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. 1976 Mar;57(3):745–755. doi: 10.1172/JCI108333

Altered thyroidal responsivity to thyrotropin induced by circulating thyroid hormones. A "short-loop" regulatory mechanism?

S Yu, Y Friedman, R Richman, G Burke
PMCID: PMC436710  PMID: 175094

Abstract

We studied the effect of thyroid hormone administration on responsivity of murine thyroid to exogenous thyrotropin (TSH) in order to explore the possibility that the thyroid gland might be directly inhibited by its own hormones. In the rat both L-thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3'-L-triiodothyronine (T3) pretreatment inhibited TSH-induced thyroidal ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity in vivo in a dose-related manner (half-maximal inhibition, 1.7 mug/rat and 0.6 mug/rat, respectively). Other structurally related compounds exhibited the following inhibitory potencies compared to T4: T3, 283%; triiodothyroacetic acid, 40%; D-T4, 18%; 3,5-L-diiodothyronine, 9%. Monoiodotyrosine, diiodotyrosine, and iodide were not inhibitory. The full inhibitory effect of T4 or T3 was observed when thyroid hormone was administered from 96 to 12 h before TSH and was also seen in hypophysectomized animals. Pretreatment with T4 or T3 in divided doses over 2 1/2 days inhibited TSH-induced increase in [1-14C]glucose oxidation to 14C02 and [3H] leucine incorporation into protein in rat thyroid. In the mouse T4 or T3 pretreatment (0.25-25 mug daily) caused dose-related inhibition of both thyroidal ODC activity and 131I release induced by TSH in vivo. In mice on a low-iodine diet (LID) but not in animals on a regular diet (RD) NaI pretreatment also blunted TSH-induced thyroidal ODC activation and 131I release. When LID or RD mice were pretreated with 12.5-125 mug of T4 or T3 over 2 1/2 days, TSH-induced in vitro stimulation of thyroid cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate formation was inhibited in a dose-related manner; NaI pretreatment was inhibitory in the LID mouse only. Prior administration of exogenous TSH blunted the activation of thyroid ODC and thyroid hormone release induced by subsequent TSH administration in rat and mouse. These studies indicate altered thyroid responsivity to TSH under the influence of circulating thyroid hormones and suggest the existence of a "short-loop" negative feedback regulating thyroid function.

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