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  • 标题:Human fibrocytes coexpress thyroglobulin and thyrotropin receptor
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  • 作者:Roshini Fernando ; Stephen Atkins ; Nupur Raychaudhuri
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 卷号:109
  • 期号:19
  • 页码:7427-7432
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.1202064109
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Thyroglobulin (Tg) is the macromolecular precursor of thyroid hormones and is thought to be uniquely expressed by thyroid epithelial cells. Tg and the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) are targets for autoantibody generation in the autoimmune disorder Graves disease (GD). Fully expressed GD is characterized by thyroid overactivity and orbital tissue inflammation and remodeling. This process is known as thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). Early reports suggested that in TAO, both Tg and TSHR become overexpressed in orbital tissues. Previously, we found that CD34+ progenitor cells, known as fibrocytes, express functional TSHR, infiltrate the orbit, and comprise a large subset of orbital fibroblasts in TAO. We now report that fibrocytes also express Tg, which resolves as a 305-kDa protein on Western blots. It can be immunoprecipitated with anti-Tg Abs. Further, 125iodine and [35S]methionine are incorporated into Tg expressed by fibrocytes. De novo Tg synthesis is attenuated with a specific small interfering RNA targeting the protein. A fragment of the Tg gene promoter fused to a luciferase reporter exhibits substantial activity when transfected into fibrocytes. Unlike fibrocytes, GD orbital fibroblasts, which comprise a mixture of CD34+ and CD34- cells, express much lower levels of Tg and TSHR. When sorted into pure CD34+ and CD34- subsets, Tg and TSHR mRNA levels become substantially higher in CD34+ cells. These findings indicate that human fibrocytes express multiple "thyroid-specific" proteins, the levels of which are reduced after they infiltrate tissue. Our observations establish the basis for Tg accumulation in orbital GD.
  • 关键词:autoimmunity ; monocyte ; autoantigen
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