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Synthesis of the sodium pump, Na+-K+-ATPase, is regulated by thyroid hormone in responsive tissues. The purpose of this study was to determine if triiodothyronine (T3) regulates the concentration of the mRNAs coding for the two enzyme subunits, alpha and beta, and the time course of the response. A single dose of T3 (250 micrograms/100 g body wt) was administered to hypothyroid rats that were killed at various times after injection. In the kidney cortexes of the T3-injected animals, as well as hypothyroid and euthyroid rats, alpha- and beta-mRNA concentrations were measured by dot blot using cDNAs corresponding to the two mRNAs; alpha-subunit abundance was measured by Western blot using antibodies to the enzyme, and Na+-K+-ATPase activity was measured enzymatically. alpha- and beta-mRNAs increased coordinately, after a 6-h time lag to 1.6-fold over hypothyroid levels by 12 h after T3. alpha-Subunit abundance increased significantly by 48 h and to 1.4-fold over hypothyroid by 72 h after T3. Na+-K+-ATPase activity increased with the same time course as the increase in alpha-subunit abundance to 1.3-fold over hypothyroid by 72 h after T3. We conclude that T3 regulates Na+-K+-ATPase synthesis and activity by coordinately increasing the mRNAs of both the alpha- and beta-subunits of the enzyme.
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PMID:Thyroid hormone coordinately regulates Na+-K+-ATPase alpha- and beta-subunit mRNA levels in kidney. 283 27

A number of erythrocyte Na-K ATPase units were measured in 22 patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease, 3 with primary hypothyroidism, 3 with simple obesity, 13 with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis, and 20 normal controls, using ouabain binding assay as described by DeLuise et al. The number of Na-K ATPase units, derived by maximal binding of 3H-ouabain, was decreased in patients with simple obesity (Mean +/- SD, 0.26 +/- 0.07 pmol/10(9) RBC), as compared with that in normal controls (0.39 +/- 0.10), and a significant negative correlation between the number of the binding sites and the ratio of the measured body weight to the optimal body weight calculated by the modified Broca's method was observed in normal controls and patients with obesity (r = -0.51, p less than 0.05). The results agreed closely with that reported by DeLuise et al and provided validation of our estimates of the erythrocyte Na-K pump units. The maximal 3H-ouabain binding was significantly diminished in patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease (0.28 +/- 0.07) when compared with that in normal controls, while the bindings were significantly elevated in patients with hypothyroidism (0.91 +/- 0.26). These results were in disagreement with those previously reported by animal studies where Na-K ATPase was found to be stimulated by thyroid hormones. It might be possible to partly explain this discrepancy by the degradation of Na-K ATPase in erythrocytes in addition to the apparent differences between erythrocytes and the other tissues and by the length of time that the tissue was exposed to the action of the hormones. Therefore, erythrocyte from normal controls and patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease were divided into low and high density portions by a discontinuous 'percoll' density gradient centrifugation, and the bindings of the erythrocytes in two portions were separately measured. The bindings of erythrocyte in the higher density portion, representing relatively old-aged erythrocyte, were diminished to 92 +/- 19% of the bindings of the original whole erythrocytes in normal controls. An even more marked reduction of the maximal bindings of 3H-ouabain in old-aged erythrocytes was observed in patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease (72 +/- 26%). Moreover, this % reduction based on aging related significantly to serum T4 concentrations in those patients (r = 0.85, p less than 0.05). These findings suggest that the number of erythrocyte Na-K ATPase units may reflect the overall peripheral metabolic state, regulated by thyroid hormone-dependent thermogenesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:[Clinical studies on assay for Na-K ATPase in human blood cells. I. Erythrocyte Na-K ATPase assay in patients with thyroid dysfunction and in those with chronic renal failure]. 284 3

The effects of thyroid hormone on Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit mRNA (mRNA alpha) content and Na,K-ATPase activity were measured in renal cortex, heart, and cerebrum of hypothyroid rats 24 and 72 h after injection of diluent or T3. Use of a cDNA probe complementary to rat brain mRNA alpha in Northern blot analysis revealed a single 26-27 S band in RNA isolated from these three tissues regardless of thyroid status. Tissue mRNA alpha content was estimated by dot blot analysis of whole cell extracts and isolated total RNA. Injection of T3 augmented mRNA alpha content by 2.1- to 2.5-fold in kidney cortex and myocardium at 24 h. After three daily injections of T3, the increases in mRNA alpha were evident despite a global increase in RNA content associated with hypertrophy of these target tissues. Furthermore, the increases in abundance of mRNA alpha after 72 h of T3 treatment correlated with enhancement of Na,K-ATPase activity. In contrast, both mRNA alpha and enzyme activity were invariant in the cerebrum. These data suggest that T3-induced augmentation of Na,K-ATPase activity is mediated, at least in part, by increased mRNA alpha content in target tissues.
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PMID:Effect of thyroid hormone on the abundance of Na,K-adenosine triphosphatase alpha-subunit messenger ribonucleic acid. 284 62

The brain contains two molecular forms of Na,K-ATPase designated alpha found in non-neuronal cells and neuronal soma and alpha + found in axolemma. Previously we have shown that the abundance of both forms (determined by immunoblots) as well as Na,K-ATPase activity increases 10-fold between 4 days before and 20 days after birth (Schmitt, C. A., and McDonough, A. A. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 10439-10444). Hypothyroidism in neonates blunts these increases. Neonatal, but not adult brain Na,K-ATPase is thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine, T3) responsive. This study defines the period during which brain Na,K-ATPase responds to T3. The start of the critical period was defined by comparing Na,K-ATPase activity and alpha and alpha + abundance in hypothyroid and euthyroid neonates (birth to 30 days of age). For all parameters, euthyroid was significantly higher by 15 days of age. The end of the critical period was defined by dosing hypothyroid neonates with T3 daily (0.1 micrograms/g body weight) beginning at increasing days of age, and sacrificing all at 30 days then assaying enzyme activity and abundance. Those starting T3 treatment on or before day 19 were restored to euthyroid levels of Na,K-ATPase activity and abundance, while those starting T3 treatment on or after day 22 remained at hypothyroid levels of enzyme activity and abundance. We conclude that brain Na,K-ATPase alpha and alpha + isoforms are sensitive to T3 by as late as 15 days of age and that the period of thyroid hormone responsiveness is over by 22 days.
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PMID:Thyroid hormone regulates alpha and alpha + isoforms of Na,K-ATPase during development in neonatal rat brain. 284 74

The administration of thyroid hormone is known to result in an induction of the Na+-K+-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na+-K+-ATPase) in rat skeletal muscle and other thyroid hormone-responsive tissues. Since the Na+-K+-ATPase in a variety of mammalian tissues has recently been reported to exist in at least two forms distinguishable by differing affinities for the inhibitory cardiac glycoside ouabain, we have studied the effects of 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) treatment on these two forms of the enzyme in rat diaphragm. The inhibition of Na+-K+-ATPase activity in a crude membrane fraction by varying concentrations of ouabain conformed to a biphasic pattern consistent with the presence of two distinct isoforms with inhibition constants (KIs) for ouabain of approximately 10(-7) and 10(-4) M, respectively. Treatment of hypothyroid rats with T3 (50 micrograms/100 g body wt on 3 alternate days) nearly tripled that portion of the Na+-K+-ATPase activity corresponding to the high-ouabain-affinity form (increased by 178 +/- 24%), whereas the enzyme activity corresponding to the low-ouabain-affinity form was only slightly changed (increased by 20 +/- 5%). Measurement of the specific binding of [3H]ouabain to these membranes confirmed the presence of a class of high-affinity ouabain binding sites with a dissociation constant (Kd) of slightly less than 10(-7) M, whose maximal binding capacity was increased by T3 treatment by 185%. The calculated catalytic turnover associated with the high-affinity site was 70-80 molecules ATP hydrolyzed.site-1.s-1 and was unchanged by T3 treatment.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Selective induction of high-ouabain-affinity isoform of Na+-K+-ATPase by thyroid hormone. 284 9

Contraction of the hypothyroid heart is characterized by delayed diastolic relaxation and decreased velocity of systolic contraction. In order to determine if these alterations could be mediated by the changes in the mRNA coding for the Ca++ ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and alterations of the mRNAs coding for myosin heavy chain (MHC) alpha and beta, the levels of these specific mRNAs were quantitated using a Northern blotting technique. We find that the Ca++ ATPase mRNA was 3-fold lower in hypothyroid hearts. After T3 administration to hypothyroid rats, Ca++ ATPase mRNA increased to 66% of control levels within 2 hrs and to 100% of control levels 5 hrs after T3 administration. In the hypothyroid heart, MHC beta mRNA was the predominant message with MHC alpha mRNA barely detectable. Administration of 2 mg of T3 led to a significant increase in MHC alpha mRNA levels first detectable 2 hrs after T3 administration. Twenty-four hrs after T3 administration, MHC alpha mRNA levels had normalized. The results of these studies indicate that thyroid hormone mediates significant alterations in the level of the mRNA coding for the Ca++ ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and of the mRNAs coding for MHC alpha and beta. Changes in the level of these specific mRNAs resulting in lower levels of the corresponding proteins may explain the delayed diastolic relaxation and the decreased velocity of contraction of the hypothyroid heart.
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PMID:Thyroid hormone induced changes in cardiac proteins and mRNAs. 289 58

One of the leading causes of mortality in diabetics is myocardial disease. In the past few years this subject has generated a significant amount of interest with the result that myocardial problems associated with diabetes are far better understood. Though originally thought to occur as a result of atherosclerosis, various studies have shown that heart disease can occur in the absence of atherosclerosis, suggesting a diabetic cardiomyopathy. Using diabetic animals, it has been possible to characterize diabetes-induced myocardial abnormalities. Diabetic rat hearts do not respond to conditions of high stress as well as controls. The functional depression is accompanied by altered cardiac enzyme systems. A decrease in myosin ATPase activity which appears to be a result of diabetes-induced hypothyroidism is seen. Also, a depression of sarcoplasmic reticular calcium ATPase, along with a depression of calcium uptake by the SR, is seen in diabetic rat hearts. Na+, K+ ATPase activity has also been shown to be depressed and the depression appears to correlate with depressed atrial contractility. High levels of circulating fats in diabetics may alter the integrity of membranes leading to altered enzyme activities. Insulin treatment has been relatively successful at reversing or preventing myocardial changes in the diabetic rat. Other treatments that have been studied include thyroid hormone treatment, since the depression of myosin ATPase can be corrected by such treatment; and carnitine treatment, as the elevation of long chain acyl carnitines (LCAC) and the resulting depression of calcium uptake in the SR can be so normalized. These treatments have not been successful at normalizing cardiac function. A combination of the two treatments normalized function only partially, suggesting that factors besides myosin ATPase and SR calcium uptake are involved. Other treatments that have been tried include vanadate, methyl palmoxirate, and choline and methionine. Vanadate treatment has proved to be encouraging in that it normalizes both function and hyperglycemia. Methyl palmoxirate, a fatty acid analog, normalized only the elevation of LCAC but did not affect function. Methionine and choline were only partially successful in preventing the functional alterations of diabetic rat hearts. The purpose of the present article is to review our understanding of diabetes-induced myocardial problems and their possible causes. Findings from our laboratory and others are described in which attempts have been made to normalize cardiac function.
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PMID:Diabetes-induced abnormalities in the myocardium. 293 41

The effects of thyroid hormone on the NADH-tetrazolium reductase activity (oxidative metabolism marker) of soleus (slow-oxidative) and tensor fascia lata (fast-glycolytic) motoneurons were determined and compared with changes in a variety of enzyme activities in the corresponding muscle fibers. Histochemical assays have demonstrated a selective and qualitative conversion in muscle fiber ATPase and quantitative increases of NADH-tetrazolium reductase (oxidative) and mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (glycolytic) activities in the soleus muscle. Paralleling the selective action upon the soleus slow muscle fibers was a selective central nervous system effect of thyroid hormone on oxidative enzymes of soleus slow-oxidative motoneurons. This indicates that either thyroid hormones act directly and specifically on slow motoneurons or that conversion of the muscle fibers by thyroid hormones produces secondary changes in the motoneuron. These data strengthen the hypothesis that oxidative enzyme activities in motoneurons are tightly matched with oxidative enzyme activities in muscle fibers.
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PMID:Hyperthyroidism selectively increases oxidative metabolism of slow-oxidative motor units. 295 23

The effects of amiodarone on heart weight, production of 14C-CO2 from labelled glucose, myosin ATPase activity, and myosin isoenzyme patterns were determined by comparing control and amiodarone-treated male Wistar rats. Since it has been suggested that amiodarone may interfere with thyroid hormone action on the heart, similar experiments were also carried out in hypothyroid and amiodarone-plus-triiodothyronine(T3)-treated rats, and the data were compared to those obtained in amiodarone-treated rats. Amiodarone treatment for 6 weeks resulted in lower heart weight, decreased atrial production of 14C-CO2 from labelled glucose, decreased myosin Ca-ATPase activity, and preferential synthesis of V3 isomyosin. These effects were similar to those observed in hypothyroid rats but were lesser in magnitude. T3 treatment of amiodarone-treated rats reversed all the changes induced by amiodarone. Serum thyroxine (T4) was higher in amiodarone-treated than in control rats, while serum T3 was similar. Serum T3 was higher in the amiodarone-plus-T3 than in the amiodarone-treated group. These results show that 1) amiodarone-induced changes resemble hypothyroidism with respect to cardiac myosin expression and atrial CO2 production, 2) amiodarone causes hypothyroid-like changes despite normal serum T3 and increased serum T4, and 3) T3 reverses the effects of amiodarone. These data support the hypothesis that amiodarone inhibits the action of thyroid hormone on the heart.
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PMID:Effect of amiodarone on rat heart myosin isoenzymes. 295 16

In the urodelan amphibian Pleurodeles waltlii, spontaneous anatomical metamorphosis was correlated with an increase in the serum level of thyroxine (T4). It was also accompanied by a change in the myofibrillar ATPase profile of the dorsal skeletal muscle; fibers of larval type were gradually replaced by the adult fiber types I, II A, and II B. Likewise, a myosin isoenzymic transition was observed in dorsal muscle, larval isomyosins were replaced by adult isoforms. In a related species, Ambystoma mexicanum, in which no spontaneous external metamorphosis occurs under standard conditions, the serum T4 level was shown to remain low. During further development, the myofibrillar ATPase profile acquired the adult fiber types, but a high percentage of immature fibers of type II C persisted. Myosin isoenzymic transition was also incomplete; larval isoforms were still distinguished in the neotenic adults. In experimental hypothyroidian P. waltlii, no external metamorphosis occurred; the myofibrillar ATPase profile was of the immature type, and the larval isomyosins persisted. Triiodothyronine induced experimental anatomical metamorphosis in A. mexicanum; only limited changes in the myofibrillar ATPase profile resulted from the treatment, but a complete myosin isoenzymic transition was observed. These results tend to indicate that a moderate increase in the level of thyroid hormone is sufficient to induce the differentiation of adult fiber types, together with the production of adult myosin isoforms in the skeletal dorsal muscle of amphibians, while a pronounced increase would be necessary for repressing the initial larval features.
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PMID:Regulation by thyroid hormones of terminal differentiation in the skeletal dorsal muscle. II. Urodelan amphibians. 295 62


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