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ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 164, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqad029
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thyroid; aging; single-cell RNA sequencing; metallothionein; fibrosis
This study used single-cell RNA sequencing to identify specific changes in gene expression in human thyroid cells during aging. It found that a subset of cells showed functional decline and increased expression of certain genes, suggesting their increased vulnerability during aging. This research provides evidence for understanding the changes in the human thyroid gland during aging.
The thyroid gland plays a critical role in the maintenance of whole-body metabolism. However, aging frequently impairs homeostatic maintenance by thyroid hormones due to increased prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, and fibrosis. To understand the specific aging-related changes of endocrine function in thyroid epithelial cells, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of 54 726 cells derived from pathologically normal thyroid tissues from 7 patients who underwent thyroidectomy. Thyroid endocrine epithelial cells were clustered into 5 distinct subpopulations, and a subset of cells was found to be particularly vulnerable with aging, showing functional deterioration associated with the expression of metallothionein (MT) and major histocompatibility complex class II genes. We further validated that increased expression of MT family genes are highly correlated with thyroid gland aging in bulk RNAseq datasets. This study provides evidence that aging induces specific transcriptomic changes across multiple cell populations in the human thyroid gland.
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