title: [A study of the secretion capacity of TSH-beta in patients with pituitary disorders].
abstract: We studied the secretion capacity of TSH-beta in 63 patients with various pituitary disorders, carrying out the observation of TSH-beta changes after TRH administration. Serum TSH-beta concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay according to the modified method of Kourides. Serum TSH concentrations were measured by immunoradiometric assay, and serum concentrations of free thyroid hormones were measured by radioimmunoassay. Basal TSH-beta concentrations were below 0.39 ng/ml in 17 patients with Acromegaly, below 0.56 ng/ml in 5 patients with Prolactinoma, below 0.68 ng/ml in 4 patients with Cushing's disease, below 0.48 ng/ml in 12 patients with non-functioning tumor, below 6.4 ng/ml in 16 patients with SITSH, and below 0.45 ng/ml in 9 patients with other pituitary diseases. TSH-beta changes after TRH administration differed from TSH changes in 4 patients (25%) with Acromegaly, in 2 patients (67%) with Prolactinoma, in 5 patients (71%) with non-functioning tumor, in one patient (33%) with Cushing's disease, in 4 patients (100%) with Rathke's cleft cyst, in one patient with suprasellar meningioma, and in one patient with suprasellar arachnoid cyst. 2 patients (67%) with Prolactinoma, 3 patients (43%) with non-functioning tumor, all 6 patients with non-neoplastic SITSH, and one patient with Rathke's cleft cyst showed exaggerated TSH-beta changes after TRH administration. In patients with some pituitary disorders, we thought the secretion and synthesis of TSH and TSH-beta differed from that of normal subjects. We concluded that it was necessary to investigate the mechanism of secretion of TSH-beta in patients with pituitary disorders.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kushima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagakura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaihara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teramoto
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000378:metabolism; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin