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Thyroid hormones regulate cardiac repolarization and QT-interval related gene expression in hiPSC cardiomyocytes. Sci Rep 2022; 12:568. [PMID: 35022468 PMCID: PMC8755773 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04659-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Prolongation of cardiac repolarization (QT interval) represents a dangerous and potentially life-threatening electrical event affecting the heart. Thyroid hormones (THs) are critical for cardiac development and heart function. However, little is known about THs influence on ventricular repolarization and controversial effects on QT prolongation are reported. Human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) and multielectrode array (MEA) systems were used to investigate the influence of 3,3',5-triiodo-L-Thyronine (T3) and 3,3',5,5'-tetraiodo-L-Thyronine (T4) on corrected Field Potential Duration (FPDc), the in vitro analog of QT interval, and on local extracellular Action Potential Duration (APD). Treatment with high THs doses induces a significant prolongation of both FPDc and APD, with the strongest increase reached after 24 h exposure. Preincubation with reverse T3 (rT3), a specific antagonist for nuclear TH receptor binding, significantly reduces T3 effects on FPDc, suggesting a TRs-mediated transcriptional mechanism. RNA-seq analysis showed significant deregulation in genes involved in cardiac repolarization pathways, including several QT-interval related genes. In conclusion, long-time administration of high THs doses induces FPDc prolongation in hiPSC-CMs probably through the modulation of genes linked to QT-interval regulation. These results open the way to investigate new potential diagnostic biomarkers and specific targeted therapies for cardiac repolarization dysfunctions.
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Baksi S, Pradhan A. Thyroid hormone: sex-dependent role in nervous system regulation and disease. Biol Sex Differ 2021; 12:25. [PMID: 33685490 PMCID: PMC7971120 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-021-00367-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone (TH) regulates many functions including metabolism, cell differentiation, and nervous system development. Alteration of thyroid hormone level in the body can lead to nervous system-related problems linked to cognition, visual attention, visual processing, motor skills, language, and memory skills. TH has also been associated with neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression. Males and females display sex-specific differences in neuronal signaling. Steroid hormones including testosterone and estrogen are considered to be the prime regulators for programing the neuronal signaling in a male- and female-specific manner. However, other than steroid hormones, TH could also be one of the key signaling molecules to regulate different brain signaling in a male- and female-specific manner. Thyroid-related diseases and neurological diseases show sex-specific incidence; however, the molecular mechanisms behind this are not clear. Hence, it will be very beneficial to understand how TH acts in male and female brains and what are the critical genes and signaling networks. In this review, we have highlighted the role of TH in nervous system regulation and disease outcome and given special emphasis on its sex-specific role in male and female brains. A network model is also presented that provides critical information on TH-regulated genes, signaling, and disease.
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- Shounak Baksi
- Causality Biomodels, Kerala Technology Innovation Zone, Cochin, 683503, India
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- Biology, The Life Science Center, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, SE-701 82, Örebro, Sweden.
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Aoki T, Tsunekawa K, Araki O, Ogiwara T, Nara M, Sumino H, Kimura T, Murakami M. Type 2 Iodothyronine Deiodinase Activity Is Required for Rapid Stimulation of PI3K by Thyroxine in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells. Endocrinology 2015; 156:4312-24. [PMID: 26284425 PMCID: PMC4606755 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Thyroid hormones (THs) exert a number of physiological effects on the cardiovascular system. Some of the nongenomic actions of T3 are achieved by cross coupling the TH receptor (TR) with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase Akt (Akt) pathway. We observed that both T3 and T4 rapidly stimulated Akt phosphorylation and Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) activation, which resulted in cell migration, in a PI3K-dependent manner in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We identified the expression of type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2), which converts T4 to T3, and TRα1 in HUVECs. D2 activity was significantly stimulated by (Bu)2cAMP in HUVECs. The blockade of D2 activity through transfection of small interfering RNA (siRNA) specific to D2 as well as by addition of iopanoic acid, a potent D2 inhibitor, abolished Akt phosphorylation, Rac activation, and cell migration induced by T4 but not by T3. The inhibition of TRα1 expression by the transfection of siRNA for TRα1 canceled Akt phosphorylation, Rac activation, and cell migration induced by T3 and T4. These findings suggest that conversion of T4 to T3 by D2 is required for TRα1/PI3K-mediated nongenomic actions of T4 in HUVECs, including stimulation of Akt phosphorylation and Rac activation, which result in cell migration.
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- Tomoyuki Aoki
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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Del Viscovo A, Secondo A, Esposito A, Goglia F, Moreno M, Canzoniero LMT. Intracellular and plasma membrane-initiated pathways involved in the [Ca2+]i elevations induced by iodothyronines (T3 and T2) in pituitary GH3 cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 302:E1419-30. [PMID: 22414808 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00389.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The role of 3,5,3'-triiodo-l-thyronine (T3) and its metabolite 3,5-diiodo-l-thyronine (T2) in modulating the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and endogenous nitric oxide (NO) synthesis was evaluated in pituitary GH(3) cells in the absence or presence of extracellular Ca(2+). When applied in Ca(2+)-free solution, T2 and T3 increased [Ca(2+)](i), in a dose-dependent way, and NO levels. Inhibition of neuronal NO synthase by N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester and l-n(5)-(1-iminoethyl)ornithine hydrochloride significantly reduced the [Ca(2+)](i) increase induced by T2 and T3. However, while depletion of inositol trisphosphate-dependent Ca(2+) stores did not interfere with the T2- and T3-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increases, the inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by LY-294002 and the dominant negative form of Akt mutated at the ATP binding site prevented these effects. Furthermore, the mitochondrial protonophore carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone prevented the increases in both [Ca(2+)](i) and NO elicited by T2 or T3. Interestingly, rotenone blocked the early [Ca(2+)](i) increases elicited by T2 and T3, while antimycin prevented only that elicited by T3. Inhibition of mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger by CGP37157 significantly reduced the [Ca(2+)](i) increases induced by T2 and T3. In the presence of extracellular calcium (1.2 mM), under carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone, T2 and T3 increased both [Ca(2+)](i) and intracellular Na(+) concentration; nimodipine reduced the [Ca(2+)](i) increases elicited by T2 and T3, but inhibition of NO synthase and blockade of the Na(+)/H(+) pump by 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride prevented only that elicited by T3; and CB-DMB, bisindolylmaleimide, and LY-294002 (inhibitors of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger, PKC, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, respectively) failed to modify the T2- and T3-induced effects. Collectively, the present results suggest that T2 and T3 exert short-term nongenomic effects on intracellular calcium and NO by modulating plasma membrane and mitochondrial pathways that differ between these iodothyronines.
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- Adelaide Del Viscovo
- Dipartimento di Scienze per la Biologia, la Geologia e l'Ambiente, Università del Sannio, Piazza Guerrazzi 1, Benevento, Italy
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Gnocchi D, Leoni S, Incerpi S, Bruscalupi G. 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) stimulates cell proliferation through the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in chick embryo hepatocytes. Steroids 2012; 77:589-95. [PMID: 22366194 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Revised: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thyroid hormones (THs) have a wide variety of essential roles in vertebrates, ranging from the regulation of key metabolic processes to cell proliferation and apoptosis. The classical mechanism of action of THs is genomic; 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) binds to specific nuclear receptors (TRs) and modifies the expression of specific genes. Recently, a new category of mechanisms, termed nongenomic, has been discovered for T3. These mechanisms include, among others, the rapid activation of signal transduction pathways, such as PI3K/Akt and MAPK, which eventually lead to cell proliferation. These effects are mediated in some cell types by a plasma membrane receptor, identified as integrin αvβ3, and in other cell types by cytoplasmic TRβ1. The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of T3 on the cell growth of chick embryo hepatocytes at two different stages of development, 14 and 19 days, and to determine the activation of the signal transduction pathways, focusing on the potential involvement of a plasma membrane receptor and the possible participation of PI3K/Akt and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Our results clearly show that T3 stimulates cell proliferation at both stages of development through the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway and the production of small amounts of ROS, which operate as effective second messengers. Moreover, we prove that these effects are not initiated at the plasma membrane receptor for T3.
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- Davide Gnocchi
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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Thomas P. Rapid steroid hormone actions initiated at the cell surface and the receptors that mediate them with an emphasis on recent progress in fish models. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 175:367-83. [PMID: 22154643 PMCID: PMC3264783 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2011] [Revised: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In addition to the classic genomic mechanism of steroid action mediated by activation of intracellular nuclear receptors, there is now extensive evidence that steroids also activate receptors on the cell surface to initiate rapid intracellular signaling and biological responses that are often nongenomic. Recent progress in our understanding of rapid, cell surface-initiated actions of estrogens, progestins, androgens and corticosteroids and the identities of the membrane receptors that act as their intermediaries is briefly reviewed with a special emphasis on studies in teleost fish. Two recently discovered novel proteins with seven-transmembrane domains, G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), and membrane progestin receptors (mPRs) have the ligand binding and signaling characteristics of estrogen and progestin membrane receptors, respectively, but their functional significance is disputed by some researchers. GPR30 is expressed on the cell surface of fish oocytes and mediates estrogen inhibition of oocyte maturation. mPRα is also expressed on the oocyte cell surface and is the intermediary in progestin induction of oocyte maturation in fish. Recent results suggest there is cross-talk between these two hormonal pathways and that there is reciprocal down-regulation of GPR30 and mPRα expression by estrogens and progestins at different phases of oocyte development to regulate the onset of oocyte maturation. There is also evidence in fish that mPRs are involved in progestin induction of sperm hypermotility and anti-apoptotic actions in ovarian follicle cells. Nonclassical androgen and corticosteroid actions have also been described in fish models but the membrane receptors mediating these actions have not been identified.
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- Peter Thomas
- The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, USA.
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Membrane-initiated actions of thyroid hormones on the male reproductive system. Life Sci 2011; 89:507-14. [PMID: 21557952 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2010] [Revised: 03/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The presence of specific nuclear receptors to thyroid hormones, described in prepubertal Sertoli cells, implies the existence of an early and critical influence of these hormones on testis development. Although the mechanism of action thyroid hormones has been classically established as a genomic action regulating testis development, our research group has demonstrated that these hormones exert several effects in Sertoli cells lacking nuclear receptor activation. These findings led to the identification of non-classical thyroid hormone binding elements in the plasma membrane of testicular cells. Through binding to these sites, thyroid hormones could exert nongenomic effects, including those on ion fluxes at the plasma membrane, on signal transduction via kinase pathways, on amino acid accumulation, on modulation of extracellular nucleotide levels and on vimentin cytoskeleton. The evidence of the participation of different K(+), Ca(2+) and Cl(-) channels in the mechanism of action of thyroid hormones, characterizes the plasma membrane as an important microenvironment able to coordinate strategic signal transduction pathways in rat testis. The physiological responses of the Sertoli cells to hormones are dependent on continuous cross-talking of different signal transduction pathways. Apparently, the choice of the signaling pathways to be activated after the interaction of the hormone with cell surface binding sites is directly related to the physiological action to be accomplished. Yet, the enormous complexity of the nongenomic actions of thyroid hormones implies that different specific binding sites located on the plasma membrane or in the cytosol are believed to initiate specific cell responses.
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Scapin S, Leoni S, Spagnuolo S, Gnocchi D, De Vito P, Luly P, Pedersen JZ, Incerpi S. Short-term effects of thyroid hormones during development: Focus on signal transduction. Steroids 2010; 75:576-84. [PMID: 19900468 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2009.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Extranuclear or nongenomic effects of thyroid hormones are mediated by receptors located at the plasma membrane or inside cells, and are independent of protein synthesis. Recently the alphaVbeta3 integrin was identified as a cell membrane receptor for thyroid hormones, and a wide variety of nongenomic effects have now been shown to be induced through binding of thyroid hormones to this receptor. However, also other thyroid hormone receptors can produce nongenomic effects, including the cytoplasmic TRalpha and TRbeta receptors and probably also a G protein-coupled membrane receptor, and increasing importance is now given to thyroid hormone metabolites like 3,5-diiodothyronine and reverse T(3) that can mimick some nongenomic effects of T(3) and T(4). Signal transduction from the alphaVbeta3 integrin may proceed through at least three independent pathways (protein kinase C, Src or mitogen-activated kinases) but the details are still unknown. Thyroid hormones induce nongenomic effects on at least three important Na(+)-dependent transport systems, the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger, and amino acid transport System A, leading to a mitogenic response in embryo cells; but modulation of the same transport systems may have different roles in other cells and at different developmental stages. It seems that thyroid hormones in many cases can modulate nongenomically the same targets affected by the nuclear receptors through long-term mechanisms. Recent results on nongenomic effects confirm the old theory that the primary role of thyroid hormones is to keep the steady-state level of functioning of the cell, but more and more mechanisms are discovered by which this goal can be achieved.
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- Sergio Scapin
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Scapin S, Leoni S, Spagnuolo S, Fiore AM, Incerpi S. Short-term effects of thyroid hormones on Na+-K+-ATPase activity of chick embryo hepatocytes during development: focus on signal transduction. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 296:C4-12. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.90604.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nongenomic effects of thyroid hormones on Na+-K+-ATPase activity were studied in chick embryo hepatocytes at two different developmental stages, 14 and 19 days of embryonal age, and the signal transduction pathways involved were characterized. Our data showed the following. 1) 3,5,3′-Triiodo-l-thyronine (T3) and 3,5-diiodo-l-thyronine (3,5-T2) rapidly induced a transient inhibitory effect on the Na+-K+-ATPase; the extent and duration depended on the developmental age of the cells. 2) 3,5-T2behaved as a true hormone and fully mimicked the effect of T3. 3) Thyroxine had no effect at any of the developmental stages. 4) The inhibition of Na+-K+-ATPase was mediated by activation of protein kinase A, protein kinase C, and phosphoinositide 3-kinase, suggesting several modes of modulation of ATPase activity through phosphorylation at different sites. 5) The MAPK pathway did not seem to be involved in the early phase of hormone treatment. 6) The nonpermeant analog T3-agarose inhibited Na+-K+-ATPase activity in the same way as T3, confirming that hormone signaling initiated at a receptor on the plasma membrane. From these results, it can be concluded that the cell response mechanisms change rapidly and drastically within the early phase of embryo growth. The differences found at the two stages probably reflect the different roles of thyroid hormones during development and differentiation.
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Incerpi S, Davis PJ, De Vito P, Farias RN, Lin HY, Davis FB. Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormone and Intracellular Calcium Metabolism. Clin Rev Bone Miner Metab 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s12018-008-9019-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hennemann G, Krenning EP. The kinetics of thyroid hormone transporters and their role in non-thyroidal illness and starvation. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007; 21:323-38. [PMID: 17574011 DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kinetic tracer studies show that thyroid hormones are transported into target tissues by stereospecific, high-affinity, low-capacity transporters, both in animals and humans. The K(d) of binding to the transporter varies within the nanomolar range. The different thyroid hormones (T(4), T(3), and rT(3)) are transported via different transporters, except in the pituitary, where they share the same transporter. The molecular mass of the transport proteins varies between 52 and 65kDa. The transport mechanisms are dependent on the energy charge of the cell and -- often -- the sodium gradient over the plasma membrane. A relationship exists with the transport systems of the aromatic amino acids. In non-thyroidal illness and starvation T(4) transport into T(3)-producing tissues is decreased, resulting in a low plasma T(3) concentration, by some considered to be an energy saving mechanism in situations of stress.
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Davey K. From insect ovaries to sheep red blood cells: a tale of two hormones. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 53:1-10. [PMID: 17126363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2006] [Revised: 10/01/2006] [Accepted: 10/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This printed version of the Wigglesworth Lecture reviews the evidence that juvenile hormone (JH) acts on the follicular epithelium of the ovary through a membrane receptor to control access of yolk proteins to the oocyte surface. The thyroid hormones mimic this action through the same receptor. Conversely, both JH III and 3,5,3' triiodothyronine (T3) increase the activity of Ca ATPase in isolated erythrocyte membrane preparations from sheep, apparently through the same membrane receptor. These effects are mimicked by exposure of the respective tissues to CO(2). These findings suggest that the hormones arose as biotic signals, originally using existing CO(2) receptors.
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- Kenneth Davey
- York University, Biology, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M3J 1P3.
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Zamoner A, Royer C, Barreto KP, Pessoa-Pureur R, Silva FRMB. Ionic involvement and kinase activity on the mechanism of nongenomic action of thyroid hormones on 45Ca2+ uptake in cerebral cortex from young rats. Neurosci Res 2007; 57:98-103. [PMID: 17067709 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Revised: 09/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Thyroid hormones (TH) play important roles in brain development. Although most of the nongenomic actions of TH are known to be calcium-dependent, the effects of 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T(3)) or thyroxine (T(4)) on calcium influx in cerebral cortex of rats are not clear. In this study we investigate some mechanisms involved in the effect of T(3) and T(4) on Ca(2+) uptake in slices of cerebral cortex from 10-day-old male rats. Results indicated 10(-6)M T(3) or 10(-7)M T(4) was able to increase (45)Ca(2+) uptake after 30s of hormone exposure. The involvement of L- and T-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (VDCC) on the effect of TH on (45)Ca(2+) uptake was evidenced by using nifedipine and flunarizine, L- and T-type channel blockers, respectively. Otherwise, chloride currents were not involved in the hormone actions, as demonstrated by using 9-anthracene carboxylic acid, a Cl(-)-channel blocker. In addition, results demonstrated a PKC-dependent mechanism for both T(3) and T(4), as evidenced by stearoylcarnitine chloride, a specific PKC inhibitor. Furthermore, we verified that the T(3) action was also mediated by PKA activity, as demonstrated coincubating T(3) and KT 5720 (PKA inhibitor), and reinforced by using theophylline, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor. In contrast, concerning the effect of T(4), results suggest a partial involvement of PKA activity, and demonstrated that high cAMP levels were not able to support the effect of T(4), suggesting the participation of G inhibitory protein-coupled receptor in the action of this hormone on (45)Ca(2+) uptake. In conclusion, our results evidence a nongenomic action of TH promoting Ca(2+) influx by ionic channels involving mechanisms dependent on kinase activities. It is possible that the modulation of Ca(2+) channels by kinase activities represent an important membrane action of TH signaling mechanism in the central nervous system during development.
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- Ariane Zamoner
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Davis PJ, Davis FB, Cody V. Membrane receptors mediating thyroid hormone action. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2005; 16:429-35. [PMID: 16214361 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2005] [Revised: 08/23/2005] [Accepted: 09/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A recently identified thyroid hormone cell surface receptor on the extracellular domain of integrin alphaVbeta3 leads in human cell lines to activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction cascade. Examples of MAPK-dependent thyroid hormone actions are plasma membrane ion pump stimulation and specific nuclear events. These events include serine phosphorylation of the nuclear thyroid hormone receptor, leading to coactivator protein recruitment and complex tissue responses, such as thyroid hormone-induced angiogenesis or tumor cell growth. The existence of this cell surface receptor means that the activity of administered hormone could be limited through structural modification of the molecule to reproduce or inhibit only those hormone actions initiated at the cell surface. Examples of such modifications are provided.
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- Paul J Davis
- Ordway Research Institute Inc., Albany, NY 12208, USA.
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Giudetti AM, Leo M, Geelen MJH, Gnoni GV. Short-term stimulation of lipogenesis by 3,5-L-diiodothyronine in cultured rat hepatocytes. Endocrinology 2005; 146:3959-66. [PMID: 15932927 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Short-term effects of 3,5-l-diiodothyronine (T2) on lipid biosynthesis were studied in cultured hepatocytes from hypothyroid rats. A comparison with the effects of T3 was routinely carried out. After T2 addition to cell cultures, a distinct stimulation of fatty acid and cholesterol syntheses, measured as incorporation of [1-14C]acetate into these lipid fractions, was observed. The T2 dose-dependent effect on both metabolic pathways, already detectable at 10(-8)-10(-9) M, reached a 2-fold stimulation at 10(-5) M T2. At this concentration, the stimulatory effect was evident within 1 h of T2 addition to the hepatocytes and increased with time up to the length of the experimental period of 4 h. T2 stimulation of lipogenesis was also confirmed by incubating hepatocytes with [3H]H2O, used as an independent index of lipogenic activity. The effects of T2 are rather specific as 3,3',5,5'-tetraiodo-D-thyronine and 3,5-diiodo-L-tyrosine were practically ineffective on both fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis. Analysis of various lipid fractions showed that T2 addition to the cells produced a significant stimulation of the incorporation of newly synthesized fatty acids into both neutral and polar lipids. By comparing the effects induced by T2 with those seen in the presence of T3, it appeared that T2 was able to mimic T3 effects. Experiments conducted in the presence of cycloheximide, a protein synthesis inhibitor, indicated that the T2 stimulatory effect on fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis was essentially independent of protein synthesis.
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- Anna M Giudetti
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Leece, Italy
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D'Arezzo S, Incerpi S, Davis FB, Acconcia F, Marino M, Farias RN, Davis PJ. Rapid nongenomic effects of 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine on the intracellular pH of L-6 myoblasts are mediated by intracellular calcium mobilization and kinase pathways. Endocrinology 2004; 145:5694-703. [PMID: 15345678 DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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L-T3 and L-T4 activated the Na+/H+ exchanger of L-6 myoblasts, with a fast nongenomic mechanism, both in the steady state and when cells undergo acid loading with ammonium chloride. Monitored with the intracellular pH-sensitive fluorescent probe 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein, activation of the exchanger appeared to be initiated at the plasma membrane, because T3-agarose reproduced the effect of L-T3, and triiodothyroacetic acid, a hormone analog previously shown to inhibit membrane actions of thyroid hormone, blocked the action of L-T3 on the exchanger. We show here for the first time that transduction of the hormone signal in this nongenomic response requires tyrosine kinase-dependent phospholipase C activation and two different signaling pathways: 1) mobilization of intracellular calcium, assessed by the fluorescent probe fura-2, through activation of inositol trisphosphate receptors and without contributions from extracellular calcium or ryanodine receptors; and 2) protein phosphorylation involving protein kinase C and MAPK (ERK1/2), as shown by the use of kinase inhibitors and by immunoblotting for activated kinases.
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- Silvia D'Arezzo
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy
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Incerpi S, De Vito P, Luly P, Spagnuolo S, Leoni S. Short-term effects of thyroid hormones and 3,5-diiodothyronine on membrane transport systems in chick embryo hepatocytes. Endocrinology 2002; 143:1660-8. [PMID: 11956147 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.5.8767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rapid nongenomic effects of thyroid hormones L-T(3) and L-T(4) on two plasma membrane transport systems were investigated in 14-d-old and 19-d-old chick embryo hepatocytes. The Na(+)/H(+) exchanger activity was measured using the intracellular pH-sensitive fluorescent probe 2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester, whereas the amino acid transport was estimated by [1-(14)C]-2-aminoisobutyric acid uptake. System A amino acid transport activation was linear to hormone concentration, whereas the Na/H exchanger gave a bell-shaped dose-response curve, with a maximum at the physiological hormone concentration of 1 nM. The specificity of the effect was verified by the use of inhibitors and analogues. The thyroid hormone analog 3,5-diiodo-L-thyronine was able to mimic some of the hormone effects, but with a lower efficiency. The effect on the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger was identified for 14-d-old and 19-d-old cells, whereas the amino acid transport could only be activated at the late stage of embryo development. Both transport systems were activated through a signal transduction pathway involving PKC, MAPK pathway, and PI3K, even though the differences in response behavior indicate a differential modulation of the two transport systems by L-T(3) and L-T(4). These results clearly demonstrate the existence of rapid nongenomic action of thyroid hormones also in avian cells, and show that activation of System A amino acid transport is not directly correlated to changes in intracellular pH. For the first time, evidence is presented which suggests that short-term effects of thyroid hormones may play a role during fetal development and cell differentiation.
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- Sandra Incerpi
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Roma Tre, Viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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Hennemann G, Docter R, Friesema EC, de Jong M, Krenning EP, Visser TJ. Plasma membrane transport of thyroid hormones and its role in thyroid hormone metabolism and bioavailability. Endocr Rev 2001; 22:451-76. [PMID: 11493579 DOI: 10.1210/edrv.22.4.0435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although it was originally believed that thyroid hormones enter target cells by passive diffusion, it is now clear that cellular uptake is effected by carrier-mediated processes. Two stereospecific binding sites for each T4 and T3 have been detected in cell membranes and on intact cells from humans and other species. The apparent Michaelis-Menten values of the high-affinity, low-capacity binding sites for T4 and T3 are in the nanomolar range, whereas the apparent Michaelis- Menten values of the low-affinity, high-capacity binding sites are usually in the lower micromolar range. Cellular uptake of T4 and T3 by the high-affinity sites is energy, temperature, and often Na+ dependent and represents the translocation of thyroid hormone over the plasma membrane. Uptake by the low-affinity sites is not dependent on energy, temperature, and Na+ and represents binding of thyroid hormone to proteins associated with the plasma membrane. In rat erythrocytes and hepatocytes, T3 plasma membrane carriers have been tentatively identified as proteins with apparent molecular masses of 52 and 55 kDa. In different cells, such as rat erythrocytes, pituitary cells, astrocytes, and mouse neuroblastoma cells, uptake of T4 and T3 appears to be mediated largely by system L or T amino acid transporters. Efflux of T3 from different cell types is saturable, but saturable efflux of T4 has not yet been demonstrated. Saturable uptake of T4 and T3 in the brain occurs both via the blood-brain barrier and the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid barrier. Thyroid hormone uptake in the intact rat and human liver is ATP dependent and rate limiting for subsequent iodothyronine metabolism. In starvation and nonthyroidal illness in man, T4 uptake in the liver is decreased, resulting in lowered plasma T3 production. Inhibition of liver T4 uptake in these conditions is explained by liver ATP depletion and increased concentrations of circulating inhibitors, such as 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid, indoxyl sulfate, nonesterified fatty acids, and bilirubin. Recently, several organic anion transporters and L type amino acid transporters have been shown to facilitate plasma membrane transport of thyroid hormone. Future research should be directed to elucidate which of these and possible other transporters are of physiological significance, and how they are regulated at the molecular level.
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- G Hennemann
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Guthapfel R, Gueguen P, Quemeneur E. Reexamination of hormone-binding properties of protein disulfide-isomerase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 242:315-9. [PMID: 8973649 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0315r.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Protein disulfide-isomerase (PDI), an abundant multifunctional protein, has been described as a 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3)-binding protein. As pointed out by several authors, the physiological significance of this hormone-binding property has not been fully addressed. To clarify this point, we have analyzed the T3-binding properties of purified PDI. At equilibrium, T3 binds PDI at two binding sites: first, at a high-affinity site with a Kd of 21 nM and a Bmax of 1.8 x 10(-3) mol T3/mol PDI monomer, and second at a very low affinity site that is unsaturated up to 100 microM T3. Thus, T3 binding is mainly non-specific and the specific part represents only about 0.2% of the protein monomer. Cross-linking experiments at a concentration where mainly specific binding occurs indicate that PDI does not bind L-T3 exclusively; a wide variety of analogs are also bound. Refolding of reduced denatured ribonuclease A by PDI is inhibited by T3 and analogs, and the inhibition profile reflects the binding properties very closely. Since purified PDI displays neither the specificity expected for a physiological receptor, nor significant T3-binding activity, results are discussed in terms of a necessary PDI association with another component to form a T3 receptor.
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- R Guthapfel
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Département d'Ingénierie et d'Etudes des Protéines, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Soboll S. Thyroid hormone action on mitochondrial energy transfer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1144:1-16. [PMID: 8347656 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90024-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- S Soboll
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Samson M, Osty J, Francon J, Blondeau JP. Triiodothyronine binding sites in the rat erythrocyte membrane: involvement in triiodothyronine transport and relation to the tryptophan transport System T. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1108:91-8. [PMID: 1643084 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(92)90118-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The binding of L-triiodothyronine (T3) to rat erythrocyte membranes (ghosts and peripheral protein-depleted vesicles) was studied under equilibrium conditions. Ghosts contained high-affinity T3 binding sites whose dissociation constant (21 nM) was similar to the equilibrium-exchange Michaelis constant of T3 transport measured in ghosts. Each ghost contained about 8.10(3) high-affinity binding sites. The high-affinity T3 binding was stereospecific and was inhibited by L-tryptophan (Trp) but not by L-leucine. The iodothyronine and amino acid specificity of binding is therefore similar to that of System T, the erythrocyte T3/Trp transporter. These Trp-inhibitable high-affinity T3-binding sites were also present in peripheral protein-depleted membrane vesicles, indicating that they are integral part of the membrane. Ghosts prepared from human erythrocytes, which have very low System T transport activities, contained no detectable Trp-inhibitable high-affinity T3-binding sites. In rat erythrocyte ghosts, N-ethylmaleimide inactivated both the binding and the transport of T3. This inactivation was blocked by T3 and Trp with similar efficiencies. Phenylglyoxal, an arginine residue modifier, also inhibited both high-affinity T3 binding and System T transport activity. It is concluded that the Trp-inhibitable high-affinity T3-binding sites in the rat erythrocyte membrane are likely to be associated with System T.
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- M Samson
- Unité de Recherche sur la Glande Thyroïde et la Régulation Hormonale (U.96), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Banks WA, Kastin AJ. Uptake of peptides containing Tyr-Pro by human and mouse erythrocytes. Biochem Pharmacol 1990; 40:607-14. [PMID: 1974425 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(90)90563-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Red blood cells (RBCs) harvested from mice were used to investigate the possible existence of an uptake system for peptides in these cells. The radioactively iodinated tetrapeptide Tyr-MIF-1 (Tyr-Pro-Leu-Gly-amide) was incubated with RBCs for varying lengths of time with or without inhibitors. The RBCs showed saturable uptake that could be inhibited by Tyr-Pro containing peptides. Uptake was also found in human RBCs, but was more robust in the mouse. Uptake by mouse RBCs was temperature dependent and magnesium sensitive but did not require sodium, potassium, or glucose. With the exception of some enkephalin- and dynorphin-related peptides that partially inhibited uptake, most substances tested were without effect. The results of HPLC showed internalization of the N-Tyr-Pro containing peptides, with accumulation of degradation products over time. The degradation products, however, did not inhibit transport, suggesting that peptides were transported intact into the RBCs with degradation occurring after internalization. This suggestion was strengthened by the finding that only the cytosol of the RBC, not its membranes, rapidly degraded Tyr-MIF-1 to free iodine and iodotyrosine. Nevertheless, the cytosol contained a large amount of immunoreactive material that eluted at the position of intact Tyr-MIF-1 on HPLC. These findings show that RBCs can take up, store, and degrade Tyr-Pro containing peptides.
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- W A Banks
- Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
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High affinity L-triiodothyronine binding to right-side-out and inside-out vesicles from rat and human erythrocyte membrane. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)47279-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bassuk JA, Berg RA. Protein disulphide isomerase, a multifunctional endoplasmic reticulum protein. MATRIX (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 1989; 9:244-58. [PMID: 2550754 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8832(89)80057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Protein disulphide isomerase (E.C. 5.3.4.1) has been purified, cloned, and sequenced from a variety of vertebrate tissues. The enzyme and its isoforms have been assigned a role in four functional activities: (1) hydroxylation of proline residues in procollagen; (2) disulphide bond oxidation, isomerization, and reduction; (3) the major non-nuclear binding protein of the thyroid hormone 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine; and (4) a component of oligosaccharide transferase. The concentration of the enzyme has been shown to be positively correlated with an endoplasmic reticulum network which is active in secreting disulphide-bonded polypeptides. The enzyme is directed into the endoplasmic reticulum by virtue of a 19 residue N-terminal signal peptide; a four amino acid C-terminal KDEL sequence prevents the enzyme from being secreted. Careful inspection of the sequence data of the isoforms from human tissues reveals a 97% similarity; whereas, analyses of the data from chick tissues reveals only a 80% level of similarity. Chromosomal localizations using human cDNA probes against different human isoforms have assigned the gene(s) to opposite ends of the long arm of chromosome 17. The compiled data suggest the presence of a family of related polypeptides, all of which reside within the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- J A Bassuk
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854-5635
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In this presentation, I present evidence indicating a direct action of thyroid hormone at the level of the plasma membrane. Characteristically, the plasma membrane-mediated effects of thyroid hormones are prompt in onset, independent of new protein synthesis, and are associated with changes in the transmembrane transport of ions and substrates. The presence of specific binding sites for thyroid hormone in plasma membrane of various tissues and species, although inconclusive in itself, provides additional support for the direct action of thyroid hormone on the plasma membrane. A model for the mechanism of action of thyroid hormone at the plasma membrane level to increase sugar uptake by rat thymocytes is delineated, and the physiological role of the plasma membrane-mediated action of thyroid hormone is discussed.
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- J Segal
- Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Molecular orbital studies of the action of thyroid hormone analogs: Effects on oxygen consumption of mitochondria and horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed NADH oxidation. J Biol Phys 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01861087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Obata T, Kitagawa S, Gong QH, Pastan I, Cheng SY. Thyroid hormone down-regulates p55, a thyroid hormone-binding protein that is homologous to protein disulfide isomerase and the beta-subunit of prolyl-4-hydroxylase. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)35422-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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It has emerged in the last decade that the molecular mechanism of action of thyroid hormones resembles that of steroids; thyroid hormones indeed exert their effects mainly by directly regulating gene expression, on association with specific chromatin-bound receptors. Of the two thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) appears to be a sort of prohormone, whereas triiodothyronine (T3) seems to be the active form; in this respect, T4-deiodination, which occurs at the level of the target tissues, may be crucial in the local homeostasis of T3. Moreover, many cellular compartments, other than the nucleus, can bind thyroid hormone, and at least some of these further sites might play some role in modulating T3 supply to the nucleus. The binding of the T3-receptor complex to chromatin is likely to regulate the structural organization of specific genes and, in some instances, of the chromatin as a whole.
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- I Di Liegro
- Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università degli Studi, Palermo, Italy
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Rao GS, Lemoch H, Cronrath C. Interaction of calmodulin with iodothyronines: effect of iodothyronines on the calmodulin activation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1987; 53:45-52. [PMID: 2822507 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(87)90190-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The interaction between calmodulin and iodothyronines and the effect of iodothyronines on the calmodulin activation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase were investigated. Binding of [L-125I]triiodothyronine to calmodulin from pig brain, studied by equilibrium dialysis, was dependent on Ca2+, was saturable and reversible, with an apparent Kd of 2.79 microM and binding capacity of 0.5 nmol/20 micrograms of calmodulin L- and D-thyroxine, D-triiodothyronine and tetrac displaced [L-125I]triiodothyronine at concentrations of 8-10 microM; triac, 3,3'-diiodothyronine and reverse-triiodothyronine were weak displacers. In the presence of the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine, binding decreased in a dose-related manner. Ultraviolet irradiation of calmodulin in the presence of trifluoperazine reduced the binding of [L-125I]triiodothyronine to calmodulin irreversibly. Calmodulin activation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase decreased when iodothyronines were bound to calmodulin; the calmodulin-L-triiodothyronine complex was the most active among the stereoisomers of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. These results suggest that, when triiodothyronine was bound to Ca2+-calmodulin, the activation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase by the latter is suppressed.
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- G S Rao
- Institut für Klinische Biochemie der Universität Bonn, F.R.G
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Cheng SY, Gong QH, Parkison C, Robinson EA, Appella E, Merlino GT, Pastan I. The nucleotide sequence of a human cellular thyroid hormone binding protein present in endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60947-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Landeta LC, González-Padrones T, Rodríguez-Fernández C. Uptake of thyroid hormones (L-T3 and L-T4) by isolated rat adipocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1987; 145:105-10. [PMID: 3593334 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)91293-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine is taken up by isolated rat adipocytes under physiological conditions by a saturable sigmoidal process, while L-thyroxine uptake follows Michaelian kinetics. Comparative studies performed with intact adipocytes and derived liposomes suggest that thyroid hormones are taken up into cells via carrier-mediated transport.
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Angel RC, Botta JA, Farías RN. Modification of L-triiodothyronine binding sites from rat erythrocyte membrane by heating and by proteinase treatments. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1987; 897:488-94. [PMID: 3545295 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(87)90446-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The number of binding sites for L-triiodothyronine in rat erythrocyte membranes was increased 2-fold by incubation at 37 degrees C for 60 min. An increase of approximately 3-fold was found when the incubation was carried out at 50 degrees C. The proteinase inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride abolished the effect. Similar increments in the number of binding sites were obtained by treatment of the membranes with proteinases. The Kd values (0.09 X 10(-10) M and 3.6 X 10(-10) M for the high-affinity and the low-affinity binding sites, respectively) remained unchanged after the treatment, as did the free-SH group requirements, storage stability and stereospecificity. Our results suggest that endogenous proteolytic activity could be involved in the increase of the number of membrane latent sites for L-triiodothyronine.
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Costante G, Sand G, Connart D, Glinoer D. In vitro effects of thyroid hormones on red blood cell Ca++-dependent ATPase activity. J Endocrinol Invest 1986; 9:15-20. [PMID: 2939127 DOI: 10.1007/bf03348055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Thyroid hormones (TH) have been shown to exert a direct stimulatory effect on the Ca++-dependent ATPase from human and other mammalian erythrocytes. In this in vitro system, T4 has been shown to be more effective than T3. In the present study, TH effects on Ca++-dependent ATPase were investigated, using rabbit and human erythrocyte membranes, after preincubation with 10(-10) M T4, in the presence or in the absence of exogenous calmodulin (CaM) (5.10(-12) M to 5.10(-9) M). Ca++-dependent ATPase activity was measured as inorganic phosphate (Pi) release from 1 mM ATP. The results showed that basal Ca++-dependent ATPase activity in rabbits was moderately increased by T4 (1.44 +/- 0.05 vs 1.32 +/- 0.04 mumol Pi/mg protein/90 min, mean +/- SE; p less than 0.05). The time course of Pi release did not show any stimulatory effect of T4 during the first hour of incubation. The effect of T4 became apparent, however, 1 h after the addition of ATP (delta T4: 15%). With human membranes, T4 induced a relative stimulation of the Ca++-dependent ATPase of 8-10% (p less than 0.05) in experimental conditions where the enzyme was not maximally stimulated by CaM (delta CaM over basal activity: 5-40%). In conditions of high CaM stimulation (delta CaM: 50-320%), T4 had no effect. These results confirm that Ca++-dependent ATPase activity is increased by T4. The effect of T4 is small, and appears as a late event during incubation with ATP. Stimulation by T4 is expressed in states of low enzyme activation by CaM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Hasumura S, Kitagawa S, Pastan I, Cheng SY. Solubilization and characterization of a membrane 3, 3', 5-triiodo-L-thyronine binding protein from rat pituitary tumor GH3 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1985; 133:837-43. [PMID: 3002371 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(85)91210-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To understand the mechanism by which T3 enters cells and carries out its biological functions membrane binding sites for 3, 3', 5-triiodo-L-thyronine were solubilized from rat pituitary tumor GH3 cells by detergents. Among three detergents tested, CHAPS is the best in preserving hormonal binding affinity and specificity. Least square analysis of the binding data show one class of binding site with a Kd of (6.35 +/- 1.27) nM and Bmax of (0.84 +/- 0.056) pmoles/50 micrograms protein. Hormone binding activity is lost by heating, pronase digestion and in the absence of NaCl. The pH optimum for binding is 7.0 and the binding activity is enhanced by dithiothreitol. The solubilization of membrane-associated thyroid hormone binding proteins will facilitate further characterization and exploration of their biological functions.
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Botta JA, Farías RN. Solubilization of L-triiodothyronine binding site from human erythrocyte membrane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1985; 133:442-8. [PMID: 3002341 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(85)90926-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A thyroid binding peripheral membrane protein(s) has been characterized in human red cell. Two classes of affinity sites for triiodothyronine have been demonstrated. The high affinity, low capacity site showed values for dissociation constant of 2 X 10(-10)M. The binding activity depended on the presence of free -SH group and showed a high stereospecificity for L-triiodothyronine, L-thyroxine was less potent (about 1,000-fold) than L-triiodothyronine in competing for this site. The results are discussed with respect to their cellular significance.
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Thyroid hormones have ubiquitous effects and influence the function of most organs. The influences that thyroid hormones have on these diverse functions are primarily mediated through binding of T3 and T4 to specific nuclear receptor sites. The nuclear action of T3 results in organ-specific increases and decreases of specific mRNAs, leading to alteration in the level of the corresponding proteins. In addition to the well established nuclear action of T3, effects of thyroid hormone on other sites including cell membranes and mitochondria have been documented.
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Lai CS, Korytowski W, Niu CH, Cheng SY. Transverse motion of spin-labeled 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine in phospholipid bilayers. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1985; 131:408-12. [PMID: 2994660 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(85)91817-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Using electron spin resonance stop-flow technique, the transverse motion (flip-flop) of 3-([alpha-carboxy-4-(4-hydroxy-3-iodophenoxy)-3,5- diiodophenethyl]carbamoyl)-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-3-pyrrolin (T3-SL) in dipalmitoyl L-alpha-phosphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) membranes was evaluated. At 22 degrees C, the electron spin resonance spectra of T3-SL in DPPC vesicles were compared before and after the addition of sodium ascorbate, a membrane impermeable reducing agent. The addition of ascorbate reduces the signal amplitude by 67% in 3 min but yields no further reduction for at least 60 min. These results indicate that T3-SL does not flip-flop at any appreciable rate in the membranes. This finding suggests that once partitioned into the membrane, T3 remains in the outer half of the lipid bilayer, thus reducing the possibility that T3 enters the cell by passive diffusion.
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Cheng S. Structural similarities between the plasma membrane binding sites for L-thyroxine and 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine in cultured cells. JOURNAL OF RECEPTOR RESEARCH 1985; 5:1-26. [PMID: 2987492 DOI: 10.3109/10799898509041868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Using 125I-labeled L-thyroxine (T4), the binding of [125I]T4 to GH3 rat pituitary tumor cells was studied. At 15 degrees C, the binding of [125I]T4 to cells is saturable and specific. Least squares analysis of binding data showed two classes of binding sites with apparent dissociation constants of 4.3 +/- 0.3 nM and 350 +/- 30nM and binding capacities of (3.8 +/- 0.5) X 10(4) and (9.1 +/- 0.35) X 10(6) sites/cell, respectively. Affinity labeling of cells or purified plasma membranes with N-bromoacetyl-[125I]T4 (BrAc[125I]T4) showed a major specifically labeled protein band with an apparent molecular mass of 55 kilodaltons (kDal). Digestion of the 55-kDal protein from cells and plasma membrane by Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease or elastase gave similar peptide fragments. Thus, the 55-kDal protein labeled from intact cells is the same protein as that from purified plasma membranes. Peptide mapping was further used to compare the 55-kDal protein specifically labeled by either N-bromoacetyl-3,[125I]3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (BrAc[125I]T3) or BrAc[125I]T4 in intact cells and highly purified plasma membranes. Very similar patterns were obtained. These results indicate that plasma membrane T3 and T4 binding sites have similar hormone binding domains. In addition the plasma membrane T3 and T4 binding sites of Swiss 3T3-4 mouse fibroblasts and A431 human epithelioid carcinoma cells are structurally similar to the T3 and T4 binding sites of GH3 cells.
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Hasumura S, Rossi B, Alderson R, Pastan I, Cheng S. Antibodies against the plasma membrane 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine binding protein of rat pituitary GH3 cells: partial characterization and cross-species immunoreactivity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1984; 124:956-62. [PMID: 6095830 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(84)91051-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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To develop antibodies against the plasma membrane 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) binding protein (M.W. 55,000), rabbits were immunized with formalin-fixed GH3 cells or highly purified plasma membranes from these cells. Antibodies were screened by immunoprecipitation using detergent solubilized N-bromoacetyl-[125I]T3-labeled 55K protein. Among the nine detergents tested, 0.18% CHAPS was found to be the best in its solubilization efficiency and its ability to maintain the integrity of the antigenicity of the 55K protein. The N-bromoacetyl-[125I]T3-labeled 55K protein was also immunoprecipitated by anti-T3 antibodies. The anti-55K protein antibodies cross-reacted with plasma membrane T3 binding proteins from cultured cells and tissues of human and rodent origin. These results indicate that structural similarities exist in human and rodent plasma membrane T3 binding proteins. These antibodies should provide a powerful tool in the characterization and in probing the function(s) of the plasma membrane T3 binding protein in cells.
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