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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
To assess if the anti-beta-adrenergic effect and the bradycardia induced by amiodarone were mediated by thyroid hormone, we investigated these effects of amiodarone in euthyroid and hypothyroid rats. We studied control rats, thyroidectomized rats, control rats treated with amiodarone (50 mg/kg for 8 days), and thyroidectomized rats treated with amiodarone. At the end of the treatment, free thyroid hormone levels (FT4 and FT3) were determined, and cardiac beta-receptor density (Bmax) and affinity (Kd) were assayed by using (-)-[125I]iodocyanopindolol as radioligand. Resting heart rate (rHR) was also assessed every day in control and thyroidectomized rats, before and after amiodarone. In hypothyroid rats, in which free thyroxine (FT4) was not detectable and free 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (FT3) was only 16% that of euthyroid rats, Bmax (14.1 +/- 2.5 fmol/mg, n = 7) and rHR (259 +/- 9.7 beats/min, n = 6) were significantly lowered compared with euthyroid rats (Bmax:18.4 +/- 3.4 fmol/mg, n = 7; rHR:277 +/- 4.1 beats/min, n = 5). Amiodarone treatment decreased Bmax (13.6 +/- 2.9 fmol/mg, n = 8) and rHR (252 +/- 5.5 beats/min, n = 5) only in euthyroid rats and did not produce significant cardiac effects in hypothyroid rats. (Values are given as mean +/- SD.) We conclude that a minimum serum thyroid hormone concentration is a necessary condition for amiodarone to produce some of its cardiac effects. An antagonistic reaction to thyroid hormones at the cellular level can be postulated as a mechanism of the cardiac anti-beta-adrenergic action of amiodarone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0160-2446
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
541-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo effects of amiodarone on cardiac beta-adrenoceptor density and heart rate require thyroid hormones.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Clinique et Expérimentale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Nord, Bobigny, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article