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Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21949-900, Brazil
1 Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
2 Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science and Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
(Requests for offprints should be addressed to C C Pazos-Moura; Email: cpazosm{at}biof.ufrj.br)
The level of thyrotropin (TSH) secretion is determined by the balance of TSH-releasing hormone (TRH) and thyroid hormones. However, neuromedin B (NB), a bombesin-like peptide, highly concentrated in the pituitary, has been postulated to be a tonic inhibitor of TSH secretion. We studied the pituitary–thyroid axis in adult male mice lacking NB receptor (NBR-KO) and their wild-type (WT) littermates. At basal state, NBR-KO mice presented serum TSH slightly higher than WT (18%, P< 0.05), normal intra-pituitary TSH content, and no significant changes in
and ß TSH mRNA levels. Serum thyroxine was normal but serum triiodothyronine (T3) was reduced by 24% (P< 0.01) in NBR-KO mice. Pituitaries of NBR-KO mice exhibited no alteration in prolactin mRNA expression but type I and II deiodinase mRNA levels were reduced by 53 and 42% respectively (P< 0.05), while TRH receptor mRNA levels were importantly increased (78%, P< 0.05). The TSH-releasing effect of TRH was significantly higher in NBR-KO than in WT mice (7.1-and 4.0-fold respectively), but, while WT mice presented a 27% increase in serum T3 (P< 0.05) after TRH, NBR-KO mice showed no change in serum T3 after TRH. NBR-KO mice did not respond to exogenous NB, while WT showed a 30% reduction in serum TSH. No compensatory changes in mRNA expression of NB or other bombesin-related peptides and receptors (gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), GRP-receptor and bombesin receptor subtype-3) were found in the pituitary of NBR-KO mice. Therefore, the data suggest that NB receptor pathways are importantly involved in thyrotroph gene regulation and function, leading to a state where TSH release is facilitated especially in response to TRH, but probably with a less-bioactive TSH. Therefore, the study highlights the important role of NB as a physiological regulator of pituitary–thyroid axis function and gene expression.
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