Molecular Endocrinology, Vol 8, 1574-1582, Copyright © 1994 by Endocrine Society

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The combination of Pit-1 and Pit-1T have a synergistic stimulatory effect on the thyrotropin beta-subunit promoter but not the growth hormone or prolactin promoters

BR Haugen, DF Gordon, AR Nelson, WM Wood and EC Ridgway
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.

Pit-1 is a pituitary-specific transcription factor with protein expression limited to thyrotrope, somatotrope, and lactotrope cells of the anterior pituitary gland. We have recently described a thyrotrope- specific variant isoform of Pit-1, called Pit-1T, which contains an additional 14 amino acids in the activation domain generated by an alternate 3'-splicing choice. Pit-1T, in the presence of Pit-1, stimulates the thyrotropin beta-subunit (TSH beta) promoter in a thyrotrope-derived cell that lacks all Pit-1 isoform proteins. Three laboratories have identified another Pit-1 splice variant, called Pit-1 beta, which contains an additional 26 amino acids in the activation domain that is generated by a similar 3'-alternate splice choice. Pit-1 beta has been shown to stimulate the GH promoter, but not the PRL or TSH beta promoters. In this report, we evaluate the effect of the three Pit-1 isoforms (Pit-1, Pit-1T, and Pit-1 beta) on the GH, PRL, and TSH beta promoters when introduced into different cell types. The combination of Pit-1 and Pit-1T had a synergistic stimulatory effect on the TSH beta promoter, but not on the PRL or GH promoters in a thyrotrope-derived cell line that lacks all Pit-1 protein isoforms (alpha TSH cells). When added to GH3 cells, which lack only the Pit-1T isoform, Pit-1T selectively stimulated the TSH beta promoter and not the GH or PRL promoters, suggesting that the thyrotrope-specific Pit-1T exhibits a promoter-specific effect.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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