Thyroid Gland Flashcards
Gestational deficiency of thyroid hormone will lead to what?
Cretinism (congenital hypothyroidism)
What is the functional unit of the thyroid?
Follicular cell
What cells releases calcitonin?
Parafollicular cells
Where are thyroid hormones stored?
Colloid
What is the precursor of thyroid hormones?
thyroglobin
Increased colloid will be found with HYPERthryoid or HYPOthyroid?
HYPOthyroid
Is more iodide found in stored in the thyroid or in plasma?
Thyroid storage (100:1)
*Protects against iodide deficiency
Iodide uptakes happens on the basal or apical membrane?
Basal membrane
What symporter brings iodide into the cell?
2Na/I symporter (NIS)
*Facilitated by Na/K-ATPase
What opens the anotamin-1/I channel?
TSH binding to receptor
Will NIS be up or down regulated w/ low iodide diet?
Unregulated
Loss of negative feedback due to no T3/T4 will cause what?
↑ TSH activity = goiter
With hypothyroidism, will there be increased or decreased uptake of radioactive iodide tracer?
decreased
A mutation NIS will lead to a defect in what?
Iodide transport
SX: hypothyroidism, goiter, and ↓ uptake of radio-iodide
Production of a thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin will stimulate or block the release of T3/T4?
Stimulate
Production of a thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin will ultimately lead to what with regards to the thyroid gland?
Hypertrophy and hyperplasia => goiter
In what tissues is NIS independent of TSH? (3)
- Gastric mucosa
- Placenta
- Lactating mammary glands
What are the pharmacologic inhibitors of iodide uptake? (2)
- Perchlorate
2. Thiocyanate
What are the 5 steps of thyroid hormone synthesis?
- Uptakes (basal membrane)
- Oxidation (apical membrane)
- Organification (follicular lumen)
- Coupling of iodinated tyrosines (apical membranes)
- Secretion (basal-lateral membrane)
What transports iodine to the apical membrane for it to be oxidized?
Pendrin
Goiter in childhood with progressive hearing loss is what syndrome?
Pendrin Syndrome
(due to mutation in pendrin gene)
hypothyroidism
What blocks TPO?
Propylthiouracil (PTU)
What oxidizes iodide to iodine?
Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) w/ H202 as oxidizing agent
Where does oxidation of iodine occur?
Apical membrane
Where does organification of iodine occur?
Follicular lumen
Tyrosine residues w/ TG (glycoprotein) are iodinated via TPO to form what?
Monoiodinated tyrosine (MIT) and Diiodinated tyrosine (DIT)
What is the name of the effect that temporarily blocks thyroid hormone production when plasma iodide levels are high?
Wolff-Chaikoff effect