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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296: E1414-E1422, 2009. First published March 31, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.90876.2008
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Iodide deficiency-induced angiogenic stimulus in the thyroid occurs via HIF- and ROS-dependent VEGF-A secretion from thyrocytes

Anne-Catherine Gérard,1 Sylvie Poncin,1 Jean-Nicolas Audinot,2 Jean-François Denef,1 and Ides M. Colin1

1Unité de Morphologie Expérimentale, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; and 2Département Sciences et Analyse des Matériaux, Centre de Recherche Gabriel Lippman, Belvaux, Luxembourg

Submitted 30 October 2008 ; accepted in final form 24 March 2009

Vascular supply is an obvious requirement for all organs. In addition to oxygen and nutrients, blood flow also transports essential trace elements. Iodine, which is a key element in thyroid hormone synthesis, is one of them. An inverse relationship exists between the expansion of the thyroid microvasculature and the local availability of iodine. This microvascular trace element-dependent regulation is unique and contributes to keep steady the iodide delivery to the thyroid. Signals involved in this regulation, such as VEGF-A, originate from thyrocytes as early TSH-independent responses to iodide scarcity. The question raised in this paper is how thyrocytes, facing an acute drop in intracellular stores of iodine, generate angiogenic signals acting on adjacent capillaries. Using in vitro models of rat and human thyroid cells, we show for the first time that the deficit in iodine is related to the release of VEGF-A via a reactive oxygen species/hypoxia-inducible factor-1-dependent pathway.

thyroid function; angiogenesis; vascular endothelial growth factor A; oxidative stress; hypoxia-inducible factor; reactive oxygen species


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: A.-C. Gérard, Unité de Morphologie Expérimentale, Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL-5251, 52 Av. E. Mounier, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium (e-mail: anne-catherine.gerard{at}uclouvain.be)






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