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  • Title: Cloning and characterization of a novel mouse Siglec, mSiglec-F: differential evolution of the mouse and human (CD33) Siglec-3-related gene clusters.
    Author: Angata T, Hingorani R, Varki NM, Varki A.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2001 Nov 30; 276(48):45128-36. PubMed ID: 11579105.
    Abstract:
    A novel mouse Siglec (mSiglec-F) belonging to the subfamily of Siglec-3-related Siglecs has been cloned and characterized. Unlike most human Siglec-3 (hSiglec-3)-related Siglecs with promiscuous linkage specificity, mSiglec-F shows a strong preference for alpha2-3-linked sialic acids. It is predominantly expressed in immature cells of the myelomonocytic lineage and in a subset of CD11b (Mac-1)-positive cells in some tissues. As with previously cloned Siglec-3-related mSiglecs, the lack of strong sequence similarity to a singular hSiglec made identification of the human ortholog difficult. We therefore conducted a comprehensive comparison of Siglecs between the human and mouse genomes. The mouse genome contains eight Siglec genes, whereas the human genome contains 11 Siglec genes and a Siglec-like gene. Although a one-to-one orthologous correspondence between human and mouse Siglecs 1, 2, and 4 is confirmed, the Siglec-3-related Siglecs showed marked differences between human and mouse. We found only four Siglec genes and two pseudogenes in the mouse chromosome 7 region syntenic to the Siglec-3-related gene cluster on human chromosome 19, which, in contrast, contains seven Siglec genes, a Siglec-like gene, and thirteen pseudogenes. Although analysis of gene maps and exon structures allows tentative assignments of mouse-human Siglec ortholog pairs, the possibility of unequal genetic recombination makes the assignments inconclusive. We therefore support a temporary lettered nomenclature for additional mouse Siglecs. Current information suggests that mSiglec-F is likely a hSiglec-5 ortholog. The previously reported mSiglec-3/CD33 and mSiglec-E/MIS are likely orthologs of hSiglec-3 and hSiglec-9, respectively. The other Siglec-3-like gene in the cluster (mSiglec-G) is probably a hSiglec-10 ortholog. Another mouse gene (mSiglec-H), without an apparent human ortholog, lies outside of the cluster. Thus, although some duplications of Siglec-3-related genes predated separation of the primate and rodent lineages (about 80-100 million years ago), this gene cluster underwent extensive duplications in the primate lineage thereafter.
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