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Thyroid hormone inhibits thyrotropin (TSH) production and thyrotrope growth. Somatostatin has been implicated as a synergistic factor in the inhibition of thyrotrope function. We have previously shown that pharmacological doses of thyroid hormone (levothyroxine [LT4]) inhibit growth of murine TtT-97 thyrotropic tumors in association with upregulation of somatostatin receptor type 5 (sst5) mRNA and somatostatin receptor binding. In the current study, we examined the effect of physiological thyroid hormone replacement alone or in combination with the long-acting somatostatin analogue, Sandostatin LAR(R) on thyrotropic tumor growth, thyrotropin growth factor-beta (TSH-beta), and sst5 mRNA expression, as well as somatostatin receptor binding sites. Physiological LT4 replacement therapy resulted in tumor shrinkage in association with increased sst5 mRNA levels, reduced TSH-beta mRNA levels and enhanced somatostatin receptor binding. Sandostatin LAR(R) alone had no effect on any parameter measured. However, Sandostatin LAR(R) combined with LT4 synergistically inhibited TSH-beta mRNA production and reduced final tumor weights to a greater degree. In this paradigm, Sandostatin LAR(R) required a euthyroid status to alter thyrotrope parameters. These data suggest an important interaction between the somatostatinergic system and thyroid hormone in the regulation of thyrotrope cell structure and function.
Author(s): James RA; Woodmansee WW; Gordon DF; Dowding JM; Stolz B; Lloyd RV; Wood WM; Ridgway EC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Thyroid
Year: 2000
Volume: 10
Issue: 7
Pages: 533-541
ISSN (print): 1050-7256
ISSN (electronic): 1557-9077
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/thy.2000.10.533
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2000.10.533
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