Project description:Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine cardiac transcriptional pathways regulated in response to 1.) hypothyroidism and re-establishment of a euthyroid state and 2.) Med13-dependent cardiac transcriptional pathways regulated in response to hypothyroidism and re-establishment of a euthyroid state
Project description:Background: Sex and age have substantial influence on thyroid function. Sex influences the risk and clinical expression of thyroid disorders (TDs), with age a proposed trigger for the development of TDs. Cardiac function is affected by thyroid hormone levels with gender differences. Accordingly, we investigated the proteomic changes involved in sex based cardiac responses to thyroid dysfunction in elderly mice. Methods: Aged (18-20 months) male and female C57BL/6 mice were fed diets to create euthyroid, hypothyroid, or hyperthyroid states. Serial echocardiographs were performed to assess heart function. Proteomic changes in cardiac protein profiles were assessed by 2-D DIGE and LC-MS/MS, and a subset confirmed by immunoblotting. Results: Serial echocardiographs showed ventricular function remained unchanged regardless of treatment. Heart rate and size increased (hyperthyroid) or decreased (hypothyroid) independent of sex. Pairwise comparison between the six groups identified 55 proteins (≥ 1.5-fold difference and p < 0.1). Compared to same-sex controls 26/55 protein changes were in the female hypothyroid heart, whereas 15/55 protein changes were identified in the male hypothyroid, and male and female hyperthyroid heart. The proteins mapped to oxidative phosphorylation, tissue remodeling and inflammatory response pathways. Conclusion: We identified both predicted and novel proteins with gender specific differential expression in response to thyroid hormone status, providing a catalogue of proteins associated with thyroid dysfunction. Pursuit of these proteins and their involvement in cardiac function will expand our understanding of mechanisms involved in sex-based cardiac response to thyroid dysfunction.
Project description:Thyroid hormone receptor beta (THRB) is post-translationally modified by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO). To investigate the biological role of THRB sumoylation, we generated a mouse model with a mutation that disrupts sumoylation at lysine 146 (K146Q). The THRB K146Q mutant mice had normal serum thyroxine (T4), markedly elevated serum thyrotropin (TSH) (81-fold above control), and enlargement of both the pituitary and the thyroid gland. The marked elevation in TSH, despite a normal serum T4 concentration, indicated blunted feedback regulation of TSH. TH profuction was 10-fold lower (per mg of thyroid tissue) in mutant mice compared to Wt mice.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE32443: Identical gene regulation patterns of triiodothyronine (T3) and selective thyroid hormone receptor modulator GC-1 [Affymetrix] GSE32444: Identical gene regulation patterns of triiodothyronine (T3) and selective thyroid hormone receptor modulator GC-1 [Illumina] Refer to individual Series
Project description:Using tadpoles mutant for thyroid hormone receptor alpha (thra), we show that TRa is required for thyroid hormone (T3) induction of cell proliferation in the brain. RNA-sequencing showed that the TRa is required for 95% of the gene regulation responses to T3.
Project description:Although it is well known that the thyroid hormone (T3) is an important positive regulator of cardiac function over a short-term and that it also promotes deleterious effects over a long-term, the molecular mechanisms for such effects are not well understood yet. Since most alterations in cardiac function are associated to changes on sarcomeric machinery, the present work was undertaken in order to find novel sarcomeric hot spots driven by T3 in the heart. We analysed gene expression changes in heart of rats submitted to experimental hyperthyroidism through microarray analysis. The timeline analysis included euthyroid group as control, 12, 24 hours and 7 days treatment groups.
Project description:Thyroid hormones are important for homeostatic control of energy metabolism and body temperature. Although skeletal muscle is considered an important site for thyroid action, the contribution of thyroid hormone receptor signaling, in muscle, to whole-body energy metabolism and body temperature has not been resolved. Here, we show that thyroid hormone-induced increase in energy expenditure requires thyroid hormone receptor alpha 1 (TRa1) in skeletal muscle, but that thyroid hormone induced elevation in body temperature is independent of muscle-TRa1. In slow-twitch soleus muscle, ablation of TRa1 leads to an altered fiber type composition toward a more oxidative phenotype, which, however, does not influence running capacity or motivation to voluntary running. RNA-sequencing of soleus muscle from WT mice and TRaHSACre mice revealed differentiated transcriptional regulation of genes associated with muscle thermogenesis, such as sarcolipin and UCP3, thus providing molecular clues pertaining to the mechanistic underpinnings of TRa1-linked control of whole-body metabolic rate. Together, this work establishes a fundamental role for skeletal muscle in thyroid hormone-stimulated increase in whole-body energy expenditure.
Project description:We examined the impact of thyroid hormone excess on the mouse fetal heart utilizing a model of deficiency in DIO3, the enzyme that is responsible for clearing thyroid hormones
Project description:Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the cardiac gene expression prifile in the whole heart of mice with mutated thyroid receptor alpha 1 (TRα1R384C+/m) in control condition as well as after treatement with 3,3´,5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) for 12 days.