Role of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor signaling in development and differentiation of the thyroid gland
AUTOR(ES)
Postiglione, M. P.
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The thyroid-stimulating hormone/thyrotropin (TSH) is the most relevant hormone in the control of thyroid gland physiology in adulthood. TSH effects on the thyroid gland are mediated by the interaction with a specific TSH receptor (TSHR). We studied the role of TSH/TSHR signaling on gland morphogenesis and differentiation in the mouse embryo using mouse lines deprived either of TSH (pitdw/pitdw) or of a functional TSHR (tshrhyt/tshrhyt and TSHR-knockout lines). The results reported here show that in the absence of either TSH or a functional TSHR, the thyroid gland develops to a normal size, whereas the expression of thyroperoxidase and the sodium/iodide symporter are reduced greatly. Conversely, no relevant changes are detected in the amounts of thyroglobulin and the thyroid-enriched transcription factors TTF-1, TTF-2, and Pax8. These data suggest that the major role of the TSH/TSHR pathway is in controlling genes involved in iodide metabolism such as sodium/iodide symporter and thyroperoxidase. Furthermore, our data indicate that in embryonic life TSH does not play an equivalent role in controlling gland growth as in the adult thyroid.
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