title: The porcine follitropin receptor: cDNA cloning, functional expression and chromosomal localization of the gene.
abstract: The porcine follitropin receptor-encoding cDNA (pFSHR) was cloned using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Total RNA from porcine granulosa cells was used as template. Two overlapping cDNA fragments encoding, respectively, aa 1 to 290 and aa 191 to 694 of the pFSHR were obtained. Taken together, the two fragments represented the whole coding sequence, assuming a comparable length for the FSHR from the porcine, rat and human species. Functionality of the cloned receptor was assessed by expression experiments; COS cells transfected with the pFSHR cDNA exhibited high-affinity specific binding for [125I]hFSH and FSH-dependent cAMP production. The primary sequence of the porcine FSHR N-terminal hormone-binding domain showed high percentages of identity with the sequences from ovine, human, and rat origins. A truncated form of the pFSHR cDNA, lacking aa 75 to 124 in the N-terminal domain, was also cloned and sequenced. A PCR-derived cDNA fragment of 1.45 kb was used as gene-specific hybridisation probe to map the pFSHR-encoding gene by radioactive in situ hybridization. This gene was found co-localized (as in human) with the porcine lutropin hormone receptor (pLHR)-encoding gene on the q2.2-q2.3 region of pig chromosome 3.
authors.affiliation: Unité Ingénierie des Protéines, Biotechnologies, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Remy
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lahbib-Mansais
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yerle
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bozon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pajot
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gréber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salesse
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011962:Receptors, FSH / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011962:Receptors, FSH