High level expression of functional full length human thyroid hormone receptor β1 in insect cells using a recombinant baculovirus

1991 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 667-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Barkhem ◽  
Bo Carlsson ◽  
Jan Simons ◽  
Birgitta Möller ◽  
Anders Berkenstam ◽  
...  
2007 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Sofia Rocha ◽  
Ricardo Marques ◽  
Inês Bento ◽  
Ricardo Soares ◽  
João Magalhães ◽  
...  

Thyroid cancer constitutes the most frequent endocrine neoplasia. Targeted expression of rearranged during transfection (RET)/papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and V600E V-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) to the thyroid glands of transgenic mice results in tumours similar to those of human PTC, providing evidence for the involvement of these oncogenes in PTC. Kato et al. developed a mouse model that mimics the full spectrum of the human follicular form of thyroid cancer (FTC). FTC rapidly develops in these mice through introduction of the thyroid hormone receptor β (THRB)PV mutant on the background of the inactivated THRB wt locus. Our aim was to verify if, in the context of human follicular thyroid carcinogenesis, THRB acted as a tumour suppressor gene. We screened for mutations of the THRB gene in the hot-spot region, spanning exons 7–10, in 51 thyroid tumours and six thyroid cancer cell lines by PCR and direct sequencing. We did not find mutations in any of the tumours or cell lines analysed. Our findings suggest that, in contrast to the findings on the THRB-mutant transgenic mice, THRB gene mutations are not a relevant mechanism for human thyroid carcinogenesis.


2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapas Das ◽  
Paul W. Johns ◽  
Vincent Goffin ◽  
Paul Kelly ◽  
Bruce Kelder ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 165 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
ST Chen ◽  
HY Shieh ◽  
JD Lin ◽  
KS Chang ◽  
KH Lin

To correlate the differentiation phenotype of two human thyroid cancer cell lines with their expression of various molecular markers, we analyzed the mRNA levels of four thyroid-specific genes, including thyrotropin receptor (TSHR), thyroglobulin (Tg), thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), and paired-box containing transcription factor-8 (PAX-8) genes. The results showed a differentiation-status-related pattern in which a well-differentiated cell line (WRO) expressed all the four genes, in contrast to an anaplastic cell line (ARO) that expressed TTF-1 and reduced levels of TSHR, but no Tg or PAX-8 genes. Furthermore, to verify the finding of concomitant loss of beta subtype thyroid hormone receptor (TRbeta) and TSHR gene expression in neoplastic thyroid tumors (Bronnegard et al. 1994), we examined the expression levels of TRbeta1 gene in these cell lines. Whereas the WRO cells produced an abundant amount of TRbeta1 protein detectable by immunoprecipitation, the ARO cells produced none. This new observation prompted us to investigate whether overexpression of TRbeta1 protein in ARO cells might produce changes in the differentiation phenotypes. We found that the level of expression of the TSHR gene and the proliferative index of ARO cells were significantly upregulated in the cells stably transfected with wild-type TRbeta1. These findings suggest that TRbeta1 protein overexpression can affect the differentiation phenotypes and induce more efficient cell proliferation of the anaplastic ARO cells.


1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ichikawa ◽  
K. Hashizume ◽  
Y. Nishii ◽  
T. Takeda ◽  
M. Kobayashi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Human thyroid hormone receptor (c-erb A protein) produced by Escherichia coli expression vector plasmid was purified sequentially using polyethylenimine precipitation of DNA, hydroxylapatite column chromatography, ammonium sulphate precipitation, Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration and mono Q-Sepharose column chromatography. These column procedures resulted in 41.3-fold purification of 3,5,3′-tri-iodo-l-thyronine (T3) binding activity over the initial E. coli extract. Purified protein as well as crude preparation showed high-affinity binding to T3. The c-erb A protein enriched by column purification was further purified by electroelution after electrophoresis. Rabbit antibody against the c-erb A protein was prepared and used for the Western blotting analysis. The antibody recognized c-erb A protein but not the bacterial proteins in crude E. coli extract. When partially purified rat hepatic nuclear thyroid hormone receptor was analysed, a 56kDa receptor was specifically recognized by the antibody.


ChemMedChem ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Vedani ◽  
Martin Zumstein ◽  
Markus A. Lill ◽  
Beat Ernst

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