title: Interrelationship between 3,5,3´-triiodothyronine and the circadian clock in the rodent heart.
abstract: Triiodothyronine (T3) is an important modulator of cardiac metabolism and function, often through modulation of gene expression. The cardiomyocyte circadian clock is a transcriptionally based molecular mechanism capable of regulating cardiac processes, in part by modulating responsiveness of the heart to extra-cardiac stimuli/stresses in a time-of-day (TOD)-dependent manner. Although TOD-dependent oscillations in circulating levels of T3 (and its intermediates) have been established, oscillations in T3 sensitivity in the heart is unknown. To investigate the latter possibility, euthyroid male Wistar rats were treated with vehicle or T3 at distinct times of the day, after which induction of known T3 target genes were assessed in the heart (4-h later). The expression of mRNA was assessed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Here, we report greater T3 induction of transcript levels at the end of the dark phase. Surprisingly, use of cardiomyocyte-specific clock mutant (CCM) mice revealed that TOD-dependent oscillations in T3 sensitivity were independent of this cell autonomous mechanism. Investigation of genes encoding for proteins that affect T3 sensitivity revealed that Dio1, Dio2 and Thrb1 exhibited TOD-dependent variations in the heart, while Thra1 and Thra2 did not. Of these, Dio1 and Thrb1 were increased in the heart at the end of the dark phase. Interestingly, we observed that T3 acutely altered the expression of core clock components (e.g. Bmal1) in the rat heart. To investigate this further, rats were injected with a single dose of T3, after which expression of clock genes was interrogated at 3-h intervals over the subsequent 24-h period. These studies revealed robust effects of T3 on oscillations of both core clock components and clock-controlled genes. In summary, the current study exposed TOD-dependent sensitivity to T3 in the heart and its effects in the circadian clock genes expression.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biological Sciences , Federal University of São Paulo , Diadema.|b Institute of Biomedical Sciences-I, Department of Physiology and Biophysics , University of São Paulo , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Antonio
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Peliciari-Garcia
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Biomedical Sciences-I, Department of Physiology and Biophysics , University of São Paulo , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Maso
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Prévide
authors.affiliation: b Institute of Biomedical Sciences-I, Department of Physiology and Biophysics , University of São Paulo , São Paulo , SP , Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Tereza
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: c Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases , University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham , AL , USA.
authors.forename: Martin Elliot
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D056926:CLOCK Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D057906:Circadian Clocks / Q000187:drug effects*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects*; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D056926:CLOCK Proteins
keywords: Circadian clocks; T3; gene expression; heart; metabolism