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The expression of parathyroid hormone messenger RNA in normal and abnormal parathyroid tissue
Author(s) -
Kendall C. H.,
Roberts Phillipa A.,
Pringle J. H.,
Lauder I.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711650205
Subject(s) - parathyroid hormone , parathyroid chief cell , hyperplasia , messenger rna , in situ hybridization , parathyroidectomy , hyperparathyroidism , parathyroid neoplasm , biology , adenoma , medicine , endocrinology , pathology , parathyroid adenoma , gene , calcium , biochemistry
The distribution and expression of preproparathyroid hormone (PTH) mRNA were investigated in parathyroid tissue from 57 parathyroidectomy specimens. PTH mRNA was detected by in situ hybridization using digoxigeninlabelled oligonucleotide probes. Cell morphology was seen to correlate with PTH mRNA expression. Strong expression of PTH mRNA was confined to cells which on haematoxylin and eosin staining had large vesicular nuclei. These included both vaculated and non‐vacuolated cells. Chief cells with small dark nuclei and scanty cytoplasm had little or no expression. In both adenoma and chief cell hyperplasia, the striking difference from normal was the greatly increased proportion of cells expressing PTH mRNA. In adenomas, the rim of uninvolved parathyroid tissue showed PTH mRNA expression similar to that of normal parathyroid. In hyperplasia, there was frequently concordance of staining within individual nodules. The findings establish morphological criteria for activity of parathyroid tissue and support current concepts of the different pathogenesis of hyperplasia and adenoma. The expression of PTH mRNA in oxyphil change and parathyroid carcinomas was also investigated.