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Human thyroid epithelial cells in monolayer culture were found to release radioimmunoassayable insulinlike growth factor-I (IGF-I) over a 48-h culture period in serum-free medium. In the presence of supraphysiological concentrations of TSH (1–100 mU/ml) known to be inhibitory to DNA synthesis by human thyroid cells, the release of IGF-I was found to be inhibited in six thyroid cultures studied. In only one out of the six was IGF-I release increased in the presence of physiological mitogenic concentrations of TSH (0·1–100 μU/ml). Human thyroid fibroblasts, established by long-term culture of thyroid epithelial cells under fibroblast-selective conditions, also secreted IGF-I which was unaffected by the presence of TSH at both low and high concentrations.
Using a monoclonal antibody against human IGF-I, monolayer cultures of both human thyroid epithelial cells and human thyroid fibroblasts showed positive immunocytochemical staining for IGF peptide. However, fixed sections of intact thyroid tissue only showed positive staining for IGF peptide associated with the fibrous layers surrounding the thyroid follicle, with no staining of the follicular epithelial cells.
The growth of human thyroid epithelial cells was also found to be increased by IGF-I (25–100 ng/ml) added in medium plus 1 % fetal calf serum as assessed by the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA. In the presence of a monoclonal antibody to IGF-I the increase in [3H]thymidine uptake in response to IGF-I was abolished as was that seen in response to TSH.
This study indicates a possible paracrine/autocrine role of IGF-I in the regulation of human thyroid epithelial cell proliferation by interaction with TSH.
Journal of Endocrinology (1989) 123, 495–500
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Subconfluent human thyroid cells in monolayer, isolated from thyrotoxic tissue or non-toxic goitres obtained at surgery, responded to the addition of epidermal growth factor (EGF) with an increase in cell growth as measured by increased incorporation of [3H]thymidine into trichloroacetic acid-precipitable material. The growth response to EGF was concentration-dependent and the characteristics of the responses were the same using EGF from murine or human sources. With concentrations which stimulated growth, EGF was found to inhibit human thyroid cell function as measured by the release of radioimmunoassayable tri-iodothyronine into the incubation medium. Thyrotrophin (TSH) was also found to stimulate human thyroid cell growth but at concentrations far lower than those used to stimulate thyroid cell function in this system. The effect of EGF on the differentiating action of TSH on human thyroid cells in culture was also investigated; the association of thyroid cells into two-dimensional follicular structures produced by the incubation of thyroid cells at a high cell density with TSH was found to be inhibited by the addition of EGF.
J. Endocr. (1986) 108, 393–398
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We have described a system for the maintenance in culture of isolated human thyroid cells from both thyrotoxic tissue and non-toxic goitres. The cells isolated from the two thyroid tissue types showed similar cyclic AMP response characteristics to TSH with large increases in intracellular and extracellular cyclic AMP after 20-min incubations. Maximal responses were obtained with 50 mu. TSH/ml and half-maximal responses at 1·0 mu. TSH/ml. With cell passage the cyclic AMP responses to TSH decreased in magnitude and sensitivity. As with other thyroid cultures, growth of the cells with TSH induced arrangement into follicular structures, whereas cells grown in the absence of TSH remained as a monolayer. Basal intracellular cyclic AMP levels were increased in a dose-related fashion in cells grown in the presence of graded concentrations of TSH and the maximal response to further additions of TSH was not greater than in control cultures.
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Confluent monolayer cultures of human thyroid cells secreted low levels of immunoassayable triiodothyronine (T3) and this process could be stimulated by TSH in a concentration-dependent manner. The characteristics of the response to TSH were related to the age of the thyroid cell culture both in terms of the relative sensitivity to TSH and the quantity of T3 released. Cells which had been in culture for 2–3 days (primary cultures) secreted high levels of T3 under unstimulated and TSH-stimulated conditions with a median effective dose (ED50) for TSH of 0·030 mu. TSH/ml. However, cells which had been subcultured and consequently had been in culture for a longer period of 6–7 days secreted lower levels of T3 under basal and stimulated conditions. This was approximately 30% of that released from primary cultures with an ED50 for TSH of 0·1 mu. TSH/ml. Reorganization of human thyroid cells into follicular structures was seen during growth with TSH but these cultures showed little response to subsequent acute stimulation by TSH; the return of a diminished, less sensitive response to TSH was seen after a recovery period of 8 h. The time-course of T3 release was dependent on the TSH concentration with low TSH concentrations stimulating T3 secretion after increased incubation periods. Human thyroid cells had lost the ability to concentrate and organify free iodide after several days in culture but were still secreting T3. This indicates the presence of intracellular stores of T3 which are released on stimulation with TSH, rather than new synthesis of T3.
J. Endocr. (1985) 104, 285–290
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The activation of adenylate cyclase by TSH and thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSIg) was investigated in membranes prepared from non-toxic goitres. The assay conditions for maximal adenylate cyclase stimulation by TSH in the absence and presence of a cell cytosol preparation were determined. Cell cytosol had no detectable effect on the characteristics of activation by TSH although it increased the production of cyclic AMP in response to the hormone. In the presence of cell cytosol, membrane protein, pH and substrate concentration dependency of adenylate cyclase activation by both TSH and TSIg were similar. In a comparison of the time-courses of activation there was no apparent lag phase in the activation of adenylate cyclase by TSIg but the onset of activation was slower and linearity persisted longer than with TSH.
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A protein which shared several characteristics with authentic calmodulin was extracted from human thyroid homogenates. The protein bound to fluphenazine–Sepharose and could be specifically eluted using EGTA. The eluted protein had a u.v. spectrum characteristic of calmodulin and migrated like authentic calmodulin with a calcium-dependent shift on sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Calmodulin in thyroid cell extracts was shown to be biologically active, measured by its ability to activate a calmodulin-deficient cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase; this activation could be inhibited by trifluoperazine. A possible role for calmodulin in the action of TSH on the thyroid was demonstrated by studying the effects of phenothiazines and the naphthalene sulphonamide, W7, a more specific calmodulin inhibitor, on TSH-stimulated cyclic AMP levels in cultured thyroid cells. The phenothiazines and W7 were found to inhibit the accumulation of cyclic AMP in response to TSH in a concentration-dependent manner although low concentrations of W7 enhanced TSH-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation.
