Effects of transforming growth factor-beta on growth and differentiation of the continuous rat thyroid follicular cell line, FRTL-5

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Endocrinology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6925366

Morris, III, J C; Ranganathan, G; Hay, I D; Nelson, R E; Jiang, N S

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) has been shown to influence the growth and differentiation of many widely varied cell types in vitro, including some that are endocrinologically active. We have investigated the previously unknown effects of this unique growth factor in the differentiated rat thyroid follicular cell line FRTL-5. The cells demonstrated specific, high affinity binding of TGF beta, and as with other epithelial cells, the growth of these thyroid follicular cells was potently inhibited by addition of TGF beta to the culture medium. TGF beta caused a significant reduction in TSH-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity in the cells. The addition of (Bu)2cAMP along with the growth factor to cultures partially reversed the characteristic morphological changes seen with TGF beta, but did not reverse the growth inhibition. To further investigate the possible mechanisms of the effects of TGF beta on the cells, we measured the influence of the growth factor on (125I)TSH binding. TGF beta did not compete for specific TSH-binding sites; however, exposure of the cells to TGF beta for 12 or more h resulted in a dose-dependent down-regulation of TSH receptors that was fully reversible. While cellular proliferation was potently inhibited by TGF beta, differentiated function, as manifest by iodine-trapping ability, was stimulated by the growth factor. This stimulation of iodine uptake was independent of, and additive to, the stimulatory effects of TSH. Finally, FRTL-5 cells in serum-free medium and in response to TSH were shown to secrete TGF beta-like activity that competed for (125I)TGF beta in a RRA. These studies suggest that TGF beta may represent an autocrine mechanism of controlling the growth response to TSH in thyroid follicular cells, while allowing the continuance of differentiated function.

• Research Organization: Mayo Clinic and Medical Center, Rochester, MN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6925366
• Journal Information: Endocrinology; (United States), Journal Name: Endocrinology; (United States) Vol. 123:3; ISSN ENDOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AMP
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMAL TISSUES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
BODY
CELL DIFFERENTIATION
CELL DIVISION
CYCLASES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENZYMES
EPITHELIUM
GROWTH FACTORS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODIDES
IODINE 125
IODINE COMPOUNDS
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
KINETICS
LYASES
MAMMALS
MITOGENS
NUCLEI
NUCLEOTIDES
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PEPTIDES
PROTEINS
RADIOISOTOPES
RATS
REACTION KINETICS
RODENTS
THYROID CELLS
TISSUES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES