Endocrine Journal
Online ISSN : 1348-4540
Print ISSN : 0918-8959
ISSN-L : 0918-8959
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Thyroglobulin regulates the expression and localization of the novel iodide transporter solute carrier family 26 member 7 (SLC26A7) in thyrocytes
Mitsuo KiriyaAkira KawashimaYoko FujiwaraYuta TanimuraAya YoshiharaYasuhiro NakamuraKazunari TanigawaTetsuo KondoKoichi Suzuki
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2022 Volume 69 Issue 10 Pages 1217-1225

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Solute carrier family 26 member 7 (SLC26A7), identified as a causative gene for congenital hypothyroidism, was found to be a novel iodide transporter expressed on the apical side of the follicular epithelium of the thyroid. We recently showed that TSH suppressed the expression of SLC26A7 and induces its localization to the plasma membrane, where it functions. We also showed that the ability of TSH to induce thyroid hormone synthesis is completely reversed by an autocrine negative-feedback action of thyroglobulin (Tg) stored in the follicular lumen. In the present study, we investigated the potential effect of follicular Tg on SLC26A7 expression and found that follicular Tg significantly suppressed the promoter activity, mRNA level, and protein level of SLC26A7 in rat thyroid FRTL-5 cells. In addition, follicular Tg inhibited the ability of TSH to induce the membrane localization of SLC26A7. In rat thyroid sections, the expression of SLC26A7 was weaker in follicles with a higher concentration of Tg, as evidenced by immunofluorescence staining. These results indicate that Tg stored in the follicular lumen is a feedback suppressor of the expression and membrane localization of SLC26A7, thereby downregulating the transport of iodide into the follicular lumen.

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