Murine and human mast cell express acetylcholinesterase

Hovav Nechushtan, Hermona Soreq, Valentina Kuperstein, Sagi Tshori, Ehud Razin*

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Abstract

Expression of catalytically active protein was detected in a murine mast cell line. The primary type of AChE mRNA produced by these cells was found to be the brain and muscle type by PCR amplification of alternative exons from the 3' of mast cells AChE cDNA. AChE was further found to be expressed in the HMC-1 the human mast cell precursor line. Furthermore, utilizing the single cell RT-PCR method we detected AChE mRNA expression in FcεRI-positive single cells derived from human colonic mucosal biopsies. Our findings predict the involvement of mast cell AChE in neuronal-mast cell interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume379
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Jan 1996

Keywords

  • AChE
  • Alternative splicing
  • Human precursor cell
  • Mast cell
  • Single-cell RT-PCR

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