{"title":"Thyrostatic drugs act through modulation of thyroid cell activity to induce remissions in Graves' disease.","authors":"R Volpé, A Karlsson, R Jansson, P A Dahlberg","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"305-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s305","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13588904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical evaluation of SMS 201-995. Long-term treatment in gut neuroendocrine tumours, efficacy of oral administration, and possible use in non-tumoural inappropriate TSH hypersecretion.","authors":"G Williams, J V Anderson, S J Williams, S R Bloom","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long-acting somatostatin analogues such as SMS 201-995 (Sandoz) are being evaluated in a wide range of clinical indications, including gut neuroendocrine tumours and acrogemaly. Long-term continuous SMS 201-995 treatment has achieved useful symptomatic improvement in diarrhoea in 4 patients with metastatic VIPomas who had relapsed following previous treatment. Clinical improvement has outlasted suppression of VIP secretion (suggesting an additional direct antisecretory action of SMS 201-995) and has occurred despite expansion of hepatic metastases. In 6 patients with tumours secreting gastrin and/or glucagon, secretion of these peptides was acutely inhibited by SMS 201-995. However, endocrine and clinical responses to chronic treatment have been less consistent. SMS 201-995 is active orally at doses of 4-8 mg and when given thrice-daily to 6 patients with active acromegaly, suppressed mean 24-h growth hormone levels by 51-88%. Despite significantly reduced plasma insulin concentrations, glucose tolerance did not deteriorate. SMS 201-995 was also effective in suppressing thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroid hormone secretion in a patient with mild thyrotoxicosis due to non-tumoural inappropriate TSH hypersecretion. In all cases SMS 201-995 treatment has been well tolerated and has few side-effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"286 ","pages":"26-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14027666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sodium/proton exchange in FRTL-5 thyroid cells: role in the maintenance of intracellular pH and TSH-stimulated cell growth.","authors":"C Marcocci, A Pinchera, E F Grollman","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"293-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s293","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14172292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thyrotropin (TSH) stimulates cell growth and DNA synthesis in monolayer cultures of human thyrocytes independent of the adenylate-cyclase system.","authors":"P E Goretzki, R Koob, C Koller, H D Röher","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Monolayer cultures of human thyrocytes from normal thyroids (n = 13), thyroid adenomas (n = 8), differentiated (n = 7), poorly and undifferentiated (n = 5) thyroid cancers as well as thyroid cancer metastases (n = 2) were established to assess the significance of TSH and cAMP on cell growth and DNA synthesis. Cell growth was stimulated by 0.1 IU bTSH/ml and inhibited by 1.0 IU bTSH/ml (P less than 0.01), while dibutyryl-cAMP (dbcAMP) failed to show any effect on cell growth at the concentrations (10-5; 10-3 mol/l), tested. Neither did the adenylate-cyclase inhibitor dideoxy-adenosine (ddA) (2 X 10-5 mol/l) stimulate thyrocyte growth. DNA synthesis, however, measured indirectly by [3H]thymidine incorporation, was stimulated not only by TSH 2-12-fold, but also by ddA 1.3-7-fold (P less than 0.01), and was not affected by dbcAMP. TSH had no effect on [3H]thymidine incorporation in fibroblasts and c-cells from c-cell carcinomas. The stimulatory effect of TSH on thyrocyte growth and DNA synthesis was unpredictable in thyrocytes from cancerous tissues (n = 14) with no obvious correlation to tumour differentiation or stage. Thus, we showed that TSH is a promotor for cell growth and DNA synthesis in monolayer cultures of human thyrocytes from normal and adenomatous human thyroid tissues with no obvious correlation to the AC system. This TSH effect is unpredictable, however, in thyrocytes from human thyroid cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"273-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s273","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14598650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence of autoimmune pathogenesis in autonomous thyroid adenoma.","authors":"C Sellschopp, M Derwahl, H Schaube, H Hamelmann","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s355","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using an immunohistochemical attempt to immunostain thyroid related autoantibodies, 30 specimens of autonomous adenomas of the thyroid were investigated. Twelve out of 23 inflammatory infiltrates surrounding the 'hot' nodules contained plasma cells, which gave a positive staining reaction for thyroid related autoantibodies. Seven adenomas showed no significant lymphoplasmacellular infiltration. It is concluded that this phenomenon might be due to an autoimmune pathogenesis in a part of patients with autonomous adenomas, indicating that there is no sharp line between autoimmune and non autoimmune thyroid disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"355-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s355","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14600522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K H Usadel, J Teuber, R Paschke, M Junker, U Schwedes
{"title":"Transplantation of human endocrine tissues to nude mice: a suitable in vivo model for the study of pathomechanisms involved in autoimmune thyroid diseases.","authors":"K H Usadel, J Teuber, R Paschke, M Junker, U Schwedes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After transplantation of human tissue to nu/nu mice the human lymphocytes disappear. In this context, interestingly, the DR-expression is not detectable anymore after transplantation of the tissues from patients with autoimmune thyrotoxicosis and cancer. Neopterin release was only demonstrable when T-lymphocytes from patients with autoimmune thyrotoxicosis or PHA-stimulated lymphocytes were added, independently of the presence of DR-expression in the used culture tissues. These results seem to exclude a functional role of DR-expression as a trigger mechanism of autoimmunity. It is supposed that DR-priming on epithelial cells is mediated by kinine production of activated T-lymphocytes or macrophages.</p>","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14620414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G F Del Prete, S Mariotti, A Tiri, M Ricci, A Pinchera, S Romagnani
{"title":"Characterization of thyroid infiltrating lymphocytes in Hashimoto's thyroiditis: detection of B and T cells specific for thyroid antigens.","authors":"G F Del Prete, S Mariotti, A Tiri, M Ricci, A Pinchera, S Romagnani","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"111-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14621200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression of the c-myc proto-oncogene in growth stimulated porcine thyroid follicle cells.","authors":"N E Heldin, F A Karlsson, B Westermark","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s238","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present investigation the expression of c-myc in porcine thyroid follicle cells following the incubation with TSH or EGF was studied. EGF did not only have a mitotic effect on thyroid follicles but also increased c-myc mRNA. The increase in c-myc RNA is an early event in EGF stimulated thyroid cells. TSH had no effect on c-myc RNA levels of porcine thyroid cells. EGF-binding and sensitization to the mitotic activity of EGF, however, is increased by TSH. While TSH stimulates cAMP production and functional activity but not growth or c-myc expression of porcine thyroid cells, EGF produces cell division accompanied with c-myc expression.</p>","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"238-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14621202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence that thyroid growth promoting activity of immunoglobulin preparations is due to contamination with EGF.","authors":"R Gärtner, C Tsavella, G Bechtner, W Greil","doi":"10.1530/acta.0.114s256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.114s256","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Immunoglobulin (IG) preparations may be contaminated with growth factors. Therefore, we investigated whether the growth promoting activity in IG preparations (thyroid growth stimulating immunoglobulins = TGI) from patients with sporadic goitre may be caused by contaminating EGF (epidermal growth factor). EGF in sera as well as in indifferently prepared IG of patients with recurrent goitre (n = 23), Graves' disease (n = 19) and normals (n = 17) was determined by EGF receptor assay. Comparatively, the ability for stimulating thyroid cell growth was determined in these IG preparations (2 mg/ml). EGF in ammoniumsulphate (AS) precipitates was about 2-fold higher than serum EGF. The growth promoting activity of indifferent IG preparations correlated with the EGF content. After additional purification on protein A-sepharose, neither EGF, nor a growth promoting activity was found in these IG preparations. We therefore conclude, that the growth promoting activity of crude IG preparations may be due to a contamination with EGF.</p>","PeriodicalId":6931,"journal":{"name":"Acta endocrinologica. Supplementum","volume":"281 ","pages":"256-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1530/acta.0.114s256","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14621203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}