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Different effects of thyroid disease on serum levels of procollagen III N-peptide and hyaluronic acid.

Abstract
Serum levels of procollagen III N-peptide (PIIINP) and hyaluronic acid (HA) reflect secretion of procollagen III and HA from fibroblasts, a cell type sensitive to thyroid hormones. Serum PIIINP and HA concentrations were measured in different thyroid function states, the former by two different assays, one detecting intact and aggregated PIIINP (PIIINP assay) and another detecting low mol wt degradation products of PIIINP as well (Fab-PIIINP assay). Two thirds of 28 hyperthyroid patients had elevated serum PIIINP values (mean, 192% in the PIIINP assay and 243% in the Fab-PIIINP assay) compared to age- and sex-matched controls (P less than 0.001). Normalization was seen after medical treatment (n = 16). In contrast, serum HA levels increased from 49 +/- 30 to 68 +/- 37 ng/mL (P less than 0.01) when a euthyroid state was achieved. Hypothyroid patients (n = 23) had increased serum HA levels (mean, 162%; P less than 0.05), which normalized after L-T4 treatment (71 +/- 50 before and 41 +/- 20 ng/mL after treatment (n = 16; P less than 0.02). L-T4 treatment also increased serum PIIINP levels significantly. Subjects with familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia (n = 8), representing a situation with elevated circulating levels of T4 due to enhanced protein binding, and patients with nontoxic goiter with serum TSH levels ranging from 3.6-0.05 mU/L had normal serum levels of PIIINP and HA. Our data suggest that the secretion of procollagen III and that of HA from fibroblasts are influenced differently by thyroid hormones, since the secretion of procollagen III seems enhanced by thyroid hormones, whereas the secretion of HA seems reduced. Neither euthyroidism with enhanced serum T4 levels (familial dysalbuminemic hyperthyroxinemia) nor euthyroidism with reduced serum TSH levels (nontoxic goiter) seems associated with alterations at the connective tissue level.
AuthorsJ Faber, K Hørslev-Petersen, H Perrild, I Lorenzen
JournalThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (J Clin Endocrinol Metab) Vol. 71 Issue 4 Pg. 1016-21 (Oct 1990) ISSN: 0021-972X [Print] United States
PMID2401705 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Procollagen
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • procollagen Type III-N-terminal peptide
  • Thyrotropin
  • Hyaluronic Acid
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyaluronic Acid (blood)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptide Fragments (blood)
  • Procollagen (blood)
  • Thyroid Diseases (blood, therapy)
  • Thyroid Function Tests
  • Thyroid Hormones (blood)
  • Thyrotropin (blood, physiology)

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