title: Metyrapone block of thyroid-induced cardiomegaly.
abstract: Cardiac wet and dry weight, adrenal weights, blood pressure and food consumption were measured in control male rats, rats fed 0.2% dried thyroid powder in the food, rats fed metyrapone (an inhibitor of adrenocortical 11-hydroxylase, Metopirone CIBA, 50 mg/rat per day) and both metyparone + dried thyroid. Metyparone markedly inhibited thyroid-induced cardiomegaly as well as the increase in adrenal weight. Myocardial dry weight and blood pressure differences between the various groups were not significant. The results supply further evidence of the existence of a relationship between the adrenal cortex and thyroid-induced cardiomegaly. Metyrapone also completely inhibited the post-thyroid drop in body weight.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Third Medical Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapitola
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kölbel
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004435:Eating; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008797:Metyrapone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D008797:Metyrapone