Mutation of the POU-Specific Domain of Pit-1 and Hypopituitarism Without Pituitary Hypoplasia
- 21 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 257 (5073), 1118-1121
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.257.5073.1118
Abstract
A point mutation in the POU-specific portion of the human gene that encodes the tissuespecific POU-domain transcription factor, Pit-1, results in hypopituitarism, with deficiencies of growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone. In two unrelated Dutch families, a mutation in Pit-1 that altered an alanine in the first putative α helix of the POU-specific domain to proline was observed. This mutation generated a protein capable of binding to DNA response elments but unable to effectively activate its known target genes, growth hormone and prolactin. The phenotype of the affected individuals suggests that the mutant Pit-1 protein is competent to initiate other programs of gene activation required for normal proliferation of somatotrope, lactotrope, and thyrotrope cell types. Thus, a mutation in the POU-specific domain of Pit-1 has a selective effect on a subset of Pit-1 target genes.Keywords
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