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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2012

Interspecies differences in membrane-associated protease activities of thyrocytes and their relevance for thyroid cancer studies.

Eleonore Fröhlich, Elke Maier, Richard Wahl

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Progress in oncolytic virotherapy for the treatment of thyroid malignant neoplasm.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2014
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eleonore FröhlichDepartment of Endocrinology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Elke Maier
Richard Wahl
University of Tübingen · DEMedical University of Graz · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo understand the role of proteases involved in human thyroid cancer progression and tissue invasion, thyrocytes from other species could potentially be used provided their characteristics are similar. It is not known whether dipeptidyl peptidase IV and aminopeptidase N activities, which are overexpressed in human thyroid cancer, are, as in human, also absent in normal thyrocytes of other species, making them suitable models for studies on the regulation of these proteases.

methodsTo assess the role of these proteases, activity was measured in thyroid tissue of human, mouse, rat, porcine, bovine and ovine origin. The lysosomal protease, dipeptidyl peptidase II, was used for comparison.

resultsMurine, rat, ovine, bovine and human thyrocytes all lacked dipeptidyl peptidase IV and aminopeptidase N activity, but porcine thyrocytes were found to possess both. In contrast, lysosomal dipeptidyl peptidase II was strongly expressed in all species. These activity patterns were maintained in cultured cells. Cultured porcine thyrocytes formed follicles with typical morphology upon stimulation with TSH but differed from human thyrocytes in their response to thiamazole.

conclusionsThese species differences in the expression of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and aminopeptidase N, indicate that porcine thyrocytes cannot be considered appropriate for the study of proteases in human cancer development.

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AnimalsCattleCD13 AntigensCells, CulturedDipeptidyl Peptidase 4FemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySheepSpecies SpecificitySwineThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsCD13 AntigensDipeptidyl Peptidase 4

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