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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We cloned a human thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor (TRH-R) gene and its pituitary cDNA, and examined whether TRH-R mRNA may be expressed and function in the GH-secreting pituitary adenomas of patients with acromegaly. The human TRH-R consists of 398 amino acids and is a member of the G protein-coupled receptor family. The gene has a single intron in the coding sequence. An addition of TRH caused an obvious increase in intracellular calcium concentration in chinese hamster ovary cells expressing this receptor. Although highly homologous to the rat and mouse TRH-Rs, the human TRH-R has several differences in the carboxyl-terminal structure. The sequence and functioning analyses showed the same expression of TRH-R mRNA in the pituitary adenomas as that in the normal pituitaries, indicating that 1) some adenomas of patients with acromegaly express an intact and functional TRH-R, and that 2) the paradoxical response of GH secretion to TRH found in the patients might be a direct effect of TRH on TRH-R expressed in the adenoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
195
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
737-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Acromegaly, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Genomic Library, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Pituitary Gland, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Pituitary Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Receptors, Neurotransmitter, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Receptors, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8396925-Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Pituitary adenomas of patients with acromegaly express thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor messenger RNA: cloning and functional expression of the human thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article