title: Comparative analysis of the thyrocytes and T cells: responses to H2O2 and radiation reveals an H2O2-induced antioxidant transcriptional program in thyrocytes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Radiation is an established cause of thyroid cancer, and growing evidence supports a role for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in spontaneous thyroid carcinogenesis. Little is known about the molecular programs activated by these agents in thyrocytes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to compare the responses of thyrocytes and T cells to H2O2 and radiation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We profiled the DNA damage and cell death induced by γ-radiation (0.1-5 Gy) and H2O2 (0.0025-0.3 mM) in primary human thyrocytes and T cells. We next prepared thyroid and T-cell primary cultures from 8 donors operated for noncancerous thyroid pathological conditions and profiled their genome-wide transcriptional response 4 hours after (1) exposure to 1-Gy radiation, (2) treatment with H2O2 and (3) no treatment. Two H2O2 concentrations were investigated, calibrated in each cell type to elicit levels of single- and double-strand breaks equivalent to 1-Gy γ-radiation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although thyrocytes and T cells had comparable radiation responses, 3- to 10-fold more H2O2 was needed to induce detectable DNA damage in thyrocytes. At H2O2 and radiation doses inducing double-strand breaks, cell death occurred after 24 hours in T cells but not in thyrocytes. The transcriptional responses of thyrocytes and T cells to radiation were similar, involving DNA repair and cell death genes. In addition to this transcriptional program, H2O2 also up-regulated antioxidant genes in thyrocytes, including glutathione peroxidases and heme oxygenase at the double-strand breaks-inducing concentration. In contrast, a transcriptional storm involving thousands of genes was raised in T cells. Finally, we showed that inhibiting glutathione peroxidases activity increased the DNA damaging effect of H2O2 in thyrocytes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We propose that high H2O2 production in thyrocytes is matched with specific transcriptionally regulated antioxidant protection.
authors.affiliation: Universite Libre de Bruxelles-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire, B1070 Brussels, Belgium. vdetours@ulb.ac.be.
authors.forename: Soetkin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Versteyhe
authors.forename: Natacha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Driessens
authors.forename: Chiraz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghaddhab
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarabichi
authors.forename: Candice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoste
authors.forename: Jacques-Emile
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miot
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corvilain
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Detours
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000187:drug effects; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide