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The coding region of the human thyroglobulin (TG) mRNA has been resequenced, and comparison with the TG sequence originally published in 1987 showed many variations. All of the variations were validated in 20--40 other alleles, and this resulted in the revision of 41 nucleotide positions. This review presents the revised wild-type human TG sequence, including all known exon/exon boundaries and additional data on the TG mRNA population, concerning alternative splicing and variability of the polyadenylation cleavage site. The amino acid sequence derived shows one additional, 12 changed, and 10 polymorphic residues. Protein characteristics, such as acceptor and donor tyrosine residues, N-glycosylation sites, cysteine-rich repeats, the proposed receptor domain, and antigenic epitopes, are included, and their relationship to the revised sequence is discussed. Furthermore, all reported TG mutations causing dyshormonogenesis in humans and animals are designated in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences. This up-to-date profile of the human TG molecule presents the features of importance for its complex role in thyroid hormonogenesis, and is the basis for future studies on the structure--function relationship.
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We studied the effects of the presence or absence of the thyroid gland on the iodine metabolism and excretion in term Dutch newborns by performing a retrospective study of the urinary iodine excretion in 193 term newborns with abnormal congenital hypothyroidism screening results. Thirty-six euthyroid newborns with decreased thyroxine-binding globulin levels were compared with 157 hypothyroid patients, 54 due to thyroid agenesis and 103 due to thyroid dysgenesis. A significant difference in the urinary iodine excretion was observed between the agenesis group (mean: 28 micrograms/24 h) and the euthyroid newborns (mean: 46 micrograms/24 h, P=0.001). In conclusion, healthy, euthyroid, term newborns excreted more iodine in their urine than newborns with thyroid agenesis. These results strongly indicated the existence of a temporarily negative iodine balance: the excretion of iodine prevailed over the intake and the newborn's thyroidal iodine, stored during pregnancy, could be used for thyroxine synthesis in the postnatal period. Since healthy term neonates were able to maintain adequate plasma free thyroxine concentrations under normal TSH stimulation, the prenatally acquired iodine stores could be considered sufficiently high to compensate for the transient postnatal losses.
