X-linked, polymorphic genetic variation of thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG) in baboons and screening of additional primates - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

X-linked, polymorphic genetic variation of thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG) in baboons and screening of additional primates

D H Lockwood et al. Biochem Genet. 1984 Feb.

Abstract

X-linked polymorphic variation of thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG) is observed in several human groups. Isoelectric focusing of plasma samples labeled in vitro with [125I]thyroxin, followed by autoradiography, also reveals genetically determined polymorphic electrophoretic variation in baboon TBG. The protein detected by this method in baboon plasma is immunologically similar to human TBG and is distinct from the other thyroxin-binding proteins, albumin and prealbumin. The isoelectric patterns of human and baboon TBG are very similar and both have an isoelectric range of pH 4.1 to 4.5. The baboon TBG polymorphism is inherited in a two-allele X-linked fashion, with a frequency of 72% for the "common" allele and 28% for the "slow" allele. A survey of seven other primate species including African green monkey, bonnet macaque, chimpanzee, crab-eating macaque, gorilla, rhesus monkey, and spider monkey revealed no polymorphic variation in TBG, although isoelectric patterns were similar to the human and baboon patterns. In addition, samples from pregnant chimpanzees demonstrate a pronounced quantitative anodal shift in relative band densities, a shift also observed in pregnant humans. This shift was not observed in samples from pregnant baboons. TBG should prove to be a useful X-linked genetic marker in baboons and provides a model of serum protein changes in pregnancy, at least in humans and chimpanzees.

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X-linked, polymorphic genetic variation of thyroxin-binding globulin (TBG) in baboons and screening of additional primates - PubMed (original) (raw)