title: Thyrotropin and iodide regulate sulfate concentration in thyroid cells. Relationship to thyroglobulin sulfation.
abstract: Thyroglobulin (Tg), the thyroid hormone precursor, is sulfated both on tyrosines and on carbohydrates. We showed recently that sulfated tyrosines were involved in thyroid hormone synthesis. Moreover, we also reported that Tg sulfation is downregulated by thyrotropin (TSH), especially on tyrosines. This control may occur at each step in the sulfation process. In this paper, we studied the regulation of the concentration of cytosolic inorganic sulfate, the first substrate, in porcine thyroid cells stimulated by TSH with or without iodide. The amounts of cytosolic sulfate and the cytosolic volumes measured showed that the sulfate concentration depends only on cytosolic volume changes in response to TSH and iodide treatment. After the cells were labelled with [35S]-sulfate, the specific radioactivity (SRA) of cytosolic sulfate was determined. When cells were treated with only TSH, the concentration and SRA of cytosolic sulfate decreased by 30%, and by about 15% when cells were incubated with both TSH and iodide. TSH decreased more conspicuously the rate of [35S]-sulfate incorporation into Tg (by 57% without iodide, by 43% with iodide) than the concentration and SRA of cytosolic sulfate, while iodide altered these parameters to the same extent (15%). These findings suggest that TSH regulates other steps in the sulfation process, such as specific substrate and enzyme levels, while iodide controls mainly the sulfate concentration.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U555, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cauvi
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Venot
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nlend
authors.forename: Odile M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Chabaud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D007454:Iodides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013431:Sulfates / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D013552:Swine; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007454:Iodides; D013431:Sulfates; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013954:Thyroglobulin