Endocrinology, Vol 121, 98-107, Copyright © 1987 by Endocrine Society

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Localization of thyrotropin-releasing hormone prohormone messenger ribonucleic acid in rat brain in situ hybridization

TP Segerson, H Hoefler, H Childers, HJ Wolfe, P Wu, IM Jackson and RM Lechan

We studied the distribution of pro- TRH mRNA in rat brain by in situ hybridization histochemistry using radiolabeled single stranded cRNA probes to confirm the hypothesis that the TRH precursor is distributed beyond regions that contain immunoreactive TRH. All regions of the central nervous system previously recognized to contain TRH showed hybridization. Hypophysiotropic neurons in the medial parvocellular division of the paraventricular nucleus showed more intense hybridization than anterior parvocellular division cells, suggesting regional differences in expression. In addition, regions not previously recognized to contain TRH in neuronal perikarya by immunocytochemistry showed specific hybridization for pro-TRH mRNA. These include cells in the olfactory bulbs, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, ventrolateral periaqueductal gray, reticular nucleus of the thalamus, and anterior commissural nucleus. Only a single hybridizing band was observed on Northern blots of RNA extracts of the periaqueductal gray and reticular nucleus, identical to that seen in extracts of the paraventricular nucleus. The appearance of pro-TRH mRNA in neurons not previously recognized to contain TRH but which contain the prohormone suggests that non-TRH peptides within the TRH precursor may be preferentially expressed in certain regions of the brain.

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