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8050488

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
The structural and functional unit of the thyroid gland is the follicle, consisting of a closed lumen surrounded by a single layer of polarized epithelial cells. In this paper we have attempted to characterize the process of lumenal development when primary cultures of porcine thyroid cells reorganized to form follicles. Cells incubated with the loop diuretic, bumetanide, an inhibitor of NaK2Cl cotransport, aggregated but failed to form normal follicles. Laser scanning confocal microscopy combined with immunohistochemical markers of thyroid cell-surface proteins demonstrated that in the presence of bumetanide cells polarized and assembled ZO-1-containing tight junctions separating their apical and basolateral membrane domains. Cultures formed small lumena but their subsequent growth was inhibited by bumetanide. Electrophysiological studies confirmed that bumetanide-sensitive Cl- transport was the major contributor to the transepithelial electrical potential difference across the follicular wall after 48 h incubation. Other potential mechanisms did not contribute significantly to follicular lumenal growth. In particular, bumetanide did not affect cell proliferation and, in contrast to tissue follicles, thyroglobulin could not be detected within the lumena of cultured follicles. We conclude that thyroid follicular reorganization involves two distinct and separate phases of lumenal development: initial lumen formation which probably reflects the assembly of a specialized apical membrane domain; and subsequent lumenal growth which is mediated by the inward transport of Cl- by polarized epithelial cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
213
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
319-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Thyroid epithelial morphogenesis in vitro: a role for bumetanide-sensitive Cl- secretion during follicular lumen development.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't