Publication: Down Regulation of hypertrophied follicular cell volume in thyroid hyperplastic gland
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Date
1989
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Rognoni, J. B. ; Penel, C. ; Bastiani, P. ; Roccabianca, M. ; Lemarchand-Beraud, Th.
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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In the present study, changes in thyroid follilucar cell volume and its regulation have been investigated during the early involution of a hyperplastic goitre. Male Wistar rats were aministered an iodine deficient diet for 6 months with propylthiouracil (PTU, 0.15%) during the last two months. At the end of the iodine deficiency (day 0), some rats were killed and the others received a normal iodine diet. These rats were killed after different periods of iodine refeeding. Thyroid follicular cell volume was very high in hyperplastic gland whereas thyroid protein concentration was low. Thyroid follicular cell volume quickly decreased when rats where normally iodine refed, whereas thyroid protein concentration increased. Electron microscopical observations showed that thyroid follicular cells retained their endocrine aspect in hyperplastic state and throughout the iodine refeeding period. Using concomitant stereological and biochemical techniques, it is shown that the amount of cellular iodide and an unknown iodinated compound strongly increased during the early iodine refeeding. Plasma TSH was high on day 0 and remained at this level until day 8 whereas Plasma T3 and T4 were low on day 0 and remained at this low level until day 4. The present data show that the involution of thyroid follicular cell volume is induced by iodide and mediated by an iodinated compound at least in the initial phase, and is independent of plasma TSH, T3, T4, so indicating the involvement of a thyroid autoregulatory mechanism. These changes in cell volume may be of importance in ion transport, i.e. in the metabolism of thyroid follicular cell during the early involution of the hyperplastic goitre.
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