title: Thyroid hormones and 5'-deiodinase activity in neonatal undernourished rats.
abstract: Undernutrition was induced in rats submitted to food restriction from the fetal stage, and malnutrition was continued after birth until 70 days of life. Body weight was decreased to less than 50%. Plasma T4 and T3 and pituitary TSH content were determined between 8-70 days of life. In control rats, plasma T4 and T3 reached a maximum at 14 and 35 days of life, respectively, and TSH pituitary content at 45 days of life. In undernourished rats, after 8 days of life, plasma T4 and T3 and pituitary TSH content were decreased to about 50% or less, and the pattern of sequential changes observed in control rats was absent or modified. T4 and T3 concentrations were measured in heart, liver, and brain in the fetus (22 days old) and 8, 14, and 23 days after birth, as well as liver and brain 5'-deiodinases (5'D). Hepatic 5'D type I was always decreased in undernourished rats from 8-70 days after birth. Liver and heart T4 and T3 concentrations were decreased in 14-day-old undernourished rats as well as brain T3. Brain 5'D type II was decreased at 8 and 14 days, and total brain 5'D activities at 8 days. These changes occurred during the critical period for brain development (7th to 20th day) during which most processes of myelination take place and T3 brain normal levels are required.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Bioquímica (Centro Mixto CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Farmacia, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aláez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Obregón
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pascual-Leone
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000254:growth & development; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009929:Organ Size; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014285:Triiodothyronine, Reverse / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D014285:Triiodothyronine, Reverse; D011441:Propylthiouracil; D013972:Thyrotropin; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase; D013974:Thyroxine