Reevaluation of the Effect of Iodine on Thyroid Cell Survival and Function Using PCCL3 and Nthy-ori 3-1 Cells
Open Access
- 28 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of the Endocrine Society
- Vol. 4 (11), bvaa146
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa146
Abstract
The appropriate amount of iodine is critical for normal function of thyroid cells synthesizing thyroid hormones. Although normal thyroid cell lines such as rat PCCL3 and FRTL5 and human Nthy-ori 3-1 have been widely used for in vitro studies on physiological and pathophysiological effects of iodine on thyroid cells, we have recently pointed out the critical differences between FRTL5/PCCL3 cells and Nthy-ori 3-1 cells. Therefore, we here directly compared some of the cellular characteristics—iodine uptake, differentiated status, iodine-induced cytotoxicity, and iodine-regulation of autophagy—between PCCL3 and Nthy-ori 3-1 cells. PCCL3 cells express messenger RNAs for thyrotropin receptor and sodium/iodine symporter and incorporate iodine in a thyrotropin-dependent manner, whereas Nthy-ori 3-1 cells do not either. Nevertheless, both cells were comparably resistant to iodine cytotoxicity: Only far excess iodine (5 × 10–2 M) killed 20% to 40% cells in 24 hours with perchlorate exhibiting no effect, suggesting this cytotoxic effect is due to extracellular iodine. In contrast, a wide range of iodine (5 × 10–9 to 5 × 10–2 M) induced autophagy in PCCL3 cells, which was abolished by perchlorate, indicating intracellular iodine-induction of autophagy, but this effect was not observed in Nthy-ori 3-1 cells. In conclusion, it is critical to discriminate the effect of iodine incorporated into cells from that of extracellular iodine on thyroid cells. Iodine-uptake competent thyroid cells such as PCCL3 and FRTL5 cells, not Nthy-ori 3-1 cells, should be used for studies on iodine effect on thyroid cells.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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