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a Division of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Northern blot analysis detected two transcripts of 3.0 kilobases (kb) (tLH-Rintact) and 1.5 kb (tLH-Rtrunc) in the turkey ovary but could not discriminate a third alternatively spliced transcript (tLH-Rinsert) due to the small 86-base pair difference in the size range of approximately 3.0-kb mRNAs. But with the combination of RNase protection assay, RT-PCR, and Northern blot analysis, three different alternatively spliced tLH-R mRNA isoforms were quantified. Differential expression of the tLH-R mRNA isoforms was demonstrated in ovarian stromal tissue during various reproductive stages and in the theca and granulosa layer through follicular development. To gain a better understanding of the physiological significance of the three different tLH-R isoforms, total RNA from the theca layer through follicular development after prolactin (PRL) treatment was analyzed by RT-PCR. PRL treatment for 8–14 days significantly increased the steady-state levels of total tLH-R mRNAs, including tLH-Rinsert and tLH-Rtrunc mRNAs, compared to those in nontreated controls. In contrast, the steady-state levels of tLH-Rintact mRNA during the same period was not significantly changed when compared to that in nontreated controls.
The present study shows that tLH-R transcripts are alternatively spliced in a tissue-specific manner in the turkey and that the mechanism may, in part, be controlled hormonally.
We have recently characterized three different, alternatively spliced, partial turkey LH receptor (tLH-R) cDNA isoforms by the combination of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and 5'- and 3'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The first cDNA (intact form: tLH-Rintact) showed 98% and 72–75% similarity with chicken and mammalian LH receptor sequences, respectively. The other two cloned cDNA isoforms (insertion and truncated forms: tLH-Rinsert and tLH-Rtrunc) could encode truncated soluble protein isoforms that lack the transmembrane region.
1 Correspondence: Douglas N. Foster, Division of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, 495 An Sci/Vet Med Building, 1988 Fitch Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108. FAX: 612 625 2743; foste001{at}tc.umn.edu
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