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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
In order to see whether, in thyrotropic adenomas with thyrotoxicosis, plasma thyroid hormones regulate the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) binding sites and the thyrotropin (TSH) response to TRH, we investigated: the presence of TRH binding sites in two cases of thyrotropic adenomas associated with hyperthyroidism and in one case of thyrotropic adenoma secondary to thyroid failure: and the in vitro effect, in a perifusion system, of triiodothyronine (T3) on the response of TSH to TRH in three cases of TSH-secreting adenomas associated with hyperthyroidism. The TRH binding sites were absent in the adenomas associated with high levels of circulating thyroid hormones, whereas they were present in the adenoma secondary to primary thyroid failure (Kd = 47 nmol/l, Bmax = 40 nmol/kg membrane proteins). In vitro, the three adenomas spontaneously released TSH in the perifusion medium (1.49 +/- 0.06 (mean +/- SEM), 7.25 +/- 0.12 and 16.73 +/- 0.36 mIU.l-1 x 10(6) cells-1 x 2 min-1) and exhibited an ample TSH response to 10(-7) mol/l TRH pulses. In two cases, tumoral secretion of fragments was compared with those of fragments maintained since the time of surgical removal in the presence of 10(-8) mol/lT3. The TSH responses to TRH were abolished in the presence of T3 in these two cases. We conclude that thyrotropic adenomas associated with hyperthyroidism are still controlled in vivo by T3. In particular, T3 regulates the TSH response to TRH, probably via a down-regulation of the TRH binding sites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0804-4643
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
559-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) binding sites and thyrotropin response to TRH are regulated by thyroid hormones in human thyrotropic adenomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité INSERM 223, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article