Although endothelins were originally discovered as peptides with vasoconstrictor activity, recent studies have indicated a number of endothelin (ET)-induced hormonal functions in various tissues. We have studied the interaction of endothelins with porcine thyroid cells in culture. Specific binding of 125I-labelled ET-1 was demonstrated in porcine thyroid cells. The binding was displaced equally by unlabelled ET-1 and ET-2, but receptor affinity for ET-3 was lower than that for ET-1 and -2. Scatchard analysis of the data revealed a single class of high-affinity ET-1 receptors with a Kd of 0·45 nmol/l and a binding capacity of 2100 sites/cell. SDS-PAGE and autoradiography of 125I-labelled ET-1 cross-linked with thyroid cell membranes demonstrated ET-1 binding sites with an apparent molecular weight of 50 kDa. These results indicated that ET-1 receptors in thyroid cells are type A ET receptors. In association with the presence of ET-1 receptors, porcine thyroid cells responded to ET-1 and ET-2 with an increase in c-fos mRNA expression. Although ET-1 did not affect DNA synthesis stimulated by either EGF or IGF-I, it dose-dependently inhibited TSH-induced iodide uptake and also inhibited iodide uptake stimulated by forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP. ET-1 had no effect on TSH-stimulated cAMP production. Thus, ET-1 inhibited TSH-induced iodine metabolism by acting at the steps distal to cAMP production. In agreement with a recent report, immunoreactive ET-1 was detected in medium conditioned by porcine thyroid cells. Antibody to ET-1 was found to increase TSH-induced iodide uptake. These results are compatible with the notion that ET-1 negatively regulates TSH-induced iodide uptake in an autocrine manner.
Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 142, 463–470
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