title: Tissue-specific modulation of rat glucagon receptor mRNA by thyroid status.
abstract: The influence of thyroid status on glucagon receptor mRNA levels was investigated in rats using a semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. Glucagon receptor mRNA was detected in liver, brown and white adipose tissues (BAT and WAT) and brain. In BAT and WAT, pharmacologically-induced moderate hypothyroidism resulted in a marked reduction in the relative abundance of glucagon receptor mRNA. Short-term treatment of hypothyroid rats with exogenous 3,3',5'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3), resulting in a marked hyperthyroidism, reversed the phenomenon in BAT while the reversal was only partial in WAT. In the liver, there was no significant effect of mild hypothyroidism while there was a positive effect of hyperthyroidism. In brain, the relative tissue abundance of glucagon receptor mRNA was not affected by the large changes in plasma T3. The present results therefore indicate that thyroid status may modulate the relative abundance of glucagon receptor mRNA in a tissue-specific manner.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie des Régulations Energétiques, Cellulaires et Moléculaires, UMR 5578 CNRS-UCB LYON 1, Faculté des Sciences, Villeurbanne, France. morales@physio.univ-lyon1.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lachuer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duchamp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vera
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Georges
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cohen-Adad
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moulin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barré
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D007480:Iopanoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D011441:Propylthiouracil; D007480:Iopanoic Acid