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Detection of thyroglobulin mRNA transcripts in peripheral blood of individuals with and without thyroid glands: evidence for thyroglobulin expression by blood cells. 2001

M J Bugalho, and R S Domingues, and A C Pinto, and A Garrão, and A L Catarino, and T Ferreira, and E Limbert, and L Sobrinho
Serviço de Endocrinologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia, Lisboa, Portugal. mjbugalho@ipolisboa.min-saude.pt

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have assigned clinical significance and prognostic value to the detection of thyroglobulin (Tg) mRNA in the blood of patients subjected to total thyroidectomy for a papillary or follicular thyroid carcinoma. In this study, we investigated the diagnostic specificity of Tg mRNA detection, analysing blood samples from healthy volunteers and from patients previously subjected to total thyroidectomy for reasons other than a carcinoma of the follicular epithelium. METHODS Total RNA was extracted from whole blood, reverse-transcribed and the cDNA amplified for Tg and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase with specific primers. Expression levels were analysed by using a semi-quantitative PCR. In a few cases, Lymphoprep gradients were used to separate the mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells prior to further analysis by reverse transcription/PCR. RESULTS Our data suggested that all individuals expressed Tg mRNA. Moreover, no differences in the expression levels between subjects with and without thyroid glands were documented. Documentation of Tg expression by the mononuclear and polymorphonuclear layers in patients without thyroid glands support the hypothesis that both lymphocytes and granulocytes express Tg and may justify a background expression in blood, independently of the presence of follicular cells in circulation. CONCLUSIONS Tg mRNA expression is not limited to follicular cells of the thyroid gland, and its expression by normal blood cells should be considered in tests performed for diagnostic purposes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001773 Blood Cells The cells found in the body fluid circulating throughout the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell,Blood Corpuscle,Cell, Blood,Cells, Blood,Corpuscle, Blood,Corpuscles, Blood
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012333 RNA, Messenger RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm. Messenger RNA,Messenger RNA, Polyadenylated,Poly(A) Tail,Poly(A)+ RNA,Poly(A)+ mRNA,RNA, Messenger, Polyadenylated,RNA, Polyadenylated,mRNA,mRNA, Non-Polyadenylated,mRNA, Polyadenylated,Non-Polyadenylated mRNA,Poly(A) RNA,Polyadenylated mRNA,Non Polyadenylated mRNA,Polyadenylated Messenger RNA,Polyadenylated RNA,RNA, Polyadenylated Messenger,mRNA, Non Polyadenylated
D013954 Thyroglobulin
D013965 Thyroidectomy Surgical removal of the thyroid gland. (Dorland, 28th ed) Thyroidectomies
D016133 Polymerase Chain Reaction In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships. Anchored PCR,Inverse PCR,Nested PCR,PCR,Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction,Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction,Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR, Anchored,PCR, Inverse,PCR, Nested,Polymerase Chain Reactions,Reaction, Polymerase Chain,Reactions, Polymerase Chain
D020133 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction A variation of the PCR technique in which cDNA is made from RNA via reverse transcription. The resultant cDNA is then amplified using standard PCR protocols. Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase,Reverse Transcriptase PCR,PCR, Reverse Transcriptase,Transcriptase PCR, Reverse

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