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Tribondeau A, Du Pasquier D, Benchouaia M, Blugeon C, Buisine N, Sachs LM. Overlapping action of T 3 and T 4 during Xenopus laevis development. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1360188. [PMID: 38529399 PMCID: PMC10961411 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1360188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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Thyroid hormones are involved in many biological processes such as neurogenesis, metabolism, and development. However, compounds called endocrine disruptors can alter thyroid hormone signaling and induce unwanted effects on human and ecosystems health. Regulatory tests have been developed to detect these compounds but need to be significantly improved by proposing novel endpoints and key events. The Xenopus Eleutheroembryonic Thyroid Assay (XETA, OECD test guideline no. 248) is one such test. It is based on Xenopus laevis tadpoles, a particularly sensitive model system for studying the physiology and disruption of thyroid hormone signaling: amphibian metamorphosis is a spectacular (thus easy to monitor) life cycle transition governed by thyroid hormones. With a long-term objective of providing novel molecular markers under XETA settings, we propose first to describe the differential effects of thyroid hormones on gene expression, which, surprisingly, are not known. After thyroid hormones exposure (T3 or T4), whole tadpole RNAs were subjected to transcriptomic analysis. By using standard approaches coupled to system biology, we found similar effects of the two thyroid hormones. They impact the cell cycle and promote the expression of genes involves in cell proliferation. At the level of the whole tadpole, the immune system is also a prime target of thyroid hormone action.
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- Alicia Tribondeau
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 7221, Département Adaptation du Vivant, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Alliance Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Genomique ENS, Institut de Biologie de l’ENS (IBENS), Département de Biologie, École Normale Supérieure, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Universités Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL), Paris, France
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- Genomique ENS, Institut de Biologie de l’ENS (IBENS), Département de Biologie, École Normale Supérieure, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Universités Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL), Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 7221, Département Adaptation du Vivant, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Alliance Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 7221, Département Adaptation du Vivant, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Alliance Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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Silva N, Campinho MA. In a zebrafish biomedical model of human Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome impaired MTH signaling leads to decreased neural cell diversity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1157685. [PMID: 37214246 PMCID: PMC10194031 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1157685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Background Maternally derived thyroid hormone (T3) is a fundamental factor for vertebrate neurodevelopment. In humans, mutations on the thyroid hormones (TH) exclusive transporter monocarboxylic acid transporter 8 (MCT8) lead to the Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS). Patients with AHDS present severe underdevelopment of the central nervous system, with profound cognitive and locomotor consequences. Functional impairment of zebrafish T3 exclusive membrane transporter Mct8 phenocopies many symptoms observed in patients with AHDS, thus providing an outstanding animal model to study this human condition. In addition, it was previously shown in the zebrafish mct8 KD model that maternal T3 (MTH) acts as an integrator of different key developmental pathways during zebrafish development. Methods Using a zebrafish Mct8 knockdown model, with consequent inhibition of maternal thyroid hormones (MTH) uptake to the target cells, we analyzed genes modulated by MTH by qPCR in a temporal series from the start of segmentation through hatching. Survival (TUNEL) and proliferation (PH3) of neural progenitor cells (dla, her2) were determined, and the cellular distribution of neural MTH-target genes in the spinal cord during development was characterized. In addition, in-vivo live imaging was performed to access NOTCH overexpression action on cell division in this AHDS model. We determined the developmental time window when MTH is required for appropriate CNS development in the zebrafish; MTH is not involved in neuroectoderm specification but is fundamental in the early stages of neurogenesis by promoting the maintenance of specific neural progenitor populations. MTH signaling is required for developing different neural cell types and maintaining spinal cord cytoarchitecture, and modulation of NOTCH signaling in a non-autonomous cell manner is involved in this process. Discussion The findings show that MTH allows the enrichment of neural progenitor pools, regulating the cell diversity output observed by the end of embryogenesis and that Mct8 impairment restricts CNS development. This work contributes to the understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying human AHDS.
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- Nádia Silva
- Centre for Marine Sciences of the University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- Algarve Biomedical Center-Research Institute, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Centre for Marine Sciences of the University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- Algarve Biomedical Center-Research Institute, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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Tang Q, Zeng M, Chen L, Fu N. Targeting Thyroid Hormone/Thyroid Hormone Receptor Axis: An Attractive Therapy Strategy in Liver Diseases. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:871100. [PMID: 35721201 PMCID: PMC9201453 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.871100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone/thyroid hormone receptor (TH/TR) axis is characterized by TH with the assistance of plasma membrane transporters to combine with TR and mediate biological activities. Growing evidence suggests that TH/TR participates in plenty of hepatic metabolism. Thus, this review focuses on the role of the TH/TR axis in the liver diseases. To be specific, the TH/TR axis may improve metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and liver injury while exacerbating the progression of acute liver failure and alcoholic liver disease. Also, the TH/TR axis has paradoxical roles in hepatocellular carcinoma. The TH/TR axis may be a prospecting target to cure hepatic diseases.
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- Qianyu Tang
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hunan Provincial Clinical Research Center of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Liuyang Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment Responsive Drug Research, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, School of Basic Medical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hunan Provincial Clinical Research Center of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.,The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Laboratory of Liver Disease, Institute of Clinical Research, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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Mulligan MK, Kleiman JE, Caldemeyer AC, Harding JCS, Pasternak JA. Porcine reproductive and respiratory virus 2 infection of the fetus results in multi-organ cell cycle suppression. Vet Res 2022; 53:13. [PMID: 35189966 PMCID: PMC8860275 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-022-01030-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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AbstractPorcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection during late gestation negatively affects fetal development. The objective of this study was to identify the fetal organs most severely impacted following infection, and evaluate the relationship between this response and fetal phenotypes. RNA was extracted from fetal heart, liver, lung, thymus, kidney, spleen, and loin muscle, collected following late gestation viral challenge of pregnant gilts. Initially, gene expression for three cell cycle promoters (CDK1, CDK2, CDK4) and one inhibitor (CDKN1A) were evaluated in biologically extreme phenotypic subsets including gestational age-matched controls (CON), uninfected (UNIF), high-viral load viable (HV-VIA), and high-viral load meconium-stained (HV-MEC) fetuses. There were no differences between CON and UNIF groups for any gene, indicating no impact of maternal infection alone. Relative to CON, high-viral load (HV-VIA, HV-MEC) fetuses showed significant downregulation of at least one CDK gene in all tissues except liver, while CDKN1A was upregulated in all tissues except muscle, with the heart and kidney most severely impacted. Subsequent evaluation of additional genes known to be upregulated following activation of P53 or TGFb/SMAD signaling cascades indicated neither pathway was responsible for the observed increase in CDKN1A. Finally, analysis of heart and kidney from a larger unselected population of infected fetuses from the same animal study showed that serum thyroxin and viral load were highly correlated with the expression of CDKN1A in both tissues. Collectively these results demonstrate the widespread suppression in cell division across all tissues in PRRSV infected fetuses and indicate a non-canonical regulatory mechanism.
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Thyroid hormone receptor phosphorylation regulates acute fasting-induced suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2107943118. [PMID: 34544870 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107943118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fasting induces profound changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. After binding thyroid hormone (TH), the TH receptor beta 2 isoform (THRB2) represses Trh and Tsh subunit genes and is the principle negative regulator of the HPT axis. Using mass spectrometry, we identified a major phosphorylation site in the AF-1 domain of THRB2 (serine 101, S101), which is conserved among many members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. More than 50% of THRB2 is phosphorylated at S101 in cultured thyrotrophs (TαT1.1) and in the mouse pituitary. All other THR isoforms lack this site and exhibit limited overall levels of phosphorylation. To determine the importance of THRB2 S101 phosphorylation, we used the TαT1.1 cell line and S101A mutant knock-in mice (Thrb2 S101A ). We found that TH promoted S101 THRB2 phosphorylation and was essential for repression of the axis at physiologic TH concentrations. In mice, THRB2 phosphorylation was also increased by fasting and mimicked Trh and Tshb repression by TH. In vitro studies demonstrated that a master metabolic sensor, AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) induced phosphorylation at the same site and caused Tshb repression independent of TH. Furthermore, we identified cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) as a direct kinase phosphorylating THRB2 S101 and propose that AMPK or TH increase S101 phosphorylation through the activity of CDK2. This study provides a physiologically relevant function for THR phosphorylation, which permits nutritional deprivation and TH to use a common mechanism for acute suppression of the HPT axis.
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Pasternak JA, MacPhee DJ, Harding JCS. Maternal and fetal thyroid dysfunction following porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus2 infection. Vet Res 2020; 51:47. [PMID: 32228691 PMCID: PMC7106657 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-020-00772-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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To better understand the host response to porcine reproductive and respiratory virus-2 (PRRSV2) we evaluated circulating thyroid hormone and associated gene expression in a late gestation challenge model. Pregnant gilts were inoculated at gestation day 85 and fetal samples collected at either 12 or 21 days post-infection (dpi). A subset of fetuses was selected for analysis based on viability and viral load categorized as either uninfected-viable (UNIF), high viral load viable (HV-VIA) or high viral load meconium stained (HV-MEC) and were compared with gestational age matched controls (CON). In dams, circulating levels of total T3 and T4 decreased in the acute period following infection and rebounded by 21 dpi. A similar effect was observed in fetuses, but was largely restricted to HV-VIA and HV-MEC, with minimal decrease noted in UNIF relative to CON at 21 dpi. Gene expression in fetal heart at 12 dpi showed significant decompensatory transcription of thyroid hormone transporters (SLC16A2) and deiodinases (DIO2, DIO3), which was not observed in brain. Correspondingly, genes associated with cell cycle progression (CDK1,2,4) were downregulated in only the heart of highly infected fetuses, while expression of their inhibitor (CDKN1A) was upregulated in both tissues. Finally, expression of genes associated with cardiac stress including CAMKD and AGT were upregulated in the hearts of highly infected fetuses, and a shift in expression of MYH6 to MYH7 was observed in HV-MEC fetuses specifically. Collectively, the results suggest PRRSV2 infection causes a hypothyroid state that disproportionally impacts the fetal heart over the brain.
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- J Alex Pasternak
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada. .,Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, 270 S. Russell St, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada
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Tseng YH, Huang YH, Lin TK, Wu SM, Chi HC, Tsai CY, Tsai MM, Lin YH, Chang WC, Chang YT, Chen WJ, Lin KH. Thyroid hormone suppresses expression of stathmin and associated tumor growth in hepatocellular carcinoma. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38756. [PMID: 27934948 PMCID: PMC5146664 DOI: 10.1038/srep38756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Stathmin (STMN1), a recognized oncoprotein upregulated in various solid tumors, promotes microtubule disassembly and modulates tumor growth and migration activity. However, the mechanisms underlying the genetic regulation of STMN1 have yet to be elucidated. In the current study, we report that thyroid hormone receptor (THR) expression is negatively correlated with STMN1 expression in a subset of clinical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) specimens. We further identified the STMN1 gene as a target of thyroid hormone (T3) in the HepG2 hepatoma cell line. An analysis of STMN1 expression profile and mechanism of transcriptional regulation revealed that T3 significantly suppressed STMN1 mRNA and protein expression, and further showed that THR directly targeted the STMN1 upstream element to regulate STMN1 transcriptional activity. Specific knockdown of STMN1 suppressed cell proliferation and xenograft tumor growth in mice. In addition, T3 regulation of cell growth arrest and cell cycle distribution were attenuated by overexpression of STMN1. Our results suggest that the oncogene STMN1 is transcriptionally downregulated by T3 in the liver. This T3-mediated suppression of STMN1 supports the theory that T3 plays an inhibitory role in HCC tumor growth, and suggests that the lack of normal THR function leads to elevated STMN1 expression and malignant growth.
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- Yi-Hsin Tseng
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou &Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Chang-Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- First Cardiovascular Division, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Liver Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Carmona-Cortés J, Rodríguez-Gómez I, Wangensteen R, Banegas I, García-Lora ÁM, Quesada A, Osuna A, Vargas F. Effect of thyroid hormone–nitric oxide interaction on tumor growth, angiogenesis, and aminopeptidase activity in mice. Tumour Biol 2014; 35:5519-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-1726-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Perri A, Catalano S, Bonofiglio D, Vizza D, Rovito D, Qi H, Aquila S, Panza S, Rizza P, Lanzino M, Andò S. T3 enhances thyroid cancer cell proliferation through TRβ1/Oct-1-mediated cyclin D1 activation. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2014; 382:205-217. [PMID: 24121026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Revised: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Several studies have demonstrated that thyroid hormone T3 promotes cancer cell growth, even though the molecular mechanism involved in such processes still needs to be elucidated. In this study we demonstrated that T3 induced proliferation in papillary thyroid carcinoma cell lines concomitantly with an up-regulation of cyclin D1 expression, that is a critical mitogen-regulated cell-cycle control element. Our data revealed that T3 enhanced the recruitment of the TRβ1/Oct-1 complex on Octamer-transcription factor-1 site within cyclin D1 promoter, leading to its transactivation. In addition, silencing of TRβ1 or Oct-1 expression by RNA interference reversed both increased cell proliferation and up-regulation of cyclin D1, underlying the important role of both transcriptional factors in mediating these effects. Finally, T3-induced increase in cell growth was abrogated after knocking down cyclin D1 expression. All these findings highlight a new molecular mechanism by which T3 promotes thyroid cancer cell growth.
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- Anna Perri
- Centro Sanitario, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Centro Sanitario, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Dept. Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy; Centro Sanitario, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy.
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Thyroid hormone receptor represses miR-17 expression to enhance tumor metastasis in human hepatoma cells. Oncogene 2013; 32:4509-18. [PMID: 23912452 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are thought to control tumor metastasis through direct interactions with target genes. Thyroid hormone (T3) and its receptor (TR) are involved in cell growth and cancer progression. However, the issue of whether miRNAs participate in T3/TR-mediated tumor migration is yet to be established. In the current study, we demonstrated that T3/TR negatively regulates mature miR-17 transcript expression, both in vitro and in vivo. Luciferase reporter and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays localized the regions responding to TR-mediated repression to positions -2234/-2000 of the miR-17 promoter sequence. Overexpression of miR-17 markedly inhibited cell migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo, mediated via suppression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-3. Moreover, p-AKT expression was increased in miR-17-knockdown cells that led to enhanced cell invasion, which was blocked by LY294002. Notably, low miR-17 expression was evident in highly metastatic cells. The cell migration ability was increased by T3, but partially reduced upon miR-17 overexpression. Notably, TRα1 was frequently upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) samples and associated with low overall survival (P=0.023). miR-17 expression was significantly negatively associated with TRα1 (P=0.033) and MMP3 (P=0.043) in HCC specimens. Data from our study suggest that T3/TR, miR-17, p-AKT and MMP3 activities are interlinked in the regulation of cancer cell metastasis.
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LÓPEZ-FONTANA CONSTANZAMATILDE, SASSO CORINAVERÓNICA, MASELLI MARÍAEUGENIA, SANTIANO FLAVIAELIANA, SEMINO SILVANANOEMÍ, CARRIÓN FERNANDODARÍOCUELLO, JAHN GRACIELAALMA, CARÓN RUBÉNWALTER. Experimental hypothyroidism increases apoptosis in dimethylbenzanthracene-induced mammary tumors. Oncol Rep 2013; 30:1651-60. [DOI: 10.3892/or.2013.2648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Implication from thyroid function decreasing during chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: chemosensitization role of triiodothyronine. BMC Cancer 2013; 13:334. [PMID: 23829347 PMCID: PMC3717040 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Thyroid hormones have been shown to regulate breast cancer cells growth, the absence or reduction of thyroid hormones in cells could provoke a proliferation arrest in G0-G1 or weak mitochondrial activity, which makes cells insensitive to therapies for cancers through transforming into low metabolism status. This biological phenomenon may help explain why treatment efficacy and prognosis vary among breast cancer patients having hypothyroid, hyperthyroid and normal function. Nevertheless, the abnormal thyroid function in breast cancer patients has been considered being mainly caused by thyroid diseases, few studied influence of chemotherapy on thyroid function and whether its alteration during chemotherapy can influence the respose to chemotherapy is still unclear. So, we aimed to find the alterations of thyroid function and non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) prevalence druing chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, and investigate the influence of thyroid hormones on chemotherapeutic efficacy. Methods Thyroid hormones and NTIS prevalence at initial diagnosis and during chemotherapy were analyzed in 685 breast diseases patients (369 breast cancer, 316 breast benign lesions). The influence of thyroid hormones on chemotherapeutic efficacy was evaluated by chemosensitization test, to compare chemotherapeutic efficacy between breast cancer cells with chemotherapeutics plus triiodothyronine (T3) and chemotherapeutics only. Results In breast cancer, NTIS prevalence at the initial diagnosis was higher and increased during chemotherapy, but declined before the next chemotherapeutic course. Thyroid hormones decreased signigicantly during chemotherapy. T3 can enhance the chemosensitivity of MCF-7 to 5-Fu and taxol, with progression from G0-G1 phase to S phase. The similar chemosensitization role of T3 were found in MDA-MB-231. We compared chemotherapeutic efficacy among groups with different usage modes of T3, finding pretreatment with lower dose of T3, using higher dose of T3 together with 5-Fu or during chemotherapy with 5-Fu were all available to achieve chemosensitization, but pretreatment with lower dose of T3 until the end of chemotherapy may be a safer and more efficient therapy. Conclusions Taken together, thyroid hormones decreasing during chemotherapy was found in lots of breast cancer patients. On the other hand, thyroid hormones can enhance the chemotherapeutic efficacy through gatherring tumor cells in actively proliferating stage, which may provide a new adjuvant therapy for breast cancer in furture, especially for those have hypothyroidism during chemotherapy.
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Wu SM, Cheng WL, Lin CD, Lin KH. Thyroid hormone actions in liver cancer. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:1915-36. [PMID: 22955376 PMCID: PMC11113324 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1146-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The thyroid hormone 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) mediates several physiological processes, including embryonic development, cellular differentiation, metabolism, and the regulation of cell proliferation. Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) generally act as heterodimers with the retinoid X receptor (RXR) to regulate target genes. In addition to their developmental and metabolic functions, TRs have been shown to play a tumor suppressor role, suggesting that their aberrant expression can lead to tumor transformation. Conversely, recent reports have shown an association between overexpression of wild-type TRs and tumor metastasis. Signaling crosstalk between T3/TR and other pathways or specific TR coregulators appear to affect tumor development. Since TR actions are complex as well as cell context-, tissue- and time-specific, aberrant expression of the various TR isoforms has different effects during diverse tumorigenesis. Therefore, elucidation of the T3/TR signaling mechanisms in cancers should facilitate the identification of novel therapeutic targets. This review provides a summary of recent studies focusing on the role of TRs in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs).
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- Sheng-Ming Wu
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, 259 Wen-hwa 1 Road, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, 259 Wen-hwa 1 Road, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
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- Pre-med Program, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA 94508 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, 259 Wen-hwa 1 Road, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan
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Alternative splicing of iodothyronine deiodinases in pituitary adenomas. Regulation by oncoprotein SF2/ASF. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2013; 1832:763-72. [PMID: 23462647 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Revised: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pituitary tumors belong to the group of most common neoplasms of the sellar region. Iodothyronine deiodinase types 1 (DIO1) and 2 (DIO2) are enzymes contributing to the levels of locally synthesized T3, a hormone regulating key physiological processes in the pituitary, including its development, cellular proliferation, and hormone secretion. Previous studies revealed that the expression of deiodinases in pituitary tumors is variable and, moreover, there is no correlation between mRNA and protein products of the particular gene, suggesting the potential role of posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms. In this work we hypothesized that one of such mechanisms could be the alternative splicing. Therefore, we analyzed expression and sequences of DIO1 and DIO2 splicing variants in 30 pituitary adenomas and 9 non-tumorous pituitary samples. DIO2 mRNA was expressed as only two mRNA isoforms. In contrast, nine splice variants of DIO1 were identified. Among them, five were devoid of exon 3. In silico sequence analysis of DIO1 revealed multiple putative binding sites for splicing factor SF2/ASF, of which the top-ranked sites were located in exon 3. Silencing of SF2/ASF in pituitary tumor GH3 cells resulted in change of ratio between DIO1 isoforms with or without exon 3, favoring the expression of variants without exon 3. The expression of SF2/ASF mRNA in pituitary tumors was increased when compared with non-neoplastic control samples. In conclusion, we provide a new mechanism of posttranscriptional regulation of DIO1 and show deregulation of DIO1 expression in pituitary adenoma, possibly resulting from disturbed expression of SF2/ASF.
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Sue M, Hayashi M, Kawashima A, Akama T, Tanigawa K, Yoshihara A, Hara T, Ishido Y, Ito T, Takahashi SI, Ishii N, Suzuki K. Thyroglobulin (Tg) activates MAPK pathway to induce thyroid cell growth in the absence of TSH, insulin and serum. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 420:611-5. [PMID: 22445893 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The growth of thyroid cells is tightly regulated by thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) through the cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) signaling pathway by potentiating the mitogenic activity of insulin and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). However, we recently reported that thyroglobulin (Tg), a major product of the thyroid, also induces the growth of thyroid cells cultured in 0.2% serum in the absence of TSH and insulin. In this report, we demonstrate that Tg induced phosphorylation of molecules of the c-Raf/MEK/ERK pathway of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). The MEK-1/2 inhibitor PD98059 suppressed Tg-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and reduced bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation. Tg also induced expression of the essential transcriptional factors c-Myc, c-Fos and c-Jun and phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. The present results, together with the previous report, suggest that Tg utilizes multiple signaling cascades to induce thyroid cell growth independent of TSH/cAMP stimulation.
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- Mariko Sue
- Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo 189-0002, Japan
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Bedolla DE, Torre V. A component of retinal light adaptation mediated by the thyroid hormone cascade. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26334. [PMID: 22039463 PMCID: PMC3200322 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Analysis with DNA-microrrays and real time PCR show that several genes involved in the thyroid hormone cascade, such as deiodinase 2 and 3 (Dio2 and Dio3) are differentially regulated by the circadian clock and by changes of the ambient light. The expression level of Dio2 in adult rats (2-3 months of age) kept continuously in darkness is modulated by the circadian clock and is up-regulated by 2 fold at midday. When the diurnal ambient light was on, the expression level of Dio2 increased by 4-8 fold and a consequent increase of the related protein was detected around the nuclei of retinal photoreceptors and of neurons in inner and outer nuclear layers. The expression level of Dio3 had a different temporal pattern and was down-regulated by diurnal light. Our results suggest that DIO2 and DIO3 have a role not only in the developing retina but also in the adult retina and are powerfully regulated by light. As the thyroid hormone is a ligand-inducible transcription factor controlling the expression of several target genes, the transcriptional activation of Dio2 could be a novel genomic component of light adaptation.
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- Diana E. Bedolla
- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
- Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), SISSA-Unit, Trieste, Italy
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Thyroid hormones (TH) regulate key cellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis in virtually all human cells. Disturbances in TH pathway and the resulting deregulation of these processes have been linked with neoplasia. The concentrations of TH in peripheral tissues are regulated via the activity of iodothyronine deiodinases. There are 3 types of these enzymes: type 1 and type 2 deiodinases are involved in TH activation while type 3 deiodinase inactivates TH. Expression and activity of iodothyronine deiodinases are disturbed in different types of neoplasia. According to the limited number of studies in cancer cell lines and mouse models changes in intratumoral and extratumoral T3 concentrations may influence proliferation rate and metastatic progression. Recent findings showing that increased expression of type 3 deiodinases may lead to enhanced tumoral proliferation support the idea that deiodinating enzymes have the potential to influence cancer progression. This review summarizes the observations of impaired expression and activity in different cancer types, published to date, and the mechanisms behind these alterations, including impaired regulation via TH receptors, transforming growth factor-β, and Sonic-hedgehog pathway. Possible roles of deiodinases as cancer markers and potential modulators of tumor progression are also discussed.
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- A Piekiełko-Witkowska
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.
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Cohen K, Ellis M, Khoury S, Davis PJ, Hercbergs A, Ashur-Fabian O. Thyroid hormone is a MAPK-dependent growth factor for human myeloma cells acting via αvβ3 integrin. Mol Cancer Res 2011; 9:1385-94. [PMID: 21821675 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-11-0187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Experimental and clinical observations suggest that thyroid hormone [l-thyroxine (T(4)) and 3,5,3'-triiodo-l-thyronine (T(3))] can support cancer cell proliferation. T(3) and T(4) promote both tumor cell division and angiogenesis by activating mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) via binding to a hormone receptor on the αvβ3 integrin, overexpressed on many cancer cells. We have studied the responsiveness of several MM cell lines to T(3) and T(4) and characterized hormonal effects on cell survival, proliferation, and MAPK activation. Overnight T(3) (1-100 nmol/L) and T(4) (100 nmol/L) incubation enhanced, up to 50% (P < 0.002), MM cell viability (WST-1 assay) and increased cell proliferation by 30% to 60% (P < 0.01). Short exposure (10 minutes) to T(3) and T(4) increased MAPK activity by 2.5- to 3.5-fold (P < 0.03). Pharmacologic MAPK inhibition blocked the proliferative action of T(3) and T(4). Antibodies to the integrin αvβ3 dimer and αv and β3 monomers (but not β1) inhibited MAPK activation and subsequent cell proliferation in response to thyroid hormone, indicating dependence upon this integrin. Moreover, tetraiodothyroacetic acid (tetrac), a non-agonist T(4) analogue previously shown to selectively block T(3)/T(4) binding to αvβ3 receptor site, blocked induction of MAPK by the hormones in a dose-dependent manner. This demonstration of the role of thyroid hormones as growth factors for MM cells may offer novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Keren Cohen
- Translational Hemato-Oncology Laboratory, Meir Medical Center, 59 Tchernichovsky St, Kfar-Saba 44281, Israel
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Wu SM, Huang YH, Yeh CT, Tsai MM, Liao CH, Cheng WL, Chen WJ, Lin KH. Cathepsin H regulated by the thyroid hormone receptors associate with tumor invasion in human hepatoma cells. Oncogene 2011; 30:2057-69. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Furuya F, Shimura H, Yamashita S, Endo T, Kobayashi T. Liganded thyroid hormone receptor-alpha enhances proliferation of pancreatic beta-cells. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:24477-86. [PMID: 20529852 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.100222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Failure of the functional pancreatic beta-cell mass to expand in response to increased metabolic demand is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes. Lineage tracing studies indicate that replication of existing beta-cells is important for beta-cell proliferation in adult animals. In rat pancreatic beta-cell lines (RIN5F), treatment with 100 nM thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine, T(3)) enhances cell proliferation. This result suggests that T(3) is required for beta-cell proliferation or replication. To identify the role of thyroid hormone receptor alpha (TR(alpha)) in the processes of beta-cell growth and cell cycle regulation, we constructed a recombinant adenovirus vector, AdTR(alpha). Infection with AdTR(alpha) to RIN5F cells increased the expression of cyclin D1 mRNA and protein. Overexpression of the cyclin D1 protein in AdTR(alpha)-infected cells led to activation of the cyclin D1/cyclin-dependent kinase/retinoblastoma protein/E2F pathway, along with cell cycle progression and cell proliferation following treatment with 100 nM T(3). Conversely, lowering cellular cyclin D1 by small interfering RNA knockdown in AdTR(alpha)-infected cells led to down-regulation of the cyclin D1/CDK/Rb/E2F pathway and inhibited cell proliferation. Furthermore, in immunodeficient mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes, intrapancreatic injection of AdTR(alpha) led to the restoration of islet function and to an increase in the beta-cell mass. These results support the hypothesis that liganded TR(alpha) plays a critical role in beta-cell replication and in expansion of the beta-cell mass during postnatal development. Thus, liganded TR(alpha) may be a target for therapeutic strategies that can induce the expansion and regeneration of beta-cells.
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- Fumihiko Furuya
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Alva-Sánchez C, Sánchez-Huerta K, Arroyo-Helguera O, Anguiano B, Aceves C, Pacheco-Rosado J. The maintenance of hippocampal pyramidal neuron populations is dependent on the modulation of specific cell cycle regulators by thyroid hormones. Brain Res 2009; 1271:27-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2008] [Revised: 02/06/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Verga Falzacappa C, Patriarca V, Bucci B, Mangialardo C, Michienzi S, Moriggi G, Stigliano A, Brunetti E, Toscano V, Misiti S. The TRβ1 is essential in mediating T3 action on Akt pathway in human pancreatic insulinoma cells. J Cell Biochem 2009; 106:835-48. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Denver RJ, Hu F, Scanlan TS, Furlow JD. Thyroid hormone receptor subtype specificity for hormone-dependent neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis. Dev Biol 2008; 326:155-68. [PMID: 19056375 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Revised: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Thyroid hormone (T(3)) influences cell proliferation, death and differentiation during development of the central nervous system (CNS). Hormone action is mediated by T(3) receptors (TR) of which there are two subtypes, TRalpha and TRbeta. Specific roles for TR subtypes in CNS development are poorly understood. We analyzed involvement of TRalpha and TRbeta in neural cell proliferation during metamorphosis of Xenopus laevis. Cell proliferation in the ventricular/subventricular neurogenic zones of the tadpole brain increased dramatically during metamorphosis. This increase was dependent on T(3) until mid-prometamorphosis, after which cell proliferation decreased and became refractory to T(3). Using double labeling fluorescent histochemistry with confocal microscopy we found TRalpha expressed throughout the tadpole brain, with strongest expression in proliferating cells. By contrast, TRbeta was expressed predominantly outside of neurogenic zones. To corroborate the histochemical results we transfected living tadpole brain with a Xenopus TRbeta promoter-EGFP plasmid and found that most EGFP expressing cells were not dividing. Lastly, treatment with the TRalpha selective agonist CO23 increased brain cell proliferation; whereas, treatment with the TRbeta-selective agonists GC1 or GC24 did not. Our findings support the view that T(3) acts to induce cell proliferation in the tadpole brain predominantly, if not exclusively, via TRalpha.
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- Robert J Denver
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Chiloeches A, Sánchez-Pacheco A, Gil-Araujo B, Aranda A, Lasa M. Thyroid hormone-mediated activation of the ERK/dual specificity phosphatase 1 pathway augments the apoptosis of GH4C1 cells by down-regulating nuclear factor-kappaB activity. Mol Endocrinol 2008; 22:2466-80. [PMID: 18755855 DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone (T3) plays a crucial role in processes such as cell proliferation and differentiation, whereas its implication on cellular apoptosis has not been well documented. Here we examined the effect of T3 on the apoptosis of GH4C1 pituitary cells and the mechanisms underlying this effect. We show that T3 produced a significant increase in apoptosis in serum-depleted conditions. This effect was accompanied by a decrease in nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)-dependent transcription, IkappaBalpha phosphorylation, translocation of p65/NF-kappaB to the nucleus, phosphorylation, and transactivation. Moreover, these effects were correlated with a T3-induced decrease in the expression of antiapoptotic gene products, such as members of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein and Bcl-2 families. On the other hand, ERK but not c-Jun N-terminal kinase or MAPK p38, was activated upon exposure to T3, and inhibition of ERK alone abrogated T3-mediated apoptosis. In addition, T3 increased the expression of the MAPK phosphatase, dual specificity phosphatase 1 (DUSP1), in an ERK-dependent manner. Interestingly, the suppression of DUSP1 expression abrogated T3-induced inhibition of NF-kappaB-dependent transcription and p65/NF-kappaB translocation to the nucleus, as well as T3-mediated apoptosis. Overall, our results indicate that T3 induces apoptosis in rat pituitary tumor cells by down-regulating NF-kappaB activity through a mechanism dependent on the ERK/DUSP1 pathway.
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- Antonio Chiloeches
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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Meyer ELS, Goemann IM, Dora JM, Wagner MS, Maia AL. Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase is highly expressed in medullary thyroid carcinoma. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2008; 289:16-22. [PMID: 18514391 PMCID: PMC2527534 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2007] [Revised: 03/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Type II deiodinase (D2) plays a critical role in controlling intracellular T3 concentration and early studies indicated a follicular but not a parafollicular C-cell origin of D2 activity in the thyroid gland. Here, we show that D2 is highly expressed in human medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), a tumor that arises from the C-cells. D2 transcripts were detected in all MTC samples obtained from 12 unselected MTC patients and the levels of D2 activity were comparable to those found in surrounding normal follicular tissue (0.41+/-0.10 fmol min mg protein vs. 0.43+/-0.41 fmol min mg protein, P=0.91). Additional analysis in the TT cells, a human MTC cell line, demonstrated that the D2 expression is downregulated by thyroid hormones and enhanced by cAMP analogs and dexamethasone. The thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 and beta isoforms were also detected in all MTC samples and in TT cells, thus suggesting a potential role of T3 locally produced by D2 in this neoplastic tissue.
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- Erika L Souza Meyer
- Thyroid Section, Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Meyer ELS, Wagner MS, Maia AL. [Iodothyronine deiodinases expression in thyroid neoplasias]. ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE ENDOCRINOLOGIA E METABOLOGIA 2007; 51:690-700. [PMID: 17891232 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302007000500006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The iodothyronine deiodinases constitute a family of selenoenzymes that catalyze the removal of iodine from the outer ring or inner ring of the thyroid hormones. The activating enzymes, deiodinases type I (D1) and type II (D2), are highly expressed in normal thyroid gland. Benign or malignant neoplastic transformation of the thyroid cells is associated with changes on the expression of these enzymes, suggesting that D1 or D2 can be markers of cellular differentiation. Abnormalities on the expression of both enzymes and also of the deiodinase type III (D3), that inactivates thyroid hormones, have been found in other human neoplasias. So far, the mechanism or implications of these findings on tumor pathogenesis are not well understood. Nevertheless, its noteworthy that abnormal expression of D2 can cause thyrotoxicosis in patients with metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma and that increased D3 expression in large hemangiomas causes severe hypothyroidism.
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- Erika L Souza Meyer
- Setor de Tireóide, Serviço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Skirrow RC, Helbing CC. Decreased cyclin-dependent kinase activity promotes thyroid hormone-dependent tail regression in Rana catesbeiana. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 328:281-9. [PMID: 17225171 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0362-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 11/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The thyroid hormone (TH), 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T(3)), is an important regulator of diverse cellular processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, with increasing evidence that the modulation of the phosphoproteome is an important factor in the TH-mediated response. However, little is understood regarding the mechanisms whereby phosphorylation may contribute to T(3)-mediated cellular outcomes during development. The cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK/ERK) have been implicated in TH signaling in mammalian cells. In this study, we have investigated, in frogs, the possible role that these kinases may have in the promotion of tail regression during tadpole metamorphosis, an important postembryonic process that is completely TH-dependent. Cdk2 steady state levels and activity increase in the tail concurrent with progression through the growth phase of metamorphosis, followed by a precipitous decrease coinciding with tail regression. Cyclin-A-associated kinase activity also follows a similar trend except that its associated kinase activity is maintained longer before a decrease in activity. Protein steady state levels of ERK1 and ERK2 remain relatively constant, and their kinase activities do not decrease until much later during tail regression. Tail tips cultured in serum-free medium in the presence of T(3) undergo regression, which is accelerated by coincubation with a specific Cdk2 inhibitor. Coincubation with PD098059, a MAPK inhibitor, has no effect. Thus, T(3)-dependent tail regression does not require MAPKs, but a decrease in Cdk2 activity promotes tail regression.
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- Rachel C Skirrow
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Ji L, Domanski D, Skirrow RC, Helbing CC. Genistein prevents thyroid hormone-dependent tail regression ofRana catesbeiana tadpoles by targetting protein kinase C and thyroid hormone receptor α. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:777-90. [PMID: 17279574 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone (TH)-regulated gene expression is mainly mediated by TH binding to nuclear thyroid hormone receptors (TRs). Despite extensive studies in mammalian cell lines that show that phosphorylation signaling pathways are important in TH action, little is known about their roles on TH signaling in vivo during development. Anuran metamorphosis is a postembryonic process that is absolutely dependent upon TH and tadpole tail resorption can be precociously induced by exogenous administration of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T(3)). We demonstrate that genistein (a major isoflavone in soy products and tyrosine kinase inhibitor) and the PKC inhibitor (H7) prevent T(3)-induced regression of the Rana catesbeiana tadpole tail. T(3)-induced protein kinase C tyrosine phosphorylation and kinase activity are inhibited by genistein while T(3)-induced up-regulation of TRbeta mRNA, but not TRalpha mRNA, is significantly attenuated, most likely through inhibition of T(3)-dependent phosphorylation of the TRalpha protein. This phosphorylation may be modulated through PKC. These data demonstrate that T(3) signaling in the context of normal cells in vivo includes phosphorylation as an important factor in establishing T(3)-dependent tail regression during development.
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- L Ji
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Havis E, Le Mevel S, Morvan Dubois G, Shi DL, Scanlan TS, Demeneix BA, Sachs LM. Unliganded thyroid hormone receptor is essential for Xenopus laevis eye development. EMBO J 2006; 25:4943-51. [PMID: 17006540 PMCID: PMC1618110 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2006] [Accepted: 08/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Thyroid hormone receptors generally activate transcription of target genes in the presence of thyroid hormone (T(3)) and repress their transcription in its absence. Here, we investigated the role of unliganded thyroid hormone receptor (TR) during vertebrate development using an amphibian model. Previous studies led to the hypothesis that before production of endogenous T(3), the presence of unliganded receptor is essential for premetamorphic tadpole growth. To test this hypothesis, we generated a Xenopus laevis TR beta mutant construct ineffective for gene repression owing to impaired corepressor NCoR recruitment. Overexpression by germinal transgenesis of the mutant receptor leads to lethality during early development with numerous defects in cranio-facial and eye development. These effects correlate with TR expression profiles at these early stages. Molecular analysis of transgenic mutants reveals perturbed expression of genes involved in eye development. Finally, treatment with iopanoic acid or NH-3, modulators of thyroid hormone action, leads to abnormal eye development. In conclusion, the data reveal a role of unliganded TR in eye development.
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- Emmanuelle Havis
- UMR5166 CNRS, USM-501 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Paris, France
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- UMR5166 CNRS, USM-501 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Paris, France
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- UMR5166 CNRS, USM-501 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Paris, France
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- UMR7622 CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- UMR5166 CNRS, USM-501 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Paris, France
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- UMR5166 CNRS, USM-501 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, Paris, France
- UMR5166 CNRS, USM-501 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Régulation, Développement et Diversité Moléculaire, CP 33, 7 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France. Tel.: +33 1 40 79 36 04; Fax: +33 1 40 79 36 18; E-mail:
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Verga Falzacappa C, Panacchia L, Bucci B, Stigliano A, Cavallo MG, Brunetti E, Toscano V, Misiti S. 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) is a survival factor for pancreatic beta-cells undergoing apoptosis. J Cell Physiol 2006; 206:309-21. [PMID: 16021636 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) is essential for the growth and the regulation of metabolic functions, moreover, the growth-stimulatory effect of T3 has largely been demonstrated and the pathways via which T3 promotes cell growth have been recently investigated. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is due to the destruction of beta-cells, which occurs even through apoptosis. Aim of our study was to analyze whether T3 could have an antiapoptotic effect on cultured beta-cells undergoing apoptosis. We have demonstrated that T3 promotes cell proliferation in islet beta-cell lines (rRINm5F and hCM) provoking an increment in cell number (up to 55%: rRINm5F and 45%: hCM), cell viability, and BrdU incorporation, and regulating the cell cycle-related molecules (cyc A, D1, E, and p27(kip1)). T3 inhibited the apoptotic process induced by streptozocin, S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicylamine (SNAP), and H2O2 via regulation of the pro- and anti-apoptotic factors Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, Bad, Bax, and Caspase 3. The T3 protective effect was PI-3 K-, but not MAPK- or PKA-mediated, involving pAktThr308. Thus, T3 could be considered a survival factor protecting islet beta-cells from apoptosis.
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Woodmansee WW, Kerr JM, Tucker EA, Mitchell JR, Haakinson DJ, Gordon DF, Ridgway EC, Wood WM. The proliferative status of thyrotropes is dependent on modulation of specific cell cycle regulators by thyroid hormone. Endocrinology 2006; 147:272-82. [PMID: 16223861 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this report we have examined changes in cell growth parameters, cell cycle effectors, and signaling pathways that accompany thyrotrope growth arrest by thyroid hormone (TH) and growth resumption after its withdrawal. Flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry of proliferation markers demonstrated that TH treatment of thyrotrope tumors resulted in a reduction in the fraction of cells in S-phase that is restored upon TH withdrawal. This is accompanied by dephosphorylation and rephosphorylation of retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. The expression levels of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 and cyclin A, as well as cyclin-dependent kinase 1 and cyclin B, were decreased by TH, and after withdrawal not only did these regulators of Rb phosphorylation and mitosis increase in their expression but so too did the D1 and D3 cyclins. We also noted a rapid induction and subsequent disappearance of the type 5 receptor for the growth inhibitor somatostatin with TH treatment and withdrawal, respectively. Because somatostatin can arrest growth by activating MAPK pathways, we examined these pathways in TtT-97 tumors and found that the ERK pathway and several of its upstream and downstream effectors, including cAMP response element binding protein, were activated with TH treatment and deactivated after its withdrawal. This led to the hypothesis that TH, acting through increased type 5 somatostatin receptor, could activate the ERK pathway leading to cAMP response element binding protein-dependent decreased expression of critical cell cycle proteins, specifically cyclin A, resulting in hypophosphorylation of Rb and its subsequent arrest of S-phase progression. These processes are reversed when TH is withdrawn, resulting in an increase in the fraction of S-phase cells.
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- Whitney W Woodmansee
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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Holsberger DR, Cooke PS. Understanding the role of thyroid hormone in Sertoli cell development: a mechanistic hypothesis. Cell Tissue Res 2005; 322:133-40. [PMID: 15856309 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-1082-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2004] [Accepted: 01/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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More than a decade of research has shown that Sertoli cell proliferation is regulated by thyroid hormone. Neonatal hypothyroidism lengthens the period of Sertoli cell proliferation, leading to increases in Sertoli cell number, testis weight, and daily sperm production (DSP) when euthyroidism is re-established. In contrast, the neonatal Sertoli cell proliferative period is shortened under hyperthyroid conditions, but the mechanism by which thyroid hormone is able to negatively regulate Sertoli cell proliferation has been unclear. Recent progress in the understanding of the cell cycle has provided the opportunity to dissect the molecular targets responsible for thyroid-hormone-mediated effects on Sertoli cell proliferation. In this review, we discuss recent results indicating a critical role for the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKI) p27(Kip1) and p21(Cip1) in establishing Sertoli cell number, testis weight, and DSP, and the ability of thyroid hormone to modulate these CDKIs. Based on these recent results, we propose a working hypothesis for the way in which thyroid hormone regulates the withdrawal of the cell cycle by controlling CDKI degradation. Finally, although Sertoli cells have been shown to have two biologically active thyroid hormone receptor (TR) isoforms, TRalpha1 and TRbeta1, experiments with transgenic mice lacking TRalpha or TRbeta illustrate that only one TR mediates thyroid hormone effects in neonatal Sertoli cells. Although significant gaps in our knowledge still remain, advances have been made toward appreciation of the molecular sequence of events that occur when thyroid hormone stimulates Sertoli cell maturation.
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- Denise R Holsberger
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, 2001 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
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Miller LD, McPhie P, Suzuki H, Kato Y, Liu ET, Cheng SY. Multi-tissue gene-expression analysis in a mouse model of thyroid hormone resistance. Genome Biol 2004; 5:R31. [PMID: 15128445 PMCID: PMC416467 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-5-r31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Revised: 03/16/2004] [Accepted: 04/01/2004] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is caused by mutations of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRbeta) gene. To understand the transcriptional program underlying TRbeta mutant-induced phenotypic expression of RTH, cDNA microarrays were used to profile the expression of 11,500 genes in a mouse model of human RTH. RESULTS We analyzed transcript levels in cerebellum, heart and white adipose tissue from a knock-in mouse (TRbetaPV/PV mouse) that harbors a human mutation (referred to as PV) and faithfully reproduces human RTH. Because TRbetaPV/PV mice have elevated thyroid hormone (T3), to define T3-responsive genes in the context of normal TRbeta, we also analyzed T3 effects in hyperthyroid wild-type gender-matched littermates. Microarray analysis revealed 163 genes responsive to T3 treatment and 187 genes differentially expressed between TRbetaPV/PV mice and wild-type littermates. Both the magnitude and gene make-up of the transcriptional response varied widely across tissues and conditions. We identified genes modulated in T3-dependent PV-independent, T3- and PV-dependent, and T3-independent PV-dependent pathways that illuminated the biological consequences of PV action in vivo. Most T3-responsive genes that were dysregulated in the heart and white adipose tissue of TRbetaPV/PV mice were repressed in T3-treated wild-type mice and upregulated in TRbetaPV/PV mice, suggesting the inappropriate activation of T3-suppressed genes in RTH. CONCLUSIONS Comprehensive multi-tissue gene-expression analysis uncovered complex multiple signaling pathways that mediate the molecular actions of TRbeta mutants in vivo. In particular, the T3-independent mutant-dependent genomic response unveiled the contribution of a novel 'change-of-function' of TRbeta mutants to the pathogenesis of RTH. Thus, the molecular actions of TRbeta mutants are more complex than previously envisioned.
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- Lance D Miller
- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4264, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4264, USA
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- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4264, USA
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Alisi A, Spagnuolo S, Napoletano S, Spaziani A, Leoni S. Thyroid hormones regulate DNA-synthesis and cell-cycle proteins by activation of PKC? and p42/44 MAPK in chick embryo hepatocytes. J Cell Physiol 2004; 201:259-65. [PMID: 15334660 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The molecular mechanism by which thyroid hormones exert their effects on cell growth is still unknown. In this study, we used chick embryo hepatocytes at different stages of development as a model to investigate the effect of the two thyroid hormones, T3 and T4, and of their metabolite T2, on the control of cell proliferation. We observed that T2 provokes increase of DNA-synthesis as well as T3 and T4, independently of developmental stage. We found that this stimulatory effect on the S phase is reverted by specific inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) and p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p42/44 MAPK), Ro 31-8220 or PD 98059. Furthermore, the treatment with thyroid hormones induces the activation of PKCalpha and p42/44 MAPK, suggesting their role as possible downstream mediators of cell response mediated by thyroid hormones. The increase of DNA-synthesis is well correlated with the increased levels of cyclin D1 and cdk4 that control the G1 phase, and also with the activities of cell-cycle proteins involved in the G1 to S phase progression, such as cyclin E/A-cdk2 complexes. Interestingly, the activity of cyclin-cdk2 complexes is strongly repressed in the presence of PKC and p42/44 MAPK inhibitors. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the thyroid hormones could modulate different signaling pathways that are able to control cell-cycle progression, mainly during G1/S transition.
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- A Alisi
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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Lin HM, Zhao L, Cheng SY. Cyclin D1 Is a Ligand-independent Co-repressor for Thyroid Hormone Receptors. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:28733-41. [PMID: 12048199 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203380200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are critical regulators of growth, differentiation, and homeostasis. TRs function by regulating the expression of thyroid hormone (T3) target genes in both ligand-dependent and -independent pathways. Distinct classes of co-regulatory proteins modulate these two pathways. We show here a novel role of cyclin D1 as a T3-independent co-repressor for TRs. Cyclin D1 interacted with TR in vitro and in cells in a ligand-independent manner. Cyclin D1 acted to repress both the silencing activity of the unliganded TR and the transcriptional activity of the liganded TR. The repression was not due to the inhibition of the binding of TR to the thyroid hormone response element but by serving as a ligand-independent bridging factor to selectively recruit HDAC3 to form ternary complexes. The repression was augmented by increasing expression of HDAC3 but not by HDAC1 and was alleviated by trichostatin A. Thus, cyclin D1 is a novel ligand-independent co-repressor that opens a new paradigm to understand the molecular basis of the silencing action of TR.
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- Huei-Min Lin
- Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4264, USA
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Tannahill LA, Visser TJ, McCabe CJ, Kachilele S, Boelaert K, Sheppard MC, Franklyn JA, Gittoes NJL. Dysregulation of iodothyronine deiodinase enzyme expression and function in human pituitary tumours. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002; 56:735-43. [PMID: 12072042 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01541.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Thyroid hormones (THs) perform essential roles in pituitary function. They regulate anterior pituitary hormone secretion and are also key determinants of pituitary cell proliferation and differentiation. The critical role of deiodinase enzymes, which serve as prereceptor regulators of TH action, remains largely unexplored. Three deiodinase enzymes metabolize active and inactive THs and thereby determine tissue concentrations of the biologically active ligand, tri-iodothyronine (T3). We hypothesized that aberrant expression of deiodinase enzymes and/or altered enzyme activity in pituitary tumours may change tissue concentrations of THs and influence their growth and secretory characteristics. STUDY DESIGN AND PATIENTS We studied 105 pituitary tumours and 10 normal pituitaries for expression of deiodinase enzyme mRNAs encoding types 1 (D1), 2 (D2) and 3 (D3) using real-time RT-PCR. Enzyme activity data from 20 pituitary samples were also obtained. RESULTS Pituitary tumours expressed significantly increased D3 mRNA (6.5-fold, P < 0.0005) compared with normal pituitaries. D2 mRNA was also increased 2.6-fold (P = 0.005) in pituitary tumours compared with normals. The rare TSH-secreting pituitary tumour subtype expressed a 13.1-fold excess of D3 mRNA and reduced D2 mRNA (0.1-fold of normal pituitaries). D2 mRNA expression in ACTH-secreting tumours was similarly reduced to 0.1-fold that in normal pituitaries. CONCLUSIONS Pituitary adenomas express abnormal levels of deiodinase enzymes compared to normal pituitaries. These abnormalities may have functional consequences on pituitary tumour growth. In the case of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas, the observed pattern of deiodinase mRNA expression may explain the 'resistance' of this tumour type to TH feedback.
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- L A Tannahill
- Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, UK
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González-Sancho JM, Figueroa A, López-Barahona M, López E, Beug H, Muñoz A. Inhibition of proliferation and expression of T1 and cyclin D1 genes by thyroid hormone in mammary epithelial cells. Mol Carcinog 2002; 34:25-34. [PMID: 12112320 DOI: 10.1002/mc.10046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The relationship between thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine, T(3)) and breast cancer is unclear. We studied the effect of the c-erbA/TR alpha proto-oncogene encoding a functional T(3) receptor (TR alpha 1), of its ligand T(3), and of its retroviral, mutated counterpart, the v-erbA oncogene, on the proliferation capacity of nontumorigenic mammary epithelial cells (EpH4). We found that EpH4 cells expressing ectopically TR (EpH4 + TR alpha 1) or v-erbA (EpH4 + v-erbA) proliferated faster than parental EpH4 cells that contained low levels of endogenous TR. T(3) inhibited DNA synthesis and proliferation in EpH4 + TR alpha 1 cells but not EpH4 or EpH4 + v-erbA cells. The study of cell-cycle genes showed that T(3) decreased cyclin D1 RNA and protein levels in EpH4 + TR alpha 1 cells. In addition, T(3) downregulated the expression of T1, a gene that is overexpressed in human breast adenocarcinomas and is induced by mitogens, serum, and several oncogenes and cytokines. Inhibition of the T1 gene by T(3) required both de novo mRNA and protein synthesis. Furthermore, T(3) abolished the induction of T1 by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and inhibited the activity of an activation protein 1-dependent promoter (-73-Col-CAT) in EpH4 + TR alpha 1 cells, suggesting that interference with activation protein 1 transcription factor plays a part in the inhibition of the T1 gene. Our results showed that T(3) reduced the proliferation of mammary epithelial cells and inhibited the expression of cyclin D1 and T1 genes.
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- José Manuel González-Sancho
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Wood WM, Sarapura VD, Dowding JM, Woodmansee WW, Haakinson DJ, Gordon DF, Ridgway EC. Early gene expression changes preceding thyroid hormone-induced involution of a thyrotrope tumor. Endocrinology 2002; 143:347-59. [PMID: 11796486 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.2.8636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Treatment with thyroid hormone (TH) results in shrinkage of a thyrotropic tumor grown in a hypothyroid host. We used microarray and Northern analysis to assess the changes in gene expression that preceded tumor involution. Of the 1,176 genes on the microarray, 7 were up-regulated, whereas 40 were decreased by TH. Many of these were neuroendocrine in nature and related to growth or apoptosis. When we examined transcripts for cell cycle regulators only cyclin-dependent kinase 2, cyclin A and p57 were down-regulated, whereas p15 was induced by TH. Retinoblastoma protein, c-myc, and mdm2 were unchanged, but E2F1 was down-regulated. TH also decreased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, its receptor trkB, and the receptor for TRH. These, in addition to two other genes, neuronatin and PB cadherin, which were up- and down-regulated, respectively, showed a more rapid response to TH than the cell cycle regulators and may represent direct targets of TH. Finally, p19ARF was dramatically induced by TH, and although this protein can stabilize p53 by sequestering mdm2, we found no increase in p53 protein up to 48 h of treatment. In summary, we have described early changes in the expression of genes that may play a role in TH-induced growth arrest of a thyrotropic tumor. These include repression of specific growth factor and receptors and cell cycle genes as well as induction of other factors associated with growth arrest and apoptosis.
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- William M Wood
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
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Dinda S, Sanchez A, Moudgil V. Estrogen-like effects of thyroid hormone on the regulation of tumor suppressor proteins, p53 and retinoblastoma, in breast cancer cells. Oncogene 2002; 21:761-8. [PMID: 11850804 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2001] [Revised: 10/17/2001] [Accepted: 10/31/2001] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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T47D cells represent an estrogen-responsive human ductal carcinoma cell line which expresses detectable levels of estrogen receptor (ER). We have previously shown that estradiol (E(2)) treatment of T47D cells causes an increase in the level of p53 and a concomitant phosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein (pRb). In the present study, we have analysed the expression of p53 and phosphorylation state of pRb and compared the effects of E(2) and triiodothyronine (T(3)) on these phenomena. Cells were grown in a medium containing charcoal-treated serum to deplete the levels of endogenous steroids. Upon confluency, the cells were treated with T(3) (10(-12) to 10(-7) M) for 24 h and the presence of p53 and pRb was detected by Western analysis. E(2) treatment of cells caused a 2-3-fold increase in the level of p53. Presence of T(3) in the medium caused a gradual increase in the level of p53 in a concentration-dependent manner. Under the above conditions, pRb was phosphorylated (detected as an upshift during SDS-PAGE) in the presence of E(2) and T(3). Supplementation of growth medium with T(3) (1 microM) caused an increase in the rate of proliferation of T47D cells and induced hyperphosphorylation of pRb within 4 h; this effect was maintained for up to 12 h. When ICI 164 384 (ICI) (1 microM), an ER antagonist, was combined with E(2) (1 nM) or T(3) (1 microM), effects of hormones on cell proliferation and hyperphosphorylation of pRb were blocked. Western analysis of p53 was supplemented with its cytolocalization by immuno-labeling using laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy, which revealed an ICI-sensitive increase in the abundance of p53 in hormone-treated cells. Steroid binding analysis revealed lack of competition by T(3) for the [(3)H]E(2) binding. These results indicate that T(3) regulates T47D cell cycle progression and proliferation raising the p53 level and causing hyperphosphorylation of pRb by a common mechanism involving ER and T(3) receptor (T(3)R)-mediated pathways.
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- Sumi Dinda
- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, MI 48309-4476, USA
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Miller LD, Park KS, Guo QM, Alkharouf NW, Malek RL, Lee NH, Liu ET, Cheng SY. Silencing of Wnt signaling and activation of multiple metabolic pathways in response to thyroid hormone-stimulated cell proliferation. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:6626-39. [PMID: 11533250 PMCID: PMC99808 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.19.6626-6639.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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To investigate the transcriptional program underlying thyroid hormone (T3)-induced cell proliferation, cDNA microarrays were used to survey the temporal expression profiles of 4,400 genes. Of 358 responsive genes identified, 88% had not previously been reported to be transcriptionally or functionally modulated by T3. Partitioning the genes into functional classes revealed the activation of multiple pathways, including glucose metabolism, biosynthesis, transcriptional regulation, protein degradation, and detoxification in T3-induced cell proliferation. Clustering the genes by temporal expression patterns provided further insight into the dynamics of T3 response pathways. Of particular significance was the finding that T3 rapidly repressed the expression of key regulators of the Wnt signaling pathway and suppressed the transcriptional downstream elements of the beta-catenin-T-cell factor complex. This was confirmed biochemically, as beta-catenin protein levels also decreased, leading to a decrease in the transcriptional activity of a beta-catenin-responsive promoter. These results indicate that T3-induced cell proliferation is accompanied by a complex coordinated transcriptional reprogramming of many genes in different pathways and that early silencing of the Wnt pathway may be critical to this event.
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- L D Miller
- Section of Molecular Signaling and Oncogenesis, Medicine Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Pibiri M, Ledda‐columbano GM, Cossu C, Simbula G, Menegazzi M, Shinozuka H, Columbano A. Cyclin D1 is an early target in hepatocyte proliferation induced by thyroid hormone (T3). FASEB J 2001. [DOI: 10.1096/fsb2fj000416com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Monica Pibiri
- Department of Toxicology, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit University of Cagliari Italy
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- Department of Toxicology, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit University of Cagliari Italy
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- Department of Toxicology, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit University of Cagliari Italy
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- Department of Neurological Sciences University of Verona Italy
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- Department of Pathology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Toxicology, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit University of Cagliari Italy
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Pibiri M, Ledda-Columbano GM, Cossu C, Simbula G, Menegazzi M, Shinozuka H, Columbano A. Cyclin D1 is an early target in hepatocyte proliferation induced by thyroid hormone (T3). FASEB J 2001; 15:1006-13. [PMID: 11292661 DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0416com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The thyroid hormone (T3) affects cell growth, differentiation, and regulates metabolic functions via its interaction with the thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TRs). The mechanism by which TRs mediate cell growth is unknown. To investigate the mechanisms responsible for the mitogenic effect of T3, we have determined changes in activation of transcription factors, mRNA levels of immediate early genes, and levels of proteins involved in the progression from G1 to S phase of the cell cycle. We show that hepatocyte proliferation induced by a single administration of T3 to Wistar rats occurred in the absence of activation of AP-1, NF-kappa B, and STAT3 or changes in the mRNA levels of the immediate early genes c-fos, c-jun, and c-myc. These genes are considered to be essential for liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH). On the other hand, T3 treatment caused an increase in cyclin D1 mRNA and protein levels that occurred much more rapidly compared to liver regeneration after 2/3 PH. The early increase in cyclin D1 expression was associated with accelerated onset of DNA synthesis, as demonstrated by a 20-fold increase of bromodeoxyuridine-positive hepatocytes at 12 h after T3 treatment and by a 20-fold increase in mitotic activity at 18 h. An early increase of cyclin D1 expression was also observed after treatment with nafenopin, a ligand of a nuclear receptor (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha) of the same superfamily of steroid/thyroid receptors. T3 treatment also resulted in increased expression of cyclin E, E2F, and p107 and enhanced phosphorylation of pRb, the ultimate substrate in the pathway leading to transition from G1 to S phase. The results demonstrate that cyclin D1 induction is one of the earlier events in hepatocyte proliferation induced by T3 and suggest that this cyclin might be a common target responsible for the mitogenic activity of ligands of nuclear receptors.
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- M Pibiri
- Department of Toxicology, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit, University of Cagliari, Italy
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