title: Thyroid hormone receptor {alpha} modulates lipopolysaccharide-induced changes in peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism.
abstract: Acute inflammation is characterized by low serum T(3) and T(4) levels accompanied by changes in liver type 1 deiodinase (D1), liver D3, muscle D2, and muscle D3 expression. It is unknown at present whether thyroid hormone receptor alpha (TRalpha) plays a role in altered peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism during acute illness in vivo. We induced acute illness in TRalpha-deficient (TRalpha(0/0)) mice by administration of a sublethal dose of LPS. Compared with wild-type, TRalpha(0/0) mice have lower basal serum T(4) and lower liver D1 activity and muscle D3 mRNA expression, whereas liver D3 activity is higher. These changes are gender specific. The inflammatory response to LPS was similar in WT and TRalpha(0/0) mice. The decrease in serum thyroid hormones and liver D1 was attenuated in TRalpha(0/0) mice, whereas the LPS induced fall in liver D3 mRNA was more pronounced in TRalpha(0/0) mice. Muscle D2 mRNA increased similarly in both strains, whereas muscle D3 mRNA decreased less pronounced in TRalpha(0/0) mice. We conclude that alterations in peripheral thyroid hormone metabolism induced by LPS administration are partly regulated via TRalpha.
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. student, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, F5-165, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.j.kwakkel@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwakkel
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chassande
authors.forename: Hermina C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: van Beeren
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fliers
authors.forename: Wilmar M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wiersinga
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boelen
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism*; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D037021:Thyroid Hormone Receptors alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D037021:Thyroid Hormone Receptors alpha; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase