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Erschienen in: Endocrine 3/2019

08.02.2019 | Original Article

Type 1 and type 2 iodothyronine deiodinases in the thyroid gland of patients with huge goitrous Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

verfasst von: Azusa Harada, Emiko Nomura, Kumiko Nishimura, Mitsuru Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida, Akira Miyauchi, Mitsushige Nishikawa, Ichiro Shiojima, Nagaoki Toyoda

Erschienen in: Endocrine | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The serum free triiodothyronine (FT3)/free thyroxine (FT4) ratio in patients with huge goitrous Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HG-HT) is relatively high. We investigated the cause of high FT3/FT4 ratios.

Methods

We measured the serum FT3, FT4, and thyrotropin (TSH) levels of seven patients with HG-HT who had undergone a total thyroidectomy. Eleven patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma served as controls. The activities and mRNA levels of type 1 and type 2 iodothyronine deiodinases (D1 and D2, respectively) were measured in the thyroid tissues of HG-HT and perinodular thyroid tissues of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Results

The TSH levels in the HG-HT group were not significantly different from those of the controls. The FT4 levels in the HG-HT group were significantly lower than those of the controls, whereas the FT3 levels and FT3/FT4 ratios were significantly higher in the HG-HT group. The FT3/FT4 ratios in the HG-HT group who had undergone total thyroidectomy and received levothyroxine therapy decreased significantly to normal values. Both the D1 and D2 activities in the thyroid tissues of the HG-HT patients were significantly higher than those of the controls. However, the mRNA levels of both D1 and D2 in the HG-HT patients’ thyroid tissues were comparable to those of the controls. Interestingly, there were significant correlations between the HG-HT patients’ D1 and D2 activities, and their thyroid gland volume or their FT3/FT4 ratios.

Conclusions

Our results indicate that increased thyroidal D1 and D2 activities may be responsible for the higher serum FT3/FT4 ratio in patients with HG-HT.
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Metadaten
Titel
Type 1 and type 2 iodothyronine deiodinases in the thyroid gland of patients with huge goitrous Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
verfasst von
Azusa Harada
Emiko Nomura
Kumiko Nishimura
Mitsuru Ito
Hiroshi Yoshida
Akira Miyauchi
Mitsushige Nishikawa
Ichiro Shiojima
Nagaoki Toyoda
Publikationsdatum
08.02.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Endocrine / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1355-008X
Elektronische ISSN: 1559-0100
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-01855-7

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