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- Title
Decreased PGC1-α levels and increased apoptotic protein signaling are associated with the maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy in hyperthyroidism.
- Authors
Teixeira, Rayane Brinck; Barboza, Tatiane Evelyn; de Araújo, Carla Cristina; Siqueira, Rafaela; de Castro, Alexandre Luz; Bonetto, Jéssica Hellen Poletto; de Lima-Seolin, Bruna Gazzi; Carraro, Cristina Campos; Belló-Klein, Adriane; Singal, Pawan K; da Rosa Araujo, Alex Sander
- Abstract
Hyperthyroidism can lead to the activation of proteins which are associated with inflammation, apoptosis, hypertrophy, and heart failure. This study aimed to explore the inflammatory and apoptotic proteins involved in the hyperthyroidism-induced cardiac hypertrophy establishment. Male Wistar rats were divided into control and hyperthyroid (12 mg/L L-thyroxine, in drinking water for 28 days) groups. The expression of inflammatory and apoptotic signaling proteins was quantified in the left ventricle by Western blot. Hyperthyroidism was confirmed by evaluation of T3 and T4 levels, as well as cardiac hypertrophy development. There was no change in the expression of HSP70, HIF1-α, TNF-α, MyD88, p-NFκB, NFκB, p-p38, and p38. Reduced expression of p53 and PGC1-α was associated with increased TLR4 and decreased IL-10 expression. Decreased Bcl-2 expression and increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio were also observed. The results suggest that reduced PGC1-α and IL-10, and elevated TLR4 proteins expression could be involved with the diminished mitochondrial biogenesis and anti-inflammatory response, as well as cell death signaling, in the establishment of hyperthyroidism-induced maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy.
- Subjects
HYPERTHYROIDISM; CARDIAC hypertrophy; HEART diseases; CELL death; APOPTOSIS
- Publication
Journal of Biosciences, 2018, Vol 43, Issue 5, p887
- ISSN
0250-5991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12038-018-9816-8