title: Induction of UCP2 mRNA by thyroid hormones in rat heart.
abstract: The possible regulation of the expression of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) mRNA by thyroid hormones in different tissues was examined in rats. Triiodothyronine (T3) was found to produce an organ-specific enhancement of UCP2 expression in rat tissues. The effect of T3 was markedly observed in heart, whereas a moderate effect was seen in skeletal muscle and no effect in kidney or liver. These results suggest that UCP2 is a protein that may be involved in the nuclear-mediated effect of T3 on resting metabolic rate in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale ed Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ricquier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goglia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000378:metabolism*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism*; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D007473:Ion Channels; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C000604391:Ucp2 protein, rat; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase; D013974:Thyroxine