Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale I, Naples 80121, Italy.
Endocrinology. 2010 Apr;151(4):1948-58. doi: 10.1210/en.2009-1240. Epub 2010 Feb 16.
We report here the mapping of a chromosomal region responsible for strain-specific development of congenital hypothyroidism in mice heterozygous for null mutations in genes encoding Nkx2-1/Titf1 and Pax8. The two strains showing a differential predisposition to congenital hypothyroidism contain several single-nucleotide polymorphisms in this locus, one of which leads to a nonsynonymous amino acid change in a highly conserved region of Dnajc17, a member of the type III heat-shock protein-40 (Hsp40) family. We demonstrate that Dnajc17 is highly expressed in the thyroid bud and had an essential function in development, suggesting an important role of this protein in organogenesis and/or function of the thyroid gland.
我们在此报告了一个染色体区域的定位,该区域负责导致 Nkx2-1/Titf1 和 Pax8 基因缺失突变杂合子小鼠中先天性甲状腺功能减退症的菌株特异性发育。表现出先天性甲状腺功能减退症不同易感性的两个品系在该基因座中含有多个单核苷酸多态性,其中一个导致 Dnajc17 的高度保守区域中的一个非同义氨基酸变化,Dnajc17 是 III 型热休克蛋白-40(Hsp40)家族的成员。我们证明 Dnajc17 在甲状腺芽中高度表达,并在发育中具有重要功能,提示该蛋白在甲状腺器官发生和/或功能中具有重要作用。