1. The metabolism of 131I-labelled thyroglobulin from four mammalian species has been studied. 2. The rat, dog and monkey rapidly metabolize the homologous protein, with the formation of iodide, iodotyrosines and thyroxine. Rabbit thyroglobulin disappears slowly from the plasma of the rabbit after intravenous injection, and no metabolites have so far been detected in the blood. 3. The developme...

The present study, utilizing the hormone-responsive rat thyroid cell line FRTL-5, presents evidence establishing the regulatory role of thyrotropin in modulating mRNA for beta-galactoside alpha 2,6-sialytransferase, the enzyme responsible for the expression of alpha 2,6-linked sialic acid. Both the cell surface membrane and the thyroglobulin secreted by cells grown in the presence of this hormo...

BACKGROUND Quantification of serum tumor markers plays an important role in determining whether patients treated for cancer require further therapy. Whereas large-scale proteomic efforts aim to identify novel tumor markers to facilitate early detection, optimization of methods for quantifying known tumor markers offers another approach to improving management of malignancies. For example, immun...

The large numbers of studies on the postoperative management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma allows us to use adjuvant treatment and follow-up studies more selectively based on patient risk for recurrence and mortality. Recurrent differentiated thyroid carcinoma is more easily and more effectively treated with early diagnosis. With this in mind, patients who are at high risk for life-threat...

A radioimmunoassay (RIA) for the measurement of thyroglobulin in human serum was developed and factors that influence sensitivity were investigated. In a comparison of 3 different labeling procedures (chloramine T, iodogen, lactoperoxidase) iodogen-prepared tracer proved to be slightly superior with respect to sensitivity and stability. The shelf life of the tracer was improved by a protein-enr...

Sedimentation-coefficient measurements on human IgG, fibrinogen and alpha(2)-macroglobulin and pig thyroglobulin were made at rotor velocities of 15220-59780 rev./min and 25.0 degrees C in capillary-type synthetic-boundary cells or ordinary cells. At the lowest velocity, IgG and fibrinogen gave results several per cent higher than at other velocities, whereas alpha(2)-macroglobulin and thyroglo...

Coexistence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and thyroid autoimmune diseases could represent a mere coincidence due to the frequent occurrence of autoimmunity, but there may also be a pathological and causative link between the two conditions. The coincidence of DTC with Hashimoto's disease has been variably reported at between 0.5 and 22.5% and of DTC with Graves' disease between 0 and 9...

Neonatal thyroidectomy of Obese strain (OS) chickens showed that the spontaneous development of thyroid autoimmunity in these animals was fully dependent upon the presence of autoantigen, and could not be ascribed essentially to antigen-independent mechanisms such as polyclonal lymphocyte activation or innate distortions within the idiotype network. Similarly, removal of the gland in animals wi...

The role of thallium-201 (201TI) scintigraphy in the follow-up evaluation of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is controversial. Desirable characteristics of 201TI scintigraphy including the potential for no thyroid hormone withdrawal, immediate imaging postinjection, and low radiation burden relative to iodine-131 (131I) suggests it is logistically superior to 131I scintigraphy. Fifty-two...