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Thyrocyte cell survival and adaptation to chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress due to misfolded thyroglobulin.


ABSTRACT: The large secretory glycoprotein thyroglobulin is the primary translation product of thyroid follicular cells. This difficult-to-fold protein is susceptible to structural alterations that disable export of the misfolded thyroglobulin from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is a known cause of congenital hypothyroidism characterized by severe chronic thyrocyte ER stress. Nevertheless, individuals with this disease commonly grow a goiter, indicating thyroid cell survival and adaptation. To model these processes, here we continuously exposed rat PCCL3 thyrocytes to tunicamycin, which causes a significant degree of ER stress that is specifically attributable to thyroglobulin misfolding. We found that, in response, PCCL3 cells down-regulate expression of the "tunicamycin transporter" (major facilitator superfamily domain containing-2A, Mfsd2a). Following CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Mfsd2a deletion, PCCL3 cells could no longer escape the chronic effects of high-dose tunicamycin, as demonstrated by persistent accumulation of unglycosylated thyroglobulin; nevertheless, these thyrocytes survived and grew. A proteomic analysis of these cells adapted to chronic ER protein misfolding revealed many hundreds of up-regulated proteins, indicating stimulation of ER chaperones, oxidoreductases, stress responses, and lipid biosynthesis pathways. Further, we noted increased phospho-AMP-kinase, suggesting up-regulated AMP-kinase activity, and decreased phospho-S6-kinase and protein translation, suggesting decreased mTOR activity. These changes are consistent with conserved cell survival/adaptation pathways. We also observed a less-differentiated thyrocyte phenotype with decreased PAX8, FOXE1, and TPO protein levels, along with decreased thyroglobulin mRNA levels. In summary, we have developed a model of thyrocyte survival and growth during chronic continuous ER stress that recapitulates features of congenital hypothyroid goiter caused by mutant thyroglobulin.

SUBMITTER: Morishita Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242714 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Thyrocyte cell survival and adaptation to chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress due to misfolded thyroglobulin.

Morishita Yoshiaki Y   Kabil Omer O   Young Kelly Z KZ   Kellogg Aaron P AP   Chang Amy A   Arvan Peter P  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20200402 20


The large secretory glycoprotein thyroglobulin is the primary translation product of thyroid follicular cells. This difficult-to-fold protein is susceptible to structural alterations that disable export of the misfolded thyroglobulin from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which is a known cause of congenital hypothyroidism characterized by severe chronic thyrocyte ER stress. Nevertheless, individuals with this disease commonly grow a goiter, indicating thyroid cell survival and adaptation. To mode  ...[more]

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