Expression of the growth hormone gene in ovine placenta: detection and cellular localization of the protein.
Endocrinology
; 137(11): 4886-92, 1996 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
In several species, placenta has been found to express GH-related proteins. In the ovine placenta, such a protein, ovine chorionic somatommamotropin, has been described, but its involvement in the fetal/placental growth process is not clearly established. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of another GH-related peptide in the ovine placenta. Placental extracts (days 30-140 of pregnancy) showed GH immunoreactivity between days 35-70. SDS-PAGE analysis of these extracts indicated that this immunoreactivity corresponded to 22- and 28-kDa proteins. GH-like immunoreactivity was localized on cotyledonary frozen sections in the syncytium and the trophectoderm. Northern blot analysis of placental RNA showed the expression of GH-hybridizing transcripts migrating to the same position as that of GH pituitary messenger RNA (mRNA). Those transcripts were highly expressed between days 40 and 50. Their sequence analysis showed the existence of three GH mRNA (GHP1, GHP2, and GHP3). GHP1 is identical to pituitary GH mRNA and probably codes for the 22-kDa protein. GHP2 and GHP3 encode the same protein, which differs from GHP1 by four amino acids. This study establishes the expression of GH gene and GH-immunoreactive proteins in the ovine placenta.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Placenta
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Transcripción Genética
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Hormona del Crecimiento
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article