Isolation of TSH and LH/CG Receptor cDNAs from Human Thyroid: Regulation by Tissue Specific Splicing (original) (raw)

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A. Lindsay Frazier ,

1Division of Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon 97201; Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts; Zentrum for Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, FRG; The Population Council New York, New York 10021

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Linda S. Robbins ,

1Division of Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon 97201; Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts; Zentrum for Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, FRG; The Population Council New York, New York 10021

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Philip J. Stork ,

1Division of Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon 97201; Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts; Zentrum for Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, FRG; The Population Council New York, New York 10021

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Rolf Sprengel ,

1Division of Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon 97201; Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts; Zentrum for Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, FRG; The Population Council New York, New York 10021

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Deborah L. Segaloff ,

1Division of Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon 97201; Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts; Zentrum for Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, FRG; The Population Council New York, New York 10021

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Roger D. Cone

1Division of Molecular Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02111; Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon 97201; Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts; Zentrum for Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, FRG; The Population Council New York, New York 10021

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This work was supported by NIH Grants DK-41921-01 and the Medical Research Foundation (to R.D.C.) and by NIH Grant HD-22196(to D.L.S.).

A.L.F. was supported by a fellowship from the Association for Brain Tumor Research.

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Present address: Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland Oregon 97201; to whom requests for reprints should be addressed.

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Revision received:

29 April 1990

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01 August 1990

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A. Lindsay Frazier, Linda S. Robbins, Philip J. Stork, Rolf Sprengel, Deborah L. Segaloff, Roger D. Cone, Isolation of TSH and LH/CG Receptor cDNAs from Human Thyroid: Regulation by Tissue Specific Splicing, Molecular Endocrinology, Volume 4, Issue 8, 1 August 1990, Pages 1264–1276, https://doi.org/10.1210/mend-4-8-1264
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Abstract

A TSH receptor (TSH-R) cDNA has been isolated from a human thyroid λGT11 library. Unexpectedly, several cDNAs encoding the human LH/CG receptor (LH/CG-R), previously thought to be expressed solely in gonadal cells, were also isolated from the thyroid library. The receptors are structurally related, consisting of a signal sequence, a large extracellular amino terminal domain, seven membrane spanning domains, and a short carboxyl-terminal portion. The TSH-R is encoded by a single 4.2 kilobase mRNA specific to the thyroid. Introns were not present in any hTSH-R cDNAs examined, however, sequencing of several LH/CG-R cDNAs and RNase protection experiments demonstrated that the majority of hLH/ CG-R mRNA in the thyroid is incompletely spliced. Consequently, tissue-specific splicing may be an important step in the regulation of the glycoprotein hormone receptor family.

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Author notes

This work was supported by NIH Grants DK-41921-01 and the Medical Research Foundation (to R.D.C.) and by NIH Grant HD-22196(to D.L.S.).

A.L.F. was supported by a fellowship from the Association for Brain Tumor Research.

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Present address: Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland Oregon 97201; to whom requests for reprints should be addressed.

Copyright © 1990 by The Endocrine Society

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