
NM_014619
CQ734018
NEs: 35% ↓ variant/total ratio
INTRON 1
0.006
GRIK5
NM_002088
AJ249209
NE: 52% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 18
0.037






Transient receptor potential cation channels





TRPM7
NM_017672
CQ728707
ES: 6% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 4
0.048






FXYD domain ion transport regulators





FXYD5
NM_014164
BU164524
NE: 36% ↓ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.030






Inositol triphosphate receptors





ITPR1
NM_002222
CQ719499
ES: 15% ↓ reference/total ratio
EXON 23
0.030






Two pore segment channels





TPCN1
NM_017901
BG899733
NE: 49% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.016






Mucolipin





MCOLN1
NM_020533
CA489568
ASD: 95% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 7
0.026

NM_020533
AJ293659
IR: 33% ↑ variant/total ratio
INTRON 5
0.032






Ryanodine receptors





RYR1
NM_000540
CQ717972
PIED: 30% ↑ reference/total ratio
EXON 91
0.011

NM_000540
CQ730824
ES: 35% ↑ variant/reference ratio
EXON 35
0.042






Miscellaneous other ion channels/interacting proteins





TM4SF11 (plasmolipin)
NM_015993
R16034
NE: 21% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.016
GMRP-1 (potassium channel tetramerization protein)
NM_032320
BG722430
NE: 26% ↑ variant/reference ratio
INTRON 1
0.031

*Reference transcript refers to traditionally splicing gene product, while the variant refers to the alternatively spliced mRNA transcript. Change was quantified using splice array samples (control versus AD temporal cortex, n = 10/group). The ratio selected to quantify event was determined based on best available probe choice (see Materials and methods section). 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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