Reversibility of Proliferative Thyroid Lesions Induced by Iodine Deficiency in a Laboratory Zebrafish Colony
Autor: | David Lains, Katrina N. Murray, Jeffrey C. Wolf, Sean T. Spagnoli, Michael L. Kent, Nadine Budrow |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Population Thyroid Gland Biology Lesion 03 medical and health sciences medicine Carcinoma Animals Thyroid Neoplasms education Zebrafish education.field_of_study Hyperplasia Thyroid Original Articles medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Iodine deficiency Diet 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Female Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Iodine Developmental Biology |
Zdroj: | Zebrafish. 15:558-565 |
ISSN: | 1557-8542 1545-8547 |
Popis: | A laboratory zebrafish colony developed red masses, predominantly under the jaw, in a significant portion of the population. The masses were diagnosed histopathologically as thyroid follicular hyperplasia, adenoma, or carcinoma in accordance with published morphologic criteria. After switching to a higher iodine brand of salt used to maintain a low level of salinity within the water system and a small diet change, the thyroid lesions regressed dramatically. Within 5 months the masses were no longer grossly visible. At the population level, external evaluations and histopathological assessments of whole-body sections document a regression in the prevalence of thyroid neoplasia and hyperplasia to normal thyroid conformation by 11 months after salt change. These findings suggest that a wide range of proliferative thyroid lesions, including neoplasms, in zebrafish may be hormone-dependent, even following lesion development. In addition, these results suggest that zebrafish have an adaptive ability to absorb iodine from water and food, which should be considered in discussions to standardize diets and when describing environmental parameters in publications. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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