title: Effects of interleukin-1 beta on thyrotropin secretion and thyroid hormone uptake in cultured rat anterior pituitary cells.
abstract: The effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) on basal and TRH-induced TSH release, and the effects of IL-1 beta on the uptake of [125I]T3 and [125I]T4 and on nuclear binding of [125I]T3 were examined. Furthermore, the release of other anterior pituitary hormones in the presence of IL-1 beta was measured. Anterior pituitary cells from male Wistar rats were cultured for 3 days in medium containing 10% FCS. Incubation were performed at 37 C in medium with 0.5% BSA for measurement of [125I]T3 uptake and with 0.1% BSA for measurement of [125I]T4 uptake. Exposure to IL-1 beta (1 pM-1 nM) or TNF alpha (100 pM) for 2-4 h resulted in a significant decline in TSH release, which was almost 50% (P < 0.05) for 1 nM IL-1 beta and 24% (P < 0.05) for 100 pM TNF alpha. Measurement of other anterior pituitary hormones (FSH, LH, PRL, and ACTH) in the same incubation medium showed that IL-1 beta did not alter their release. When the effects of IL-1 beta (1 pM-1 nM) and TNF alpha (100 pM) on TRH-induced TSH release were measured in short term experiments, the inhibitory effects had disappeared. The addition of 1-100 nM octreotide, a somatostatin analog, resulted in a decrease in TRH-induced TSH release up to 33% of the control value (P < 0.05). Exposure to dexamethasone (1 nM to 1 microM) affected basal and TRH-induced TSH release similar to the effect of IL-1 beta. The 15-min uptake of [125I]T3 and [125I]T4, expressed as femtomoles per pM free hormone, was not affected by the presence of IL-1 beta (1-100 pM). When IL-1 beta (100 pM) was present during 3 days of culture, TSH release was reduced to 88 +/- 2% of the control value (P < 0.05). This effect was not associated with an altered [125I]T3 uptake (15 min to 4 h) or with any change in nuclear T3 binding. We conclude that 1) IL-1 beta decreases TSH release by a direct action on the pituitary; 2) this effect is not due to elevated thyroid hormone uptake or increase T3 nuclear occupancy; 3) IL-1 beta does not affect TRH-induced TSH release or the release of other anterior pituitary hormones; and 4) TNF alpha affects basal and TRH-induced TSH release in the same way as IL-1 beta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine III, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wassen
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Moerings
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Toor
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: De Vrey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hennemann
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Everts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D015282:Octreotide / Q000494:pharmacology; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D003907:Dexamethasone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013974:Thyroxine; D015282:Octreotide