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S D Holmes

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PubMed1980

Effects of thyrotropin and cholera toxin on the thyroidal adenylate cyclase-adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate system.

The present experiments examined the relationship between cholera toxin and TSH stimulation of the adenylate cyclase system in bovine thyroid tissue. Preincubation of thyroid slices for 20 min at 4 C with a maximal concentration of cholera toxin (100 microgram/ml) did not impair the subsequent stimulation of cAMP by submaximal amounts of TSH (1 mU/ml) during a 5-min incubation at 37 C. Incubation of cholera toxin or TSH with mixed gangliosides, followed by the addition of thyroid slices resulted in inhibition of the cholera toxin but not the TSH stimulation of cAMP formation. Previous exposure of thyroid slices to TSH induced refractoriness to subsequent stimulation of cAMP formation by TSH, but the response to cholera toxin was unchanged. NAD is necessary for cholera toxin, but not TSH, stimulation of adenylate cyclase. In the absence of NAD, cholera toxin inhibited the effect of maximal concentrations of TSH and prostaglandin E1 on adenylate cyclase activity but had no effect on NaF stimulation. In the presence of NAD, the stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity of bovine thyroid plasma membranes by a maximal amount of TSH was not influeced by maximal amounts of cholera toxin. Cholera toxin had a biphasic action on the binding of [125I]iodo-TSH, with low concentrations enhancing and high concentrations inhibiting binding. TSH augmented the binding of [125I]iodo-cholera toxin over the range of 1-100 mU/tube. Cholera toxin at 10 microgram/ml maximally inhibited binding. In addition to the requirement for ribosylation of adenylate cyclase, the present results indicate that the mechanisms of action of TSH and cholera toxin on cAMP formation are different.

Adenylyl Cyclases↗
PubMed1980

Effect of endogenous TSH on the in vitro responsiveness and binding of TSH in rat thyroid tissue.

These studies examined the effect of deficient endogenous TSH (hypophysectomy) on in vitro TSH responsiveness and binding in rat thyroid tissue. The results showed that thyroid from hypophysectomized rats were hyper-responsive to stimulation of cyclic AMP by TSH while PGE1 stimulation of cyclic AMP was similar in hypophysectomized rats compared to controls. When iodide organification was measured, the TSH and dibutyryl cyclic AMP stimulation in hypophysectomized rats was equivalent to the response of control animals. Binding studies demonstrated there was an increased number of TSH receptors in the thyroid from hypophysectomized rats compared to the control group. The affinity constant was unchanged. The results demonstrate that endogenous TSH appears to inversely regulate the responsiveness and number of TSH receptors in thyroid tissue. The effect of an i.v. injection of TSH on the levels of cyclic AMP and binding characteristics of TSH was also examined. Although cyclic AMP levels were significantly increased after a 10 min in vitro incubation of the lobes from TSH-injected rats as an indication of persistently bound TSH, the number of TSH binding sites was the same in the saline the TSH-injected animals.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Evidence that both long-acting thyroid stimulator and long-acting thyroid stimulator-protector stimulate the human thyroid gland.

Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins were prepared from two potent sera, one contained long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) and the other contained both LATS and LATS-protector (LATS-P). The potencies of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) preparations were estimated in the McKenzie assay. The accumulation of cyclic AMP in mouse thyroid lobes was stimulated only by LATS--IgG; LATS-P--IgG was inactive. In contrast, both LATS-IgG and LATS-P--IgG were equally effective in slices of human thyroid.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

Effects of human thyroid-stimulating hormone and immunoglobulins on adenylate cyclase activity and the accumulation of cyclic AMP in human thyroid membranes and slices.

The activation of adenylate cyclase and the accumulation of cyclic AMP resulting from the action of human thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) or LATS-protector (LATS-P) have been investigated in preparations of human thyroid membranes and slices. Human TSH significantly increased adenylate cyclase activity in membranes from non-toxic goitres whereas LATS and LATS-P had no consistent effect. However, pre-incubation of goitrous membranes with LATS--immunoglobulin G inhibited the effect of TSH on adenylate cyclase. When thyroid membranes were prepared from the glands of patients with Graves's disease neither TSH nor thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSIg) stimulated adenylate cyclase significantly. Whether from non-toxic goitres or thyrotoxic tissue, the concentration of TSH needed to induce half of the maximum response was lower in thyroid slices than in membranes. Both LATS and LATS-P significantly stimulated the accumulation of cyclic AMP in slices of goitrous tissue but thyrotoxic tissue slices did not respond. In goitrous slices, submaximum concentrations of TSH and TSIg caused additive responses in the accumulation of cyclic AMP but TSIg did not increase the maximum response to TSH.

Adenylyl Cyclases↗