title: Altered peripheral benzodiazepine receptor binding in cardiac and liver tissues from thyroidectomized rats.
abstract: We measured the density and affinity of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) ligand, [3H]4'-Cl-diazepam, in cardiac ventricular and liver homogenates from thyroidectomized (TX) Holtzman adult male rats, and compared these data to sham-operated controls. When data from hypothyroid tissues were compared to those of controls, the densities of PBRs were decreased in cardiac ventricles but not in liver tissue. This reduction in cardiac PBR density is opposite to what has been reported for ventricular calcium channel density in hypothyroidism. PBR affinity for the ligand was increased in both the liver and ventricular homogenates from the hypothyroid tissues, but this difference was not seen in membranes prepared from the liver homogenates. Although 4'-Cl-diazepam affinity is reported to vary between tissues from different species, this is the first report of an in vivo hormone treatment induced change in the benzodiazepine type PBR affinity. Liver tissues from both groups failed to show any interaction when radiolabeled [3H]4'-Cl-diazepam was tested against competing concentrations of thyroid hormone analogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo 14260-1300.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kragie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smiehorowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001570:Benzodiazepinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000378:metabolism*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D001570:Benzodiazepinones; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; C028513:4'-chlorodiazepam