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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Jun 29;135(3):355–370. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2012.06.007

Table 1.

NIS stimulators in thyroid cells in vitro.

Agent Mechanism of actiona Cell lineb NIS mRNA NIS protein I uptakec References
TSH TSHR agonist FRTL5 up up 10~15 (Kogai et al., 1997)
TSH TSHR agonist PCCL3 up ~30 (Trapasso et al., 1999)
TSH TSHR agonist Primary human thyroid up up ~13 (Kogai et al., 2000a; Saito et al., 1997)
Adenosine ADRA1 agonist FRTL5 up up ~7.5 (Harii et al., 1999)
TSH/LPSd TLR4 agonist FRTL5, PCCL3 up ~2.0 (Nicola et al., 2009b)
TSH/L-NAMEd NOS inhibitor FRTL5 up ~1.3 (Fozzatti et al., 2007)
TSH/KT5823d cGK inhibitor FRTL5 ~2.2 (Fozzatti et al., 2007)
TSH/LY294002d PI3K inhibitor FRTL5, PCCL3 up up ~3.0 (Kogai et al., 2008b)
TSH/Rapamycind mTOR inhibitor PCCL3 up ~2.5 (de Souza et al., 2010)
TSH/Resveratrold Sirtuin activator FRTL5 up ~3.0 (Sebai et al., 2010)
LY294002 PI3K inhibitor NIS-BHP2–7 (TPC1) up ~3.5 (Kogai et al., 2008b)
Akti-1/2 AKT inhibitor NIS-BHP2–7 (TPC1) up (Kogai et al., 2008b)
Depsipeptide HDACi FTC133, SW1736 up ~10 (Kitazono et al., 2001)
Trichostatin A HDACi BHP18–21v (TPC1)
K1, FTC133, C643
up up ~3.0 (Furuya et al., 2004)
SAHA HDACi KAT18, OCUT1 up (Hou et al., 2010)
SAHA/perifosinee HDACi/AKTi K1, C643 up (Hou et al., 2010)
SAHA/RDEA119e HDACi/MEKi K1, C643 up (Hou et al., 2010)
SAHA/RDEA119/perifosinef HDACi/MEKi/AKTi C643, FTC133 up (Hou et al., 2010)
SAHA/RDEA119/perifosine/TSH HDACi/MEKi/AKTi/TSHR K1, C643, KAT18 up 4~8 (Hou et al., 2010)
Sunitinib/forskolin RTKi/AC agonist TPC1 (BHP) up (Fenton et al., 2010)
Troglitazone PPAR agonist FTC133, TPC1 up (Park et al., 2005)
tRA RAR agonist FTC133 up (Schmutzler et al., 1997)
Lovastatin HMGR inhibitor CGTH up ~3 (Frohlich et al., 2009)
a

Abbreviations: ADRA1, adrenergic receptor α 1; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; cGK, cGMP-dependent protein kinase; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; HMGR, HMG-CoA reductase; HDACi, HDAC inhibitor; AKTi, AKT inhibitor; MEKi, MEK inhibitor; RTKi, RTK inhibitor.

b

Origins of FRTL5 and PCCL3 are rat thyroid glands; BHP2–7, BHP18–21, K1, TPC1, papillary thyroid cancer; CGTH, FTC133, follicular thyroid cancer; C643, KAT18, OCUT1, undifferentiated (anaplastic) thyroid cancer.

c

Approximate fold-induction over the group without treatment is shown. Since specific activity of radioiodide in each study varies, values may not be compared among studies.

d

Enhances the TSH-induced NIS expression.

e

Enhances the SAHA-induced NIS expression.

f

Enhances the effects of double combination treatments.