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Endocrinology, Vol 97, 962-968, Copyright © 1975 by Endocrine Society

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The role of the pentose phosphate shunt in thyrotropin-induced thyroid hormone secretion: in vivo and vitro studies with 6-aminonicotinamide in mouse thyroids

K Hashizume, T Onaya and A Sato

The possible role of the pentose phosphate shunt in thyroid hormone secretion was investigated in vivo and in vitro with mouse thyroid glands. Thyroidal endocytosis in response to TSH, a step of thyroid hormone secretion, was evaluated for its dependency upon the pentose phosphate shunt by using 6-aminonicotinamide (6-AN), an antimetabolite in the synthesis of pyridine nucleotides. Formation of 14CO2 from glucose labeled either in the C-1 or C-6 position was studied to estimate the pentose phosphate shunt activity. A dose of 6-AN markedly reduced oxidation of [1-14C]glucose but did not affect that of [6- 14C]glucose induced by TSH. Concomitantly there was a marked decrease in thyroidal endocytotic response to TSH. These inhibitions by 6-AN were completely abolished by the pretreatment with nicotinamide. Methylene blue, which oxidizes NADPH and thus stimulates activity of the pentose shunt, significantly depressed thyroidal endocytosis in response to TSH in vitro. These inhibitions of colloid droplet formation by 6-AN or methylene blue were not manifested against dibutyryl cyclic AMP stimulation. Furthermore, a dose of 6-AN, which seems to inhibit only the pentose phosphate shunt, markedly depressed TSH-induced formation of cyclic amp. These findings suggest that the pentose phosphate shunt might play an important role in triggering TSH stimulation of thyroid hormone secretion by supplying NADPH, and further, that NADPH dependency in thyroid hormone secretion is at a site prior to the generation of cyclic AMP.


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