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We have studied the effect of two protein phosphatase inhibitors on thyrotropin (TSH)-stimulated triiodothyronine (T3) production by sheep thyroid cells grown in primary culture. Incubation of sheep thyrocytes with okadaic acid (OA) and calyculin-A (CL-A), two potent inhibitors of type 1 (PP1) and type 2A (PP2A) protein phosphatases, resulted in an increase of TSH-stimulated T3 production. This effect was detected using concentrations as low as 0.1 pM with OA and 1 fM with CL-A. An inhibitory effect on T3 production, due to cellular death, was observed with 6 nM OA and 1 nM CL-A. In the absence of TSH, OA or CL-A had no effect on T3 production by thyrocytes. Forskoline (10 μM), an activator of adenylate cyclase, increased the basal and TSH-stimulated T3 release by sheep thyroid cells; this effect was increased by OA in cells grown in the basal state but not in the presence of TSH. These results suggest that the marine toxins OA and CL-A, two potent inhibitors of PP-1 and PP-2A, have significant stimulatory effects on T3 secretion promoted by TSH and FK. These observations indicate that these proteins could be important mediators of thyroid hormone production.
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Arufe, M.C., Beckett, G.J., Durán, R. et al. Effect of okadaic acid and calyculin-A, two protein phosphatase inhibitors, on thyrotropin-stimulated triiodothyronine secretion in cultured sheep thyroid cells. Endocr 11, 235–240 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1385/ENDO:11:3:235
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