Mouse Thyroglobulin: Conservation of Sequence Homology in C-Terminal Immunogenic Regions of Thyroglobulin

R. C. Kuppers The Departments of Pathology and of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 615 N, Wove St., Baltimore, MD, 21205; SAIC, 5340 Spectrum Drive, Suite N, Frederick, MD, 21701

Q. Hu The Departments of Pathology and of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 615 N, Wove St., Baltimore, MD, 21205

N. R. Rose The Departments of Pathology and of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 615 N, Wove St., Baltimore, MD, 21205; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 25 Science Park, New Haven, CT, 06511

Abstract

cDNA encoding 287 amino acids of the C-terminus of mouse thyroglobulin was cloned and sequenced. The amino acid homology between mouse and rat thyroglobulin was 96%, and was 78% between mouse and human. It was found that mouse thyroglobulin completely shared homology with two thyroiditogenic peptides described by other investigators. These findings are consistent with our hypothesis that in murine experimental thyroiditis, the primary thyroiditogenic epitopes are encoded by mouse-specific regions of thyroglobulin.

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