Tanycytes and the Control of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Flux Into Portal Capillaries


Por: Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Adair, Lazcano, Ivan, Sanchez-Jaramillo, Edith, Maria Uribe, Rosa, Jaimes-Hoy, Lorraine, Joseph-Bravo, Patricia, Charli, Jean-Louis

Publicada: 25 jun 2019
Categoría: Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism

Resumen:
Central and peripheral mechanisms that modulate energy intake, partition and expenditure determine energy homeostasis. Thyroid hormones (TH) regulate energy expenditure through the control of basal metabolic rate and thermogenesis; they also modulate food intake. TH concentrations are regulated by the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis, and by transport and metabolism in blood and target tissues. In mammals, hypophysiotropic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus integrate energy-related information. They project to the external zone of the median eminence (ME), a brain circumventricular organ rich in neuron terminal varicosities and buttons, tanycytes, other glial cells and capillaries. These capillary vessels form a portal system that links the base of the hypothalamus with the anterior pituitary. Tanycytes of the medio-basal hypothalamus express a repertoire of proteins involved in transport, sensing, and metabolism of TH; among them is type 2 deiodinase, a source of 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine necessary for negative feedback on TRH neurons. Tanycytes subtypes are distinguished by position and phenotype. The end-feet of beta 2-tanycytes intermingle with TRH varicosities and terminals in the external layer of the ME and terminate close to the ME capillaries. Besides type 2 deiodinase, beta 2-tanycytes express the TRH-degrading ectoenzyme (TRH-DE); this enzyme likely controls the amount of TRH entering portal vessels. TRH-DE is rapidly upregulated by TH, contributing to TH negative feedback on HPT axis. Alterations in energy balance also regulate the expression and activity of TRH-DE in the ME, making beta 2-tanycytes a hub for energy-related regulation of HPT axis activity. beta 2-tanycytes also express TRH-R1, which mediates positive effects of TRH on TRH-DE activity and the size of beta 2-tanycyte end-feet contacts with the basal lamina adjacent to ME capillaries. These end-feet associations with ME capillaries, and TRH-DE activity, appear to coordinately control HPT axis activity. Thus, down-stream of neuronal control of TRH release by action potentials arrival in the external layer of the median eminence, imbricated intercellular processes may coordinate the flux of TRH into the portal capillaries. In conclusion, beta 2-tanycytes appear as a critical cellular element for the somatic and post-secretory control of TRH flux into portal vessels, and HPT axis regulation in mammals.

Filiaciones:
Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Adair:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biotecnol, Dept Genet Desarrollo & Fisiol Mol, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

 Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Lazcano, Ivan:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Neurobiol, Dept Neurobiol Cellar & Mol, Juriquilia, Mexico

 Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Juriquilla, Mexico

Sanchez-Jaramillo, Edith:
 Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon Fuente Muniz, Direcc Invest Neurociencias, Lab Neuroendocrinol Mol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

 Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinología Molecular, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico

Maria Uribe, Rosa:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biotecnol, Dept Genet Desarrollo & Fisiol Mol, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Jaimes-Hoy, Lorraine:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biotecnol, Dept Genet Desarrollo & Fisiol Mol, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

 Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Joseph-Bravo, Patricia:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biotecnol, Dept Genet Desarrollo & Fisiol Mol, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

 Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Charli, Jean-Louis:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biotecnol, Dept Genet Desarrollo & Fisiol Mol, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
ISSN: 16642392
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Tipo de documento: Review
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WOS Id: 000473059600001
ID de PubMed: 31293518

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