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An Orthotopic Mouse Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
Published on: April 17, 2013
Thyroid hormone inhibits androgen-enhanced DNA synthesis in Shionogi carcinoma 115 cells without affecting autocrine
S Sumitani1, S Kasayama, B Sato
1Department of Medicine III, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
Abstract:
The growth of the mouse mammary Shionogi carcinoma 115 (SC 115)-derived cell line (SC-3) is markedly stimulated by androgen through induction of a heparin-binding growth factor termed androgen-induced growth factor (AIGF). This androgen-induced growth is partly blocked by thyroid hormone(s) such as triiodothyronine (T3). Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) also inhibits the growth of SC-3 cells. Thus, we have investigated the possibility that T3 exerts its inhibitory effects on SC-3 cell growth through an alteration in AIGF or TGF beta 1 mRNA expression. Unexpectedly, T3 failed to modulate the expression of AIGF mRNA. T3 was also unable to significantly affect TGF beta 1 mRNA levels in androgen-stimulated SC-3 cells. More importantly, a neutralizing antibody against TGF beta 1 could not block T3-dependent inhibition of androgen-induced SC-3 cell growth. However, the inhibitory ability of T3 was potentiated by TGF beta 1. In addition, T3 treatment resulted in a significant inhibition of AIGF-induced DNA synthesis. Thus, T3 treatment renders SC-3 cells somehow refractory to AIGF. The signal pathway for T3 to reduce AIGF responsiveness may be shared by TGF beta 1.
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