Zerek-Melen G, Sewerynek E, Szkudlinski M, Lewinski A, Krotewicz M, Fryczak J, Pawlikowski M. Suppressing effect of cysteamine on the TSH-stimulated mitotic activity of the rat thyroid follicular cells in vivo.
Neuropeptides 1989;
13:171-4. [PMID:
2710291 DOI:
10.1016/0143-4179(89)90088-7]
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Abstract
We have examined the effect of the thiol agent-cysteamine, known to deplete the hypothalamus, the pancreas, the gut of somatostatin--on the basal and TSH-stimulated mitotic activity of the thyroid follicular cells (TFC) in adult male rats in vivo. The animals of different groups were administered cysteamine alone (300 mg/kg BW, s.c.), TSH alone (2IU, i.p.), or cysteamine with TSH jointly, the former agent being injected 2 hrs prior to the latter. In order to evaluate the thyroid mitotic activity, the metaphase-arrest technique was used in the study. It was shown that: 1. TSH significantly increased the mitotic activity of TFC, as compared to controls, 2. cysteamine alone had no effect on the TFC proliferation, 3. unexpectedly, cysteamine, when administered 2 hrs prior to TSH, suppressed the stimulatory effect of TSH on the mitotic activity of TFC.
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