Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundThyroid hormone transporting proteins Mct8 and Mct10 have been detected at the plasma membrane of thyroid epithelial cells, whereas Lat2 was found predominantly at vesicular membranes. In this study we look into the effects of inhibiting thyroid hormone transporters on their subcellular localisation to better understand their fate and trafficking pathways in thyrocytes. Thus, a pharmacological intervention study with specific inhibitors of thyr...

The function of the thyroid gland is to maintain thyroid hormone (TH) levels in the blood circulation. Thyroid epithelial cells liberate TH from the precursor molecule thyroglobulin (Tg) by the combined proteolytic action of the cathepsin B, K, L, and S. Cathepsin L-deficiency in mice results in impaired processing of Tg and remnants of dead cells in the follicle lumen. Recently, we have shown that Trace amine-associated receptor 1 (Taar1) is localized on the primary cilia of ...