A novel role for flotillin-containing lipid rafts in negative-feedback regulation of thyroid-specific gene expression by thyroglobulin.
Thyroid. 2016 Sep 27;
Authors: Luo Y, Akama T, Okayama A, Yoshihara A, Sue M, Oda K, Hayashi M, Ishido Y, Hirano H, Hiroi N, Katoh R, Suzuki K
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Thyroglobulin (Tg) stored in thyroid follicles regulates follicular function in thyroid hormone (TH) synthesis by suppressing thyroid-specific gene expression in a concentration-dependent manner. Thus, Tg is an intrinsic negative-feedback regulator that can restrain the effect of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in the follicle. However, the underlying mechanisms by which Tg exerts its prominent autoregulatory effect following recognition by thyrocytes remains unclear.
METHODS: To identify potential proteins that recognize and interact with Tg, mass spectrometry (MS) was used to analyze immunoprecipitated Tg-bound proteins derived from Tg-treated rat thyroid FRTL-5 cells.
RESULTS: Flotillin 1 and flotillin 2, two homologs that are integral membrane proteins in lipid rafts, were identified as novel Tg-binding proteins with high confidence. Further studies revealed that flotillins physically interact with endocytosed Tg, and, together these proteins redistribute from the cell membrane to cytoplasmic vesicles. Treatment with the lipid raft disrputer methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) abolished both the endocytosis and the negative-feedback effect of Tg on thyroid-specific gene expression. Meanwhile, siRNA-mediated knockdown of flotillin 1 or flotillin 2 also significantly inhibited Tg effects on gene expression.
CONCLUSION: Together these results indicate that flotillin-containing lipid rafts are essential for follicular Tg to be recognized by thyrocytes and exert its negative-feedback effects in the thyroid.
PMID: 27676653 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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