Article
GATA2 mediates thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced transcriptional activation of the thyrotropin β gene.
PloS one - 14 Apr 2011
Ohba Kenji, Sasaki Shigekazu, Matsushita Akio, Iwaki Hiroyuki, Matsunaga Hideyuki, Suzuki Shingo, Ishizuka Keiko, Misawa Hiroko, Oki Yutaka, Nakamura Hirotoshi
Abstract excerpt
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) activates not only the secretion of thyrotropin (TSH) but also the transcription of TSHβ and α-glycoprotein (αGSU) subunit genes. TSHβ expression is maintained by two transcription factors, Pit1 and GATA2, and is negatively regulated by thyroid hormone (T3). Our prior studies suggest that the main activator of the TSHβ gene is GATA2, not Pit1 or unliganded T3 receptor (TR). In...
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