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( Boelen et al . 2004 a , 2006 , Fekete et al . 2004 , Mebis et al . 2009 ). The mechanism involved is still unclear although we showed that the illness induced decrease of Tsh β expression depends on functional thyroid hormone receptor (TR
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TRβ2 FAM-AGTCCACTGATTATTGC-NFQ-MGB bp 85–100 β-actin FAM-CCCCAGACATCAGGGT-NFQ-MGB bp 179–194 The EMBL accession number is indicated in parentheses beside each gene. TRβ2, thyroid hormone receptor β2; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; FAM
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The correlation between the occurrence of Graves' ophthalmopathy and Graves' hyperthyroidism may indicate a role for tri-iodothyronine (T3) hormone in the pathogenesis of Graves' ophthalmopathy. In Graves' ophthalmopathy the recti eye muscles are greatly enlarged whereas skeletal muscles seem unaffected. The distribution of the nuclear T3 receptor was studied in normal human and rat eye and skeletal muscles with immunohistochemistry using mouse (monoclonal) antibodies, and by in-situ hybridization for the detection of mRNA encoding the T3-receptor protein.
Nuclear staining with T3-receptor antibodies was found in all types of tissues studied. Cytoplasmic staining occurred predominantly in the muscle fibres of the orbital layer of the eye muscles and was generally absent or very low in skeletal muscle fibres and hepatocytes. Immunostaining could be inhibited by preabsorbing the antibodies with bacterially expressed T3-receptor protein, implying specificity. The presence of nuclear and cytoplasmic hormonefree T3 receptor sites was indicated after preincubation of sections with T3 hormone: T3-receptor immunostaining decreased and T3-hormone staining increased. In-situ hybridization clearly revealed the presence of α-1 and β-1 forms of the T3-receptor mRNA in liver, skeletal muscles, and orbital and intermediate layers of the eye muscles.
The data demonstrate the presence of T3 hormone-receptor molecules in the extraocular and skeletal muscles. The different susceptibilities of these muscles to Graves' hyperthyroidism may relate to the quantitative differences in T3 hormone-receptor distribution.
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Skeletal muscles are important target tissues for thyroid hormone action. The present study examines the influence of thyroid status on muscle growth and tissue-specific expression of thyroid receptor (TR) mRNA isoforms in a commercial strain of the domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos). Four groups (n=5) of 1-week-old ducklings were rendered either hypothyroid by treatment with methimazole (6 mg 100 g(-1) body mass or 12 mg 100 g(-1) body mass), or hyperthyroid by treatment with methimazole (6 mg 100 g(-1) body mass) in combination with thyroid hormones (5 microg thyroxine (T(4)) and tri-iodothyronine (T(3)) 100 g(-1) body mass or 10 microg T(4) and T(3) 100 g(-1) body mass). Serum and tissue samples (cardiac, pectoralis and semimembranosus leg muscle, liver, pituitary and cerebral cortex) were collected from these four groups, and from a group of untreated controls, at 8 weeks of age. Development of duckling morphology was retarded in methimazole-treated birds compared with that in euthyroid controls, as evidenced by differences in skeletal dimensions, primary feather length, and body and muscle masses. Body mass was lower by 18%, and relative masses of cardiac and pectoralis muscles were lower by 28% and 32% respectively. Heterologous oligonucleotides for TR alpha, TR beta 0, TR beta2 and the housekeeping gene beta-actin were derived from chicken sequences. RT-PCR showed that TR alpha mRNA was expressed in all tissues but was not significantly affected by any of the experimental treatments. TR beta 0 mRNA expression was significantly lower in the leg muscles of ducklings treated with 12 mg methimazole 100 g(-1) body mass (0.109+/-0.047 TR:beta-actin ratio, P<0.05) compared with that in euthyroid controls (0.380+/-0.202), but was unaltered in the pectoralis and cardiac muscles. Expression of TR beta 0 mRNA was significantly higher in pectoralis (by 3.5-fold, P<0. 05), cardiac (by 4.2-fold, P=0.003) and leg (by 4.0-fold, P<0.001) muscles of ducklings treated with thyroid hormones compared with those in euthyroid controls (0.098+/-0.019, 0.822+/-0.297 and 0. 38+/-0.202 TR:beta-actin respectively). Only the pituitary gland expressed significant levels of TR beta 2 mRNA.
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Thyroid hormones exert a range of developmental and physiological actions in all vertebrates. Serum concentrations of L-thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3 -L-triiodothyronine (T3) are maintained by a negative feedback loop involving T3-inhibition of hypothalamic thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH) and pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) secretion, and by tissue specific and hormone-regulated expression of the three iodothyronine deiodinase enzymes that activate or metabolise thyroid hormones. T3 actions are mediated by two T3-receptors, TRalpha and TRbeta, which act as hormone-inducible transcription factors. The TRalpha (NR1A1) and TRbeta (NR1A2) genes encode mRNAs that are alternatively spliced to generate 9 mRNA isoforms (TRalpha1, alpha2, alpha3, Deltaalpha1, Deltaalpha2, beta1, beta2, beta3 and Deltabeta3), of which four (TRalpha1, alpha2, beta1 and beta2) are known to be expressed at the protein level in vivo. The numerous TR mRNAs are expressed widely in tissue- and developmental stage-specific patterns, although it is important to note that levels of mRNA expression may not correlate with receptor protein concentrations in individual tissues. The TRalpha2, alpha3, Deltaalpha1 and Deltaalpha2 transcripts encode proteins that fail to bind T3 in vitro. These non-binding isoforms, in addition to TRDeltabeta3 which does bind hormone, may act as dominant negative antagonists of the true T3-binding receptors in vitro, but their physiological functions and those of the TRbeta3 isoform have not been determined. In order to obtain a new understanding of the complexities of T3 action in vivo and the role of TRs during development, many mouse models of disrupted or augmented thyroid hormone signalling have been generated. The aim of this review is to provide a picture of the physiological actions of thyroid hormones by considering the phenotypes of these genetically modified mice.
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The maintenance of thyroid hormone (TH) homeostasis is dependent on the synthesis and secretion of TH regulated by TSH. This is achieved, in turn, by the negative feedback of TH on TSH secretion and synthesis, which requires the interaction with TH receptors (TRs). Derived by alternative splicing of two gene transcription products, three TRs (TRbeta1, TRbeta2 and TRalpha1) interact with TH while another, TRalpha2, binds to DNA but not to TH. In this study we compare the results of thyroid function tests in mice with deletions of the TRalpha and TRbeta genes alone and present novel data on mice that are double homozygous and combined heterozygous. Homozygous deletions of both the TRalpha and TRbeta in the same mouse (TRalphao/o; TRbeta-/-) resulted in serum TSH values only slightly lower than those in athyreotic, Pax8 knockout mice. Whereas the absence of TRalpha alone does not cause resistance to TH, the absence of TRbeta in the presence of TRalpha results in a 205, 169, 544% increase in serum thyroxine (T(4)), triiodothyronine (T(3)) and TSH concentrations respectively. However, in the absence of TRbeta, loss of one TRalpha allele can worsen the resistance to TH with a 243 and 307% increase in T(4) and T(3) respectively. Similarly, while the heterozygous mouse with a single TRbeta allele shows no alteration in thyroid function, the concomitant deletion of TRalpha brings about mild but significant resistance to TH. Furthermore, the severity of the resistance to TH was noted to decrease with age in parallel with the decrease in serum free T(4) values also seen in wild-type mice. These results demonstrate that (1) unliganded TRalpha or TRbeta are not absolutely necessary for the upregulation of TSH; (2) TRbeta but not TRalpha is sufficient for TH-mediated downregulation of TSH; and (3) TRalpha may partially substitute for TRbeta in mediating a partial TH-dependent TSH suppression.
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is produced by the thyroid gland in more abundance than T3 and is largely considered a pro-hormone for canonical signaling, as its affinity for thyroid hormone receptors is approximately 10% that of T3. The conversion of T4 to T3 is accomplished by
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the thyroid hormone receptors (TRs), which promote the activation or repression of a wide collection of genes ( Grøntved et al . 2015 ). Two isoforms for the thrb gene have been identified in teleosts: long or L-Trb1 and short or S-Trb1, which differ
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similar to that caused by systemic hypothyroidism of thyroid hormone receptor deletion ( Ng et al. 2004 ). Since the inactivation of D2 activity does not produce a syndrome as severe as that observed in the congenitally hypothyroid mice, it is suggested
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School of Medicine, Conjoint Endocrine Laboratory, Disciplines of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, 4006 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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differentiation ( Bernal 2005 ). Delivery of thyroid hormones to the fetal brain is a complex process requiring, at different times, expression of brain thyroid hormone receptors (TRs), materno-fetal thyroid hormone and iodide transport, an intricate system of
