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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Synthesis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) by S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine has previously been associated with receptor-mediated histamine and pituitary hormone secretion. We investigated stimulation of phospholipid methylation by TSH and its possible role in thyroid hormone secretion. Rat hemithyroids were incubated in Krebs-Henseleit-glucose-BSA buffer and the effect of various treatments on the incorporation of [3H-methyl]L-methionine into PC and T4/T3 secretion was studied. TSH treatment elevated thyroid phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase activity, the incorporation of [3H-methyl]methionine into PC, and T4/T3 secretion. The increase in PC synthesis was linear up to 6 h in a dose-dependent fashion (half-maximal stimulation at 2.5 micrograms TSH/ml). Stimulation required protein synthesis, because cycloheximide inhibited the increase in PC synthesis by 77%. Inhibitors of phospholipid methylation (100 microM adenosine + 10 microM L-homocysteine thiolactone + 10 microM erythro-9[2-hydroxy-3-nonyl]adenine) significantly decreased TSH-stimulation of phospholipid methylation but not T3/T4 secretion. In conclusion, stimulation of thyroid phospholipid methylation by TSH is not required for stimulated secretion of thyroid hormones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
941-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Stimulation of phospholipid methylation and thyroid hormone secretion by thyrotropin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't