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Fatal outcome of a young woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma and graves' disease: possible implication of "cross-signalling" mechanism / Desfecho Fatal de uma Paciente com Carcinoma Papilífero de Tiróide e Doença de Graves: possível Implicação do Mecanismo de Sinalização Cruzada
Cross, Graciela A. de; Suarez, Horacio; Pitoia, Fabián; Moncet, Daniel; Vanegas, María; Bruno, Oscar D; Niepomniszcze, Hugo.
  • Cross, Graciela A. de; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Suarez, Horacio; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Pitoia, Fabián; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Moncet, Daniel; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Vanegas, María; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Bruno, Oscar D; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Niepomniszcze, Hugo; University of Buenos Aires. Hospital de Clínicas. Division of Endocrinology. Buenos Aires. AR
Arq. bras. endocrinol. metab ; 52(7): 1194-1199, out. 2008. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-499732
ABSTRACT
A 29 yrs-old patient was referred to our hospital due to generalized convulsions. She had hyperthyroidism treated with methimazole. Her MRI showed 4 metastatic lesions in the brain. She had a goiter with a "cold" nodule and a palpable ipsilateral lymph node. The FNAB disclosed a papillary thyroid carcinoma. Under 5 mg of MMI treatment, she had a subclinical hyperthyroidism and TRAb were 47.8 percent (n.v. < 10 percent). The CT scan also showed lung metastasis. She underwent a total thyroidectomy with a modified neck dissection and she received an accumulated radioiodine dose of 700 mCi during the following two years. She died from the consequences of multiple metastatic lesions. Studies were performed in DNA extracted from paraffin-embedded tissue from the tumor, the metastatic lymph node and the non-tumoral thyroid. The genetic analysis of tumoral DNA revealed point mutations in two different genes: the wild type CAA at codon 61 of N-RAS mutated to CAT, replacing glycine by histidine (G61H) and the normal GCC sequence at codon 623 of the TSHR gene was replaced by TCC, changing the alanine by serine (A623S). In the non-tumoral tissue no mutations were found. In vitro studies showed a constitutive activation of the TSHR. It is very probable that this activating mutation of the TSHR is unable to reach the end point of the PKA cascade in the tumoral tissue. One possibility that could explain this is the presence of a cross-signaling mechanism generating a deviation of the TSH receptor cascade to the more proliferative one involving the MAPKinase, giving perhaps a more aggressive behavior of this papillary thyroid cancer.
RESUMO
Paciente de 29 anos foi encaminhada ao Hospital de Clínicas por causa de convulsões generalizadas. Apresentava hipertiroidismo tratado com metimazol (MMI). A ressonância magnética mostrava quatro lesões metastáticas cerebrais. Possuía bócio com nódulo frio e linfonodo palpável ipsilateral. Usando 5 mg de MMI, a paciente apresentava hipertiroidismo subclínico e TRAb = 47,8 por cento (normal < 10 por cento). A tomografia computadorizada também mostrava metástases pulmonares. A paciente foi submetida a tiroidectomia total com dissecção cervical modificada e recebeu dose acumulada de radioiodo de 700 mCi durante o período de dois anos. Foi analisado o DNA extraído de tecido emblocado em parafina do tumor, do linfonodo metastático e de tecido tiroidiano não-tumoral. Foram encontradas mutações pontuais em dois genes: uma substituição do genótipo selvagem CAA no códon 61 de /N-RAS/ por CAT, substituindo a glicina pela histidina (G61H) e uma substituição da seqüência normal GCC no códon 623 do gene TSHR por TCC, trocando a alanina pela serina (A623S). Não foram encontradas mutações no tecido não-tumoral. Estudos in vitro mostraram ativação constitutiva de TSHR. Já que esta mutação ativadora de TSHR foi incapaz de atingir o final da cascata PKA no tecido tumoral, sugere-se que um mecanismo de cross-signaling possa explicar o desvio da cascata do receptor de TSH para outra mais proliferativa, envolvendo MAPKinase e levando ao comportamento mais agressivo deste câncer papilífero.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Thyroid Gland / Thyroid Neoplasms / Carcinoma, Papillary / Graves Disease Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: Arq. bras. endocrinol. metab Journal subject: Endocrinology / Metabolism Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: University of Buenos Aires/AR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Thyroid Gland / Thyroid Neoplasms / Carcinoma, Papillary / Graves Disease Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: Arq. bras. endocrinol. metab Journal subject: Endocrinology / Metabolism Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: University of Buenos Aires/AR