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A simple, sensitive, and practical assay for thyroid-stimulating autoantibodies (TSAb) was developed in which cryopreserved porcine thyroid cells were incubated with crude immunoglobulin fractions sedimented from serum with polyethylene glycol. In the assay, 1.4- to 2.0-fold and 6- to 12-fold increases in cAMP released into Hank's medium without NaCl were found at 1 and 10 microU/ml bovine TSH, respectively. TSAb were detected in 41 (97.6%) of 42 patients with untreated hyperthyroid Graves' disease, 29 (55.8%) of 52 patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease who were euthyroid while taking antithyroid drugs, 22 (78.6%) of 28 patients with euthyroid Graves' disease, and none of the patients with simple goiter, adenomatous goiter, thyroid adenoma, or thyroid cancer tested. TSAb activities measured using porcine thyroid cells significantly correlated with those measured using human thyroid adenoma cells (r = 0.908; n = 46; P less than 0.001). Thyroid-stimulating activity was also detected in 11 (28.9%) of 38 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. However, the activity was considered to be due to TSH in the patients' sera, because it was completely abolished by pretreatment with anti-TSH antibodies. Serum TSH concentrations lower than 50 microU/ml did not affect the assay result. In Graves' disease after cessation of antithyroid drugs, 85.7% (12 of 14) of TSAb-positive patients relapsed, while 77.8% (14 of 18) of TSAb-negative patients remained in remission. Thus, the assessment of TSAb was useful as an index to predict prognosis.
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