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Flory CM, Norris BJ, Larson NA, Coicou LG, Koniar BL, Mysz MA, Rich TP, Ingbar DH, Schumacher RJ. A Preclinical Safety Study of Thyroid Hormone Instilled into the Lungs of Healthy Rats-an Investigational Therapy for ARDS. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2020; 376:74-83. [PMID: 33127750 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.120.000060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe, life-threatening form of respiratory failure characterized by pulmonary edema, inflammation, and hypoxemia due to reduced alveolar fluid clearance (AFC). Alveolar fluid clearance is required for recovery and effective gas exchange, and higher rates of AFC are associated with reduced mortality. Thyroid hormones play multiple roles in lung function, and L-3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) has multiple effects on lung alveolar type II cells. T3 enhances AFC in normal adult rat lungs when administered intramuscularly and in normal or hypoxia-injured lungs when given intratracheally. The safety of a commercially available formulation of liothyronine sodium (synthetic T3) administered intratracheally was assessed in an Investigational New Drug Application-enabling toxicology study in healthy rats. Instillation of the commercial formulation of T3 without modification rapidly caused tracheal injury and often mortality. Intratracheal instillation of T3 that was reformulated and brought to a neutral pH at the maximum feasible dose of 2.73 µg T3 in 300 µl for 5 consecutive days had no clinically relevant T3-related adverse clinical, histopathologic, or clinical pathology findings. There were no unscheduled deaths that could be attributed to the reformulated T3 or control articles, no differences in the lung weights, and no macroscopic or microscopic findings considered to be related to treatment with T3. This preclinical safety study has paved the way for a phase I/II study to determine the safety and tolerability of a T3 formulation delivered into the lungs of patients with ARDS, including coronavirus disease 2019-associated ARDS, and to measure the effect on extravascular lung water in these patients. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: There is growing interest in treating lung disease with thyroid hormone [triiodothyronine (T3)] in pulmonary edema and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, there is not any published experience on the impact of direct administration of T3 into the lung. An essential step is to determine the safety of multiple doses of T3 administered in a relevant animal species. This study enabled Food and Drug Administration approval of a phase I/II clinical trial of T3 instillation in patients with ARDS, including coronavirus disease 2019-associated ARDS (T3-ARDS ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT04115514).
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- Craig M Flory
- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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- Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division (T.P.R., D.H.I.), Center for Translational Medicine (C.M.F., B.J.N., N.A.L., L.G.C., B.L.K., M.A.M., R.J.S.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota (T.P.R.)
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Talhada D, Santos CRA, Gonçalves I, Ruscher K. Thyroid Hormones in the Brain and Their Impact in Recovery Mechanisms After Stroke. Front Neurol 2019; 10:1103. [PMID: 31681160 PMCID: PMC6814074 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormones are of fundamental importance for brain development and essential factors to warrant brain functions throughout life. Their actions are mediated by binding to specific intracellular and membranous receptors regulating genomic and non-genomic mechanisms in neurons and populations of glial cells, respectively. Among others, mechanisms include the regulation of neuronal plasticity processes, stimulation of angiogenesis and neurogenesis as well modulating the dynamics of cytoskeletal elements and intracellular transport processes. These mechanisms overlap with those that have been identified to enhance recovery of lost neurological functions during the first weeks and months after ischemic stroke. Stimulation of thyroid hormone signaling in the postischemic brain might be a promising therapeutic strategy to foster endogenous mechanisms of repair. Several studies have pointed to a significant association between thyroid hormones and outcome after stroke. With this review, we will provide an overview on functions of thyroid hormones in the healthy brain and summarize their mechanisms of action in the developing and adult brain. Also, we compile the major thyroid-modulated molecular pathways in the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke that can enhance recovery, highlighting thyroid hormones as a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
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- Daniela Talhada
- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
- LUBIN Lab-Lunds Laboratorium för Neurokirurgisk Hjärnskadeforskning, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
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- Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- LUBIN Lab-Lunds Laboratorium för Neurokirurgisk Hjärnskadeforskning, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Lottig L, Bader S, Jimenez M, Diener M. Evidence for metabotropic function of epithelial nicotinic cholinergic receptors in rat colon. Br J Pharmacol 2019; 176:1328-1340. [PMID: 30807644 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE ACh exerts its actions via nicotinic (nAChR) and muscarinic receptors. In the peripheral nervous system, ionotropic nAChR mediate responses in excitable cells. However, recent studies demonstrate the expression of nAChR in the colonic epithelium, which are coupled to an induction of Cl- secretion via activation of the Na+ -K+ -pump. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH In order to find out whether these epithelial nAChR function as ionotropic receptors, intracellular microelectrode and imaging experiments were performed in isolated crypts from rat colon. Apically permeabilized epithelia were used to measure pump current across the basolateral membrane. KEY RESULTS Imaging experiments with the Na+ -sensitive dye SBFI revealed that nicotine induced a decrease in the cytosolic Na+ concentration concomitant with a fall in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration in about 50% of the cells. as shown in fura-2 experiments. Nicotine hyperpolarized the membrane by 6.4 ± 2.1 mV. These observations contradict the assumption that epithelial nAChR function as ligand-gated non-selective cation channels. The decrease in the cytosolic Na+ concentration was strongly delayed, when the Na+ -K+ -pump was inhibited by scilliroside. Ussing chamber experiments revealed a strong dependence of the nicotine-induced pump current on the presence of Ca2+ , and chelation of cytosolic Ca2+ with BAPTA prevented the fall in the cytosolic Na+ concentration in SBFI-loaded crypts. Inhibition of PKC with GF 109203X or Goe 6983 significantly reduced the nicotine-induced pump current. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These results suggest that epithelial nAChR activate the Na+ -K+ -pump via a PKC dependent on a sufficient cytosolic Ca2+ concentration.
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- Lena Lottig
- Institute for Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Veterinary Faculty, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Flamant F, Cheng SY, Hollenberg AN, Moeller LC, Samarut J, Wondisford FE, Yen PM, Refetoff S. Thyroid Hormone Signaling Pathways: Time for a More Precise Nomenclature. Endocrinology 2017; 158:2052-2057. [PMID: 28472304 PMCID: PMC6283428 DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Current literature makes a distinction between two pathways for thyroid hormone signaling: genomic and nongenomic. However, this classification is a source of confusion. We propose a clarification in the nomenclature that may help to avoid unproductive controversies and favor progress in this field of research. Four types of thyroid hormone signaling are defined, and the experimental criteria for classification are discussed.
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- Frédéric Flamant
- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, INRA USC 1370, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5242, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6264
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- Division of Laboratory Research, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45127 Essen, Germany
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, INRA USC 1370, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5242, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, 169857, Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
- Department of Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Bader S, Lottig L, Diener M. Stimulation of Na + -K + -pump currents by epithelial nicotinic receptors in rat colon. Br J Pharmacol 2017; 174:880-892. [PMID: 28239845 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acetylcholine-induced epithelial Cl- secretion is generally thought to be mediated by epithelial muscarinic receptors and nicotinic receptors on secretomotor neurons. However, recent data have shown expression of nicotinic receptors by intestinal epithelium and the stimulation of Cl- secretion by nicotine, in the presence of the neurotoxin, tetrodotoxin. Here, we aimed to identify the transporters activated by epithelial nicotinic receptors and to clarify their role in cholinergic regulation of intestinal ion transport. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Ussing chamber experiments were performed, using rat distal colon with intact epithelia. Epithelia were basolaterally depolarized to measure currents across the apical membrane. Apically permeabilized tissue was also used to measure currents across the basolateral membrane in the presence of tetrodotoxin. KEY RESULTS Nicotine had no effect on currents through Cl- channels in the apical membrane or on currents through K+ channels in the apical or the basolateral membrane. Instead, nicotine stimulated the Na+ -K+ -pump as indicated by Na+ -dependency and sensitivity of the nicotine-induced current across the basolateral membrane to cardiac steroids. Effects of nicotine were inhibited by nicotinic receptor antagonists such as hexamethonium and mimicked by dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium, a chemically different nicotinic agonist. Simultaneous stimulation of epithelial muscarinic and nicotinic receptors led to a strong potentiation of transepithelial Cl- secretion. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These results suggest a novel concept for the cholinergic regulation of transepithelial ion transport by costimulation of muscarinic and nicotinic epithelial receptors and a unique role of nicotinic receptors controlling the activity of the Na+ -K+ -ATPase.
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- Sandra Bader
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Gießen, Germany
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Varedi M, Pajouhi N, Owji M, Naghibalhossaini F, Omrani GHR. Differential modulation of claudin 4 expression and myosin light chain phosphorylation by thyroid function in lung injury. CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2015; 11:797-804. [PMID: 26619308 DOI: 10.1111/crj.12418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Revised: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Trauma and ventilator-induced lung injury is often associated with endothelial-epithelial barriers breakdown, which may lead to multiple system organ failure (MSOF) and death in critically ill patients. Although molecular mechanism involved in MSOF is not known, junctional opening is believed to happen. In vitro, thyroid hormones inhibit myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation and may, thus, inhibit cellular contraction and junctional opening. Trauma is also associated with tissue hypo-thyroid state. Therefore, we examined the effects of thyroid function on expression of phospho-MLC (pp-MLC) and claudin 4 (Clud4), key proteins involved in regulation of junctional tightness, in lung injury. METHODS Rats were rendered hypo-thyroid (Hypo) or hyperthyroid (Hyper) by adding methimazole or levo-thyroxine, respectively, to their drinking water. Untreated euthyroid (Eue) animals were used as control. Lung pp-MLC and Clud4 proteins were assessed by western blotting and in situ immunodetection, respectively. Lung injury was induced by high tidal volume mechanical ventilation. RESULTS Lung injury was significantly enhanced in Hypo animals and attenuated in Hyper animals. Parallel changes in expression of lung pp-MLC were detected. Alterations in lung histomorphology correlated with the level of pp-MLC. Expression of alveolar and bronchiolar Clud4 protein was differentially affected by the state of thyroid gland. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that thyroid function plays significant role in lung injury perhaps by modulating expression of the proteins involved in junctional tightness. Besides, they strongly support the idea that the tissue hypo-thyroid state may contribute to endothelial-epithelial barriers breakdown associated with trauma.
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- Masoumeh Varedi
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrine/Metabolism Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Kakavas S, Balis E, Papanikolaou A, Tatsis N, Kouvela M, Tatsis G. Triiodothyronine levels in acute pulmonary embolism predict in-hospital mortality. JOURNAL OF ACUTE DISEASE 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joad.2015.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Modulation by thyroid hormone of myosin light chain phosphorylation and aquaporin 5 protein expression in intact lung. J Physiol Biochem 2015; 71:99-106. [DOI: 10.1007/s13105-015-0386-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Anaya-Hernández A, Rodríguez-Castelán J, Nicolás L, Martínez-Gómez M, Jiménez-Estrada I, Castelán F, Cuevas E. Hypothyroidism affects differentially the cell size of epithelial cells among oviductal regions of rabbits. Reprod Domest Anim 2014; 50:104-11. [PMID: 25405800 DOI: 10.1111/rda.12455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Oviductal regions show particular histological characteristics and functions. Tubal pathologies and hypothyroidism are related to primary and secondary infertility. The impact of hypothyroidism on the histological characteristics of oviductal regions has been scarcely studied. Our aim was to analyse the histological characteristics of oviductal regions in control and hypothyroid rabbits. Hypothyroidism was induced by oral administration of methimazole (MMI) for 30 days. For both groups, serum concentrations of thyroid and gonadal hormones were determined. Sections of oviductal regions were stained with the Masson's trichrome technique to analyse both epithelial and smooth muscle layers. The percentage of proliferative epithelial cells (anti-Ki67) in diverse oviductal regions was also quantified. Data were compared with Student t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, or Fischer's test. In comparison with the control group, the hypothyroid group showed: (i) a low concentration of T3 and T4, but a high level of TSH; (ii) similar values of serum estradiol, progesterone and testosterone; (iii) a large size of ciliated cells in the ampulla (AMP), isthmus (IST) and utero-tubal junction (UTJ); (iv) a large size of secretory cells in the IST region; (v) a low percentage of proliferative secretory cells in the fimbria-infundibulum (FIM-INF) region; and (vi) a similar thickness of the smooth muscle layer and the cross-sectional area in the AMP and IST regions. Modifications in the size of the oviductal epithelium in hypothyroid rabbits could be related to changes in the cell metabolism that may impact on the reproductive functions achieved by oviduct.
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- A Anaya-Hernández
- Doctorado en Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, México
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Rochira A, Damiano F, Marsigliante S, Gnoni GV, Siculella L. 3,5-Diiodo-l-thyronine induces SREBP-1 proteolytic cleavage block and apoptosis in human hepatoma (Hepg2) cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1831:1679-89. [PMID: 23948263 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Thyroid hormone 3,5,3'-triiodo-l-thyronine (T3) is known to affect cell metabolism through both the genomic and non-genomic actions. Recently, we demonstrated in HepG2 cells that T3 controls the expression of SREBP-1, a transcription factor involved in the regulation of lipogenic genes. This occurs by activation of a cap-independent translation mechanism of its mRNA. Such a process is dependent on non-genomic activation of both MAPK/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways. The physiological role of 3,5-diiodo-l-thyronine (T2), previously considered only as a T3 catabolite, is of growing interest. Evidences have been reported that T2 rapidly affects some metabolic pathways through non-genomic mechanisms. Here, we show that T2, unlike T3, determines the block of proteolytic cleavage of SREBP-1 in HepG2 cells, without affecting its expression at the transcriptional or translational level. Consequently, Fatty Acid Synthase expression is reduced. T2 effects depend on the concurrent activation of MAPKs ERK and p38, of Akt and PKC-δ pathways. Upon the activation of these signals, apoptosis of HepG2 cells seems to occur, starting at 12h of T2 treatment. PKC-δ appears to act as a switch between p38 activation and Akt suppression, suggesting that this PKC may function as a controller in the balance of pro-apoptotic (p38) and anti-apoptotic (Akt) signals in HepG2 cells.
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- Alessio Rochira
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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Dietrich JW, Landgrafe G, Fotiadou EH. TSH and Thyrotropic Agonists: Key Actors in Thyroid Homeostasis. J Thyroid Res 2012; 2012:351864. [PMID: 23365787 PMCID: PMC3544290 DOI: 10.1155/2012/351864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This paper provides the reader with an overview of our current knowledge of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid feedback from a cybernetic standpoint. Over the past decades we have gained a plethora of information from biochemical, clinical, and epidemiological investigation, especially on the role of TSH and other thyrotropic agonists as critical components of this complex relationship. Integrating these data into a systems perspective delivers new insights into static and dynamic behaviour of thyroid homeostasis. Explicit usage of this information with mathematical methods promises to deliver a better understanding of thyrotropic feedback control and new options for personalised diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction and targeted therapy, also by permitting a new perspective on the conundrum of the TSH reference range.
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- Johannes W. Dietrich
- Lab XU44, Medical Hospital I, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum (UK RUB), Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, NRW, Germany
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- Lab XU44, Medical Hospital I, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum (UK RUB), Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, NRW, Germany
- Klinik für Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie, Agaplesion Bethesda Krankenhaus Wuppertal gGmbH, Hainstraße 35, 42109 Wuppertal, NRW, Germany
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- Lab XU44, Medical Hospital I, Bergmannsheil University Hospitals, Ruhr University of Bochum (UK RUB), Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, NRW, Germany
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Goulart-Silva F, Serrano-Nascimento C, Nunes M. Hypothyroidism decreases proinsulin gene expression and the attachment of its mRNA and eEF1A protein to the actin cytoskeleton of INS-1E cells. Braz J Med Biol Res 2011; 44:1060-7. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2011007500121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Thyronamines (TAMs) are a newly identified class of endogenous signaling compounds. Their structure is identical to that of thyroid hormone and deiodinated thyroid hormone derivatives, except that TAMs do not possess a carboxylate group. Despite some initial publications dating back to the 1950s, TAMs did not develop into an independent area of research until 2004, when they were rediscovered as potential ligands to a class of G protein-coupled receptors called trace-amine associated receptors. Since this discovery, two representatives of TAMs, namely 3-iodothyronamine (3-T(1)AM) and thyronamine (T(0)AM), have been detected in vivo. Intraperitoneal or central injection of 3-T(1)AM or T(0)AM into mice, rats, or Djungarian hamsters caused various prompt effects, such as metabolic depression, hypothermia, negative chronotropy, negative inotropy, hyperglycemia, reduction of the respiratory quotient, ketonuria, and reduction of fat mass. Although their physiological function remains elusive, 3-T(1)AM and T(0)AM have already revealed promising therapeutic potential because they represent the only endogenous compounds inducing hypothermia as a prophylactic or acute treatment of stroke and might thus be expected to cause fewer side effects than synthetic compounds. This review article summarizes the still somewhat scattered data on TAMs obtained both recently and more than 20 yr ago to yield a complete and updated picture of the current state of TAM research.
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- S Piehl
- Institut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum (Südring 10), Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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Silva FGD, Giannocco G, Luchessi AD, Curi R, Nunes MT. T3 acutely increases GH mRNA translation rate and GH secretion in hypothyroid rats. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2010; 317:1-7. [PMID: 20015464 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cytoskeleton controls the stability of transcripts, by mechanisms that involve mRNAs and eEF1A attachment to it. Besides, it plays a key role in protein synthesis and secretion, which seems to be impaired in somatotrophs of hypothyroid rats, whose cytoskeleton is disarranged. This study investigated the: eEF1A and GH mRNA binding to cytoskeleton plus GH mRNA translation rate and GH secretion, in sham-operated and thyroidectomized rats treated with T3 or saline, and killed 30min thereafter. Thyroidectomy reduced: (a) pituitary F-actin content, and eEF1A plus GH mRNA binding to it; (b) GH mRNA recruitment to polysome; and (c) liver IGF-I mRNA expression, indicating that GH mRNA stability and translation rate, as well as GH secretion were impaired. T3 acutely reversed all these changes, which points toward a nongenomic action of T3 on cytoskeleton rearrangement, which might contribute to the increase on GH mRNA translation rate and GH secretion.
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- F Goulart da Silva
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1524, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Cellular actions of thyroid hormone may be initiated within the cell nucleus, at the plasma membrane, in cytoplasm, and at the mitochondrion. Thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TRs) mediate the biological activities of T(3) via transcriptional regulation. Two TR genes, alpha and beta, encode four T(3)-binding receptor isoforms (alpha1, beta1, beta2, and beta3). The transcriptional activity of TRs is regulated at multiple levels. Besides being regulated by T(3), transcriptional activity is regulated by the type of thyroid hormone response elements located on the promoters of T(3) target genes, by the developmental- and tissue-dependent expression of TR isoforms, and by a host of nuclear coregulatory proteins. These nuclear coregulatory proteins modulate the transcription activity of TRs in a T(3)-dependent manner. In the absence of T(3), corepressors act to repress the basal transcriptional activity, whereas in the presence of T(3), coactivators function to activate transcription. The critical role of TRs is evident in that mutations of the TRbeta gene cause resistance to thyroid hormones to exhibit an array of symptoms due to decreasing the sensitivity of target tissues to T(3). Genetically engineered knockin mouse models also reveal that mutations of the TRs could lead to other abnormalities beyond resistance to thyroid hormones, including thyroid cancer, pituitary tumors, dwarfism, and metabolic abnormalities. Thus, the deleterious effects of mutations of TRs are more severe than previously envisioned. These genetic-engineered mouse models provide valuable tools to ascertain further the molecular actions of unliganded TRs in vivo that could underlie the pathogenesis of hypothyroidism. Actions of thyroid hormone that are not initiated by liganding of the hormone to intranuclear TR are termed nongenomic. They may begin at the plasma membrane or in cytoplasm. Plasma membrane-initiated actions begin at a receptor on integrin alphavbeta3 that activates ERK1/2 and culminate in local membrane actions on ion transport systems, such as the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger, or complex cellular events such as cell proliferation. Concentration of the integrin on cells of the vasculature and on tumor cells explains recently described proangiogenic effects of iodothyronines and proliferative actions of thyroid hormone on certain cancer cells, including gliomas. Thus, hormonal events that begin nongenomically result in effects in DNA-dependent effects. l-T(4) is an agonist at the plasma membrane without conversion to T(3). Tetraiodothyroacetic acid is a T(4) analog that inhibits the actions of T(4) and T(3) at the integrin, including angiogenesis and tumor cell proliferation. T(3) can activate phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by a mechanism that may be cytoplasmic in origin or may begin at integrin alphavbeta3. Downstream consequences of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation by T(3) include specific gene transcription and insertion of Na, K-ATPase in the plasma membrane and modulation of the activity of the ATPase. Thyroid hormone, chiefly T(3) and diiodothyronine, has important effects on mitochondrial energetics and on the cytoskeleton. Modulation by the hormone of the basal proton leak in mitochondria accounts for heat production caused by iodothyronines and a substantial component of cellular oxygen consumption. Thyroid hormone also acts on the mitochondrial genome via imported isoforms of nuclear TRs to affect several mitochondrial transcription factors. Regulation of actin polymerization by T(4) and rT(3), but not T(3), is critical to cell migration. This effect has been prominently demonstrated in neurons and glial cells and is important to brain development. The actin-related effects in neurons include fostering neurite outgrowth. A truncated TRalpha1 isoform that resides in the extranuclear compartment mediates the action of thyroid hormone on the cytoskeleton.
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- Sheue-Yann Cheng
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Suhail M. Na, K-ATPase: Ubiquitous Multifunctional Transmembrane Protein and its Relevance to Various Pathophysiological Conditions. J Clin Med Res 2010; 2:1-17. [PMID: 22457695 PMCID: PMC3299169 DOI: 10.4021/jocmr2010.02.263w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The Na(+), K(+)-ATPase (NKA) is an ubiquitous enzyme consisting of α, β and γ subunits, and is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Na(+) and K(+) gradients across the cell membrane by transporting 3 Na(+) out and 2 K(+) into the cell. Sodium pump regulation is tissue as well as isoform specific. Intracellular messengers differentially regulate the activity of the individual NKA isozymes. Regulation of specific NKA isozymes gives cells the ability to precisely coordinate NKA activity to their physiological requirements. It is the only known receptor for the cardiac glycosides used to treat congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. Endogenous ligands structurally similar to cardiac glycosides may act as natural regulators of the sodium pump in heart and other tissues. Identification of naturally occurring regulators of NKA could initiate the discovery of new hormone-like control systems involved in the etiology of selected disease processes, hence the importance of understanding the relation of the sodium pump and its ligands to disease. Diabetes has a marked effect on the metabolism of a variety of tissues and because the NKA is critical for the membrane potential and many transports, a change in its activity in diabetes would have profound consequence in these tissues. NKA is also involved in hypertension, salt balance, cardiovascular and renal disorders, sperm capacitation, cell volume regulation, apoptosis, rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, neurological disorders, lung edema clearance and preeclampsia. NKA activity and expression in the collecting duct of kidney are modulated physiologically by hormones like aldosterone, vasopressin, and insulin. NKA enzyme activity and subunit levels are reduced in carcinoma, NKA-β levels were highly reduced in an invasive form of human renal clear cell carcinoma, androgen-dependent prostate cancer, in early stages of urothelial cancer, as well as in poorly differentiated, highly motile carcinoma cell lines obtained from various tissues suggesting a functional link between reduced NKA-β expression and cancer progression. It could be a target for the development of anticancer drugs as it serves as a signal transducer, it is a player in cell adhesion and its aberrant expression and activity are implicated in the development and progression of different cancers. KEYWORDS Na(+), K(+)-ATPase (NKA); Cardiotonic steroids (CTS); Diabetes; Hypertension; Cardiovascular and renal disorders; Signal transducer; Anticancer drugs.
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- Mohd Suhail
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, India
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Mechanism of noradrenaline-induced stimulation of Na–K ATPase activity in the rat brain: implications on REM sleep deprivation-induced increase in brain excitability. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 336:3-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0260-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Lei J, Bhargava M, Ingbar DH. Cell-specific signal transduction pathways regulating Na+-K+-ATPase. Focus on “Short-term effects of thyroid hormones on the Na+-K+-ATPase activity of chick embryo hepatocytes during development: focus on signal transduction”. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 296:C1-3. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00553.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Thyroid hormone is a critical regulator of growth, development, and metabolism in virtually all tissues, and altered thyroid status affects many organs and systems. Although for many years testis has been regarded as a thyroid hormone unresponsive organ, it is now evident that thyroid hormone plays an important role in testicular development and function. A considerable amount of data show that thyroid hormone influences steroidogenesis as well as spermatogenesis. The involvement of tri-iodothyronine (T(3)) in the control of Sertoli cell proliferation and functional maturation is widely accepted, as well as its role in postnatal Leydig cell differentiation and steroidogenesis. The presence of thyroid hormone receptors in testicular cells throughout development and in adulthood implies that T(3) may act directly on these cells to bring about its effects. Several recent studies have employed different methodologies and techniques in an attempt to understand the mechanisms underlying thyroid hormone effects on testicular cells. The current review aims at presenting an updated picture of the recent advances made regarding the role of thyroid hormones in male gonadal function.
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- Márcia Santos Wagner
- Endocrine Division, Thyroid Section, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-033, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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Bhargava M, Runyon MR, Smirnov D, Lei J, Groppoli TJ, Mariash CN, Wangensteen OD, Ingbar DH. Triiodo-L-thyronine rapidly stimulates alveolar fluid clearance in normal and hyperoxia-injured lungs. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 178:506-12. [PMID: 18556623 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200709-1429oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Edema fluid resorption is critical for gas exchange and requires active epithelial ion transport by Na, K-ATPase and other ion transport proteins. OBJECTIVES In this study, we sought to determine if alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) is stimulated by 3,3',5 triiodo-L-thyronine (T(3)). METHODS AFC was measured in in situ ventilated lungs and ex vivo isolated lungs by instilling isosmolar 5% bovine serum albumin solution with fluorescein-labeled albumin tracer and measuring the change in fluorescein isothiocyanate-albumin concentration over time. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Systemic treatment with intraperitoneal injections of T(3) for 3 consecutive days increased AFC by 52.7% compared with phosphate-buffered saline-injected control rats. Membranes prepared from alveolar epithelial cells from T(3)-treated rats had higher Na, K-ATPase hydrolytic activity. T(3) (10(-6) M), but not reverse T(3) (3,3',5' triiodo-L-thyronine), applied to the alveolar space increased AFC by 31.8% within 1.5 hours. A 61.5% increase in AFC also occurred by airspace instillation of T(3) in ex vivo isolated lungs, suggesting a direct effect of T(3) on the alveolar epithelium. Exposure of rats to an oxygen concentration of greater than 95% for 60 hours increased wet-to-dry lung weights and decreased AFC, whereas the expression of thyroid receptor was not markedly changed. Airspace T(3) rapidly restored the AFC in rat lungs with hyperoxia-induced lung injury. CONCLUSIONS Airspace T(3) rapidly stimulates AFC by direct effects on the alveolar epithelium in rat lungs with and without lung injury.
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- Maneesh Bhargava
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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