Abstract
Messenger RNA for thyroid hormone receptor (TR) isoforms alpha 1 and beta 1 are widely distributed in rat tissues. Until recently, TR beta 2 mRNA was believed to be limited to the pituitary and the assumption was made that TR beta 2 protein was similarly restricted. We determined the distribution of TR beta 2 protein in selected adult and fetal rat tissues using three anti-TR beta 2 antisera directed to different amino acid sequences of the distinctive A/B domain of TR beta 2. The proportion of total nuclear binding capacity cleared by each antiserum was determined by saturation analysis. 10-20% of total binding capacity in adult brain, liver, kidney, and heart was immunoprecipitated by each antiserum. Use of specific antibodies to TR beta 1 and TR alpha 1 showed these isoforms accounted for the remainder of total T3 binding. Fetal liver and brain, however, contained only TR alpha 1. Immunohistochemical analysis of the adult tissues showed TR beta 2 present in nuclei. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction detected low levels of TR beta 2 mRNA in the adult tissues. We infer that TR beta 2 accounts for a significant fraction of TR in adult rat tissues despite the low levels of its mRNA.
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