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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Apr 6;1830(7):3928–3936. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.04.002

Table 1.

Somatic mutations of thyroid hormone receptor genes in human cancers

Type of cancer Gene Mutation Sites Impaired activity
Dominant negative activity Reference
T3 binding DNA binding
Hepatocellular carcinoma THRB 234G insertion ND ND ND 22
D211N No No
R153L No No
R194G ND ND
M27I, C102R, T363N Yes Yes
K258E No No
S38L, C441R ND ND
M308I Yes No
H400Y, F434N Yes No
K108N, T324P Yes No
S38P, I54T, P273S, P273L, E306G Yes No
K23E, I187V Yes Yes

THRA A225G, T227N ND ND
A225G, D246N, G350K Yes No
S40T, K136R, L251P, V390A Yes No
K74E, A264V Yes Yes
K74R, M150T, E159K Yes No
N179I ND ND
S38Q, Q108K, F112L, I299V Yes Yes
C110Y, C254A Yes Yes
G24E, M256V, E343A, P269L Yes No

Renal cell carcinoma THRB S99R, W129L, F451I Yes No Yes 23, 24
Y321H Yes No No
F451S Yes No No
Q252R, A387P, F417L Yes No No
K155E, K411E No Yes No
Δ1–26, S380F Yes No No
E299K, H412R, L456S Yes No No

THRA S183N, H184Q, R228H, K288E Yes Yes No
I116N, M388I Yes Yes No
I116N, A225T, M388I Yes Yes No

Breast cancer THRB deletion (123–242) ND ND ND 25
deletion (319–366)
truncated at 167
deletion (166–402)
deletion (181–382)

Pituitary tumor THRB R438H Yes No ND 26, 27
H450Y Yes No Yes

Thyroid cancer THRB V109A, I431T Yes Yes 28
R185K, T273A, L456S Yes Yes
M32V No No
E34G, P141L Yes Yes
A318D, F451I Yes Yes
N76D, S81L, I135V, Q136H, R201X Yes Yes
F403L. C446R Yes Yes
K91R, K289M Yes Yes
THRB Q235X, M379T, D427G Yes Yes
K411E Yes Yes
Q205L Yes Yes
K103R Yes Yes
M32T, L373P Yes Yes
K411E, H435R Yes No
S99R Yes Yes

THRA T80I, L109P Yes Yes
E213D Yes Yes
S305P, K337R Yes Yes
G57E Yes Yes
K29T, C97X Yes No
Y352C Yes Yes
S183N, H184Q, Q187X, R228H, E245V, K288E Yes Yes
S183N, H184Q, R228H, M369V Yes Yes
S183N, H184Q, R228H Yes Yes
S271I Yes Yes

ND. Not determined.