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Isolation of TSH and LH/CG receptor cDNAs from human thyroid: regulation by tissue specific splicing

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Sprengel,  Rolf
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;
Rolf Sprengel Group, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;
Olfaction Web, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Frazier, A. L., Robbins, L. S., Stork, P. J., Sprengel, R., Segaloff, D. L., & Cone, R. D. (1990). Isolation of TSH and LH/CG receptor cDNAs from human thyroid: regulation by tissue specific splicing. Molecular Endocrinology, 4(8), 1264-1276. doi:10.1210/mend-4-8-1264.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0000-7844-D
Abstract
A TSH receptor (TSH-R) cDNA has been isolated from a human thyroid lambda GT11 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.