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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
A multiplicity of TSH receptor autoantibodies (TSHRAbs) have been characterized after subcloning heterohybridomas produced from the lymphocytes of a patient who has Hashimoto's thyroiditis and had three children with intrauterine or neonatal hyperthyroidism. Twelve clones produced stimulating TSHRAbs that increased cAMP levels and iodide uptake in rat FRTL-5 thyroid cells and increased cAMP levels in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with the human TSHR; like 95% of Graves' stimulating TSHRAbs, all 12 have their functional epitope on the N-terminus of the TSHR extracellular domain, requiring residues 90-165 for activity. All 12 bind to human thyroid membranes in the absence, but not the presence, of TSH, but are only weak inhibitors of TSH binding in assays measuring TSH binding-inhibiting Igs (TBIIs). In contrast, 8 different clones produced TSHRAbs that did not increase cAMP levels, but, instead, exhibited significant TBII activity. Four inhibited the ability of TSH or a stimulating TSHRAb to increase cAMP levels and had their functional epitope on the C-terminal portion of the TSHR external domain, residues 261-370, mimicking the properties of blocking TSHRAbs that cause hypothyroidism in patients with idiopathic myxedema. The 4 other TBIIs inhibited the ability of TSH, but not that of a stimulating TSHRAb, to increase cAMP levels, like TBIIs in Graves' patients. The functional epitope for 3 of these Graves'-like TBIIs was residues 90-165; the functional epitope for the fourth was residues 24-89. The fourth also increased arachidonic acid release and inositol phosphate levels in FRTL-5 thyroid cells and exhibited conversion activity, i.e. the ability to increase cAMP levels in the presence of an anti-human IgG. Thus, this TBII exhibited signal transduction activity, unlike the other 3 Graves'-like TBIIs. The patient, therefore, has stimulating TSHRAbs and 3 different types of TBIIs, each with different functional properties and different epitopes on the TSHR.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3998-4009
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Autoantibodies, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Fetal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Hyperthyroidism, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Infant, Newborn, Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Maternal-Fetal Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Pregnancy Complications, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Receptors, Thyrotropin, pubmed-meshheading:9398703-Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of monoclonal thyroid-stimulating and thyrotropin binding-inhibiting autoantibodies from a Hashimoto's patient whose children had intrauterine and neonatal thyroid disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell Regulation Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. lenk@bdg10.NIDDK.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports