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  • Title: The Amino Acid Transporter Mct10/Tat1 Is Important to Maintain the TSH Receptor at Its Canonical Basolateral Localization and Assures Regular Turnover of Thyroid Follicle Cells in Male Mice.
    Author: Venugopalan V, Al-Hashimi A, Weber J, Rehders M, Qatato M, Wirth EK, Schweizer U, Heuer H, Verrey F, Brix K.
    Journal: Int J Mol Sci; 2021 May 28; 22(11):. PubMed ID: 34071318.
    Abstract:
    Cathepsin K-mediated thyroglobulin proteolysis contributes to thyroid hormone (TH) liberation, while TH transporters like Mct8 and Mct10 ensure TH release from thyroid follicles into the blood circulation. Thus, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) released upon TH demand binds to TSH receptors of thyrocytes, where it triggers Gαq-mediated short-term effects like cathepsin-mediated thyroglobulin utilization, and Gαs-mediated long-term signaling responses like thyroglobulin biosynthesis and thyrocyte proliferation. As reported recently, mice lacking Mct8 and Mct10 on a cathepsin K-deficient background exhibit excessive thyroglobulin proteolysis hinting towards altered TSH receptor signaling. Indeed, a combination of canonical basolateral and non-canonical vesicular TSH receptor localization was observed in Ctsk-/-/Mct8-/y/Mct10-/- mice, which implies prolonged Gαs-mediated signaling since endo-lysosomal down-regulation of the TSH receptor was not detected. Inspection of single knockout genotypes revealed that the TSH receptor localizes basolaterally in Ctsk-/- and Mct8-/y mice, whereas its localization is restricted to vesicles in Mct10-/- thyrocytes. The additional lack of cathepsin K reverses this effect, because Ctsk-/-/Mct10-/- mice display TSH receptors basolaterally, thereby indicating that cathepsin K and Mct10 contribute to TSH receptor homeostasis by maintaining its canonical localization in thyrocytes. Moreover, Mct10-/- mice displayed reduced numbers of dead thyrocytes, while their thyroid gland morphology was comparable to wild-type controls. In contrast, Mct8-/y, Mct8-/y/Mct10-/-, and Ctsk-/-/Mct8-/y/Mct10-/- mice showed enlarged thyroid follicles and increased cell death, indicating that Mct8 deficiency results in altered thyroid morphology. We conclude that vesicular TSH receptor localization does not result in different thyroid tissue architecture; however, Mct10 deficiency possibly modulates TSH receptor signaling for regulating thyrocyte survival.
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