PLEIOTROPIC INFLUENCE OF TRIIODOTHYRONINE ON THYMUS PHYSIOLOGY

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VILLAVERDE, DMS [1 ]
DEMELLOCOELHO, V [1 ]
FARIASDEOLIVEIRA, DA [1 ]
DARDENNE, M [1 ]
SAVINO, W [1 ]
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[1] HOP NECKER ENFANTS MALAD, CNRS, URA 1461, F-75730 PARIS 15, FRANCE
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10.1210/en.133.2.867
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R5 [内科学];
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It is well demonstrated that the thymus gland is under neuroendocrine control. Thymic endocrine function can be modulated by a variety of hormones including those secreted by the thyroid gland. This prompted us to investigate putative influences of T3 in further aspects of thymus physiology. We showed that T3-treated animals exhibited an increase in thymus weight, cellularity and cycling cells. Moreover, Thy1+ thymocytes as well as CD4-CD8 defined subsets were augmented in absolute numbers, whereas PgP.1+ cells increased in both absolute and percentage values. In parallel, the total numbers of thymic nurse cells were also increased. Regarding the expression of extracellular matrix components (ECM) by microenvironmental cells, we observed an enhancement in the intrathymic ECM upon T3 in vivo treatment. Similar effects were found in vitro by treating a thymic epithelial cell line or thymic nurse cell-derived epithelial cultures with T3. This treatment also increased the expression of ECM receptors by thymic epithelial cultures. Interestingly, an enhancement in thymocyte/thymic epithelial cell adhesion ratio was observed after T3 treatment of epithelial cells. Our data suggest that T3 exerts a pleiotropic effect upon thymus physiology, stimulating thymocyte differentiation, not only by modulating epithelial cell hormonal secretion but also their production of ECM proteins and respective receptors.
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