Abstract:
:PRL and GH are hormones with a wide spectrum of actions. Specific receptors are widely distributed in a number of classical target organs, but other tissues that are not known targets also contain measurable binding sites or receptor mRNA. The most likely explanation is that PRL and GH cause effects that have not yet been characterized in certain tissues. Cloning of the cDNAs encoding PRL and GH receptors has led to the discovery that the receptors, like the hormones themselves, form a gene family. Multiple receptor forms have been identified, including a short form, which for PRL is a membrane-bound receptor or for GH is a soluble BP, and a long form, which for both PRL and GH is a membrane-bound receptor. PRL and GH receptors, and the mRNAs encoding them, can be up- and down-regulated. GH induces an up-regulation of both GH and PRL receptors, whereas PRL stimulates an increase of only its own receptor. High concentrations of either hormone induce a homologous down-regulation of receptor expression. An assay has been developed to measure the functional activity of different forms of PRL receptor by cotransfecting a milk protein fusion gene specific to PRL coupled to a reporter-gene along with the cDNA of the PRL receptor. Although the short form represents the major form present in rat mammary gland, only the long form of receptor is able to stimulate milk protein gene transcription. For GH, increased expression of the receptor in some target cells is accompanied by a modest enhancement of the response to GH. No single second messenger mediating the action of either PRL or GH has been identified. Several potential components of the signal transduction pathways have been identified, but as yet none has clearly been shown to be able to mimic the effect of PRL or GH. Because of the wide range of biological actions associated with PRL, and the existence of various forms of PRL receptors, it is doubtful that one unifying mechanism of action will be found for this hormone. No human or animal model of a genetic defect of the PRL receptor has thus far been published. Mutations in the GH receptor gene have been demonstrated in Laron type dwarfism. Different exon deletions or point or nonsense mutations resulting in modifications in the extracellular, GH binding region of the GH receptor have been reported.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
journal_name
Endocr Revjournal_title
Endocrine reviewsauthors
Kelly PA,Djiane J,Postel-Vinay MC,Edery Mdoi
10.1210/edrv-12-3-235subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-08-01 00:00:00pages
235-51issue
3eissn
0163-769Xissn
1945-7189journal_volume
12pub_type
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