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  • Title: The effect of thyrotropin and cAMP on DNA synthesis and cell growth of human thyrocytes in monolayer culture.
    Author: Goretzki PE, Koob R, Koller T, Simon R, Branscheid D, Clark OH, Röher HD.
    Journal: Surgery; 1986 Dec; 100(6):1053-61. PubMed ID: 3024342.
    Abstract:
    Monolayer cultures of human thyrocytes from normal tissue (n = 10), and adenomas (n = 7), differentiated (n = 4), poorly differentiated (n = 2), and undifferentiated (n = 3) thyroid cancers were established to assess the significance of thyrotropin (TSH) and cAMP (adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate) on cell growth and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) synthesis. Cell growth of thyrocytes from normal and adenomatous tissues increased more rapidly (p less than 0.01) after TSH (0.1 IU/ml) was added but was unaffected by cAMP (10(-4) mol/L). In these cells, TSH also enhanced DNA synthesis twofold to twelvefold (p less than 0.01). The adenylate cyclase (AC) inhibitor, 2',3' dideoxyadenosine (ddA), increased DNA synthesis 1.3 to 6 times at a concentration of 2 X 10(-4) mol, whereas the membrane/passable cAMP analogue, dibutyryl-cAMP, and the AC stimulator, forskolin, failed to show any effect on DNA synthesis up to a concentration of 10(-5) mol/L (p less than NS). When administered simultaneously, TSH (1/2 maximum) and ddA (20 mumol) had no cumulative effect on DNA synthesis (p = NS). TSH stimulation in cancerous thyroid tissue (n = 11) demonstrated a lack of TSH response in seven of 11 monolayer cultures with no apparent correlation to cancer differentiation, patient age, or sex. Thus TSH was demonstrated to stimulate DNA synthesis and cell growth of human thyrocytes in monolayer cultures independent of the AC system. However, the TSH effect on cell growth and DNA synthesis was unpredictable in thyrocytes from cancerous tissues.
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