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Endocrinology Vol. 140, No. 12 5705-5711
Copyright © 1999 by The Endocrine Society

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Estradiol Increases Proliferation and Down-Regulates the Sodium/Iodide Symporter Gene in FRTL-5 Cells1

Tania Weber Furlanetto, Lynda Q. Nguyen and J. Larry Jameson

Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Tarry 15–709, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611. E-mail: ljameson{at}nwu.edu

Goiter (increased thyroid gland size) is more prevalent in women than men, even in areas where iodine levels in the diet are sufficient. We investigated a possible role of estrogen on thyroid follicular cell growth using rat FRTL-5 thyroid follicular cells as a model. Estrogen receptor-{alpha} (ER{alpha}) messenger RNA was present in FRTL-5 cells using a RT-PCR assay and was confirmed by Western blot analysis. An estrogen-responsive reporter gene was transfected into FRTL-5 cells to test the functionality of the endogenous ERs. Estradiol increased the activity of the reporter gene, and the antagonist, ICI182780, inhibited ER-dependent transcription. To extend this analysis, we examined the effect of estradiol on FRTL-5 cell growth. Estradiol increased FRTL-5 cell growth in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in either the absence or presence of TSH. Because iodine is known to inhibit thyroid cell growth, the effect of estradiol on the expression of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) was assessed as a potential target of estrogen action. Estradiol blocked TSH-induced NIS expression, and treatment of cells with estradiol and ICI182780 restored TSH-induced NIS expression to normal levels. These data demonstrate that FRTL-5 cells contain functional ERs that enhance cell growth and inhibit expression of the NIS. The demonstration of a direct effect of estradiol on thyroid follicular cells raises the possibility that it may play a role in the sexually dimorphic prevalence of goiter.




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