The human MCP-3 gene (SCYA7): cloning, sequence analysis, and assignment to the C-C chemokine gene cluster on chromosome 17q11.2-q12.

Monocyte chemotactic proteins (MCPs) are chemokines involved in macrophage recruitment during inflammation and cancer. A full-size MCP-3 cDNA was used to isolate the functional human MCP-3 gene. Based on restriction analysis, subclones were selected and the MCP-3 gene sequence was completed. In addition to a dense region with direct and inverted repeats and palindromic sequences, a double microsatellite (CA)n-(GA)n' was found at the 5'-end of the MCP-3 gene, and an RFLP was detected. The gene was regionally mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization to human chromosome 17, subbands q11.2-q12. This site contains the MCP-subset of C-C chemokines and can be distinguished from the syntenic MIP-1 alpha locus. SCYA7 was assigned as the locus symbol of the MCP-3 gene. Double-labeling experiments confirmed the regional assignment of the MCP-3 gene close to the ERBB2 locus on human chromosome 17.