Endocrinology, Vol 119, 1210-1216, Copyright © 1986 by Endocrine Society

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Immunolocalization of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone prohormone in the rat central nervous system

RM Lechan, P Wu and IM Jackson

The distribution of immunoreactive TRH prohormone in the rat central nervous system was studied by immunocytochemistry using an antiserum raised against a synthetic decapeptide hypothesized to represent a portion of the mammalian TRH precursor protein. Reaction product was identified in several regions of the brain in a distribution typical of that previously described for the tripeptide. In contrast to TRH, however, immunoreactive pro-TRH was largely confined to neuronal perikarya and only rarely seen in axons or axon terminals. In addition, immunoreactive pro-TRH was present in portions of the telencephalon and brainstem where TRH has not previously been described in neurons by immunocytochemistry. These studies indicate that in most regions of the brain the TRH prohormone is rapidly processed within the cell soma and not during axonal transport, and raise the possibility that in certain regions of the brain processing of the prohormone may be to non-TRH peptides, which may be of biological importance.

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