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Two unusual features of the TSH receptor (TSHR) ectodomain are its intramolecular cleavage at the cell surface into disulfide-linked subunits and its constraint of ligand-independent (constitutive) activity inherent to the serpentine region. Whether ectodomain cleavage alters the level of TSHR constitutive activity is an important unanswered question. To address this issue, we used a TSHR engineered so as not to undergo spontaneous cleavage into subunits (deletion of amino acid residues 317-366 and GQE(367-369)NET substitution). Into this noncleaving TSHR (termed TSHR-D1-NET), we introduced thrombin recognition motifs (termed Thr 6 and Thr 18) at the site of spontaneous cleavage. Treatment of intact Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing TSHR-D1-NET-Thr 6 and -Thr 18 with thrombin induced cleavage into A and B subunits, as determined by (125)I-TSH covalent cross-linking. Nevertheless, constitutive activity of the thrombin-cleaved TSHR was unaltered. The level of TSHR constitutive activity was, therefore, fully dissociated from intramolecular cleavage into subunits. Trypsin treatment of the same cells expressing the noncleaving TSHR also generated disulfide-linked A and B subunits but, in contrast to thrombin, enhanced TSHR constitutive activity. Therefore, the activating effect of trypsin appears to involve clipping at an additional, as-yet unidentified, site. In summary, our data demonstrate that TSHR cleavage is, by itself, insufficient to reduce TSHR ectodomain constraint on ligand-independent constitutive activity. These data are consistent with other evidence that A subunit shedding consequent to TSHR cleavage is a critical factor in enhancing TSHR constitutive activity.

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Targeted Restoration of Cleavage in a Noncleaving Thyrotropin Receptor Demonstrates that Cleavage Is Insufficient to Enhance Ligand-Independent Activity