| Literature DB >> 1506619 |
R Wahl1, P Brossart, D Eizenberger, H Schuch, E Kallee.
Abstract
In several cases of thyroid adenoma in which no TSH was detectable in the serum, a paradoxical decrease of PB123I and its conversion rate Q (PB123I/serum total radioactivity) was observed after infusion of protirelin (TRH). The possibile direct effect of TRH on thyrocytes was therefore studied in vitro. Porcine thyroid cells were cultured in NCTC-135 medium supplemented with a serum substitute and insulin. TRH and some of its analogs enhanced the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA and the uptake of radioiodide into thyrocytes. In the presence of TSH, TRH did not stimulate radioiodine uptake, whereas incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA was not antagonized by TSH. Thus, in this culture system, TRH had a direct effect on both growth and metabolism of thyrocytes. TSH can modulate these effects.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1506619 DOI: 10.1007/BF03348750
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Endocrinol Invest ISSN: 0391-4097 Impact factor: 4.256