title: Changes in thyroidal function and liver UDPglucuronosyltransferase activity in rats following administration of a novel imidazole (SC-37211).
abstract: SC-37211, an imidazole with antianaerobic activity, was administered po to male rats for 2 weeks at dosages of 20, 60, and 200 mg/kg/day. Histological changes in the thyroid included irregularly shaped follicles and slightly enlarged follicular cells. Serum triiodothyronine (T3) and/or thyroxine (T4) were significantly decreased in treated animals at all dosages; these decreases were not observed following a 2-week recovery period. The half-life of serum [125I]thyroxine was also significantly decreased in rats treated with SC-37211. Morphological changes in the thyroid are likely the result of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulation, a response to decreased serum T3 and T4 concentrations. The decreases in T3 and T4 were not due to decreases in iodide uptake or organification. There were dose-dependent increases in liver weights, liver-to-body weight ratios, and UDPglucuronosyltransferase activity toward p-nitrophenol and T4. Therefore, the decreases in serum T3 and T4 were probably due to an increase in hepatic metabolism rather than to a direct effect of SC-37211 on the thyroid.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006207:Half-Life; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007454:Iodides / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D007454:Iodides; D009596:Nitrophenols; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; C046574:SC 37211; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D013974:Thyroxine; C024836:4-nitrophenol