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7621909

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of betamethasone alone or in combination with thyroxine (T4) on ovine fetal beta-adrenoceptors were investigated at the molecular level. Ovine fetuses (126 days gestation; term = 150 days) were treated with a single ultrasound-guided intramuscular injection of 0.5 mg/kg betamethasone, betamethasone + 50 micrograms/kg T4, or saline. Forty-eight h after injection, lambs were delivered by cesarean section and evaluated three h for postnatal adaptation. Myocardial beta-adrenoceptor equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) and maximal receptor density (Bmax), as assessed by [3H]dihydroalprenolol binding, were not significantly different in drug-treated groups compared to the control group. Northern hybridization and RNase protection assays of myocardial total RNA probed with a sheep beta 1-adrenoceptor riboprobe confirmed no changes in expression at the level of the gene. Levels of beta 1-adrenoceptor mRNA in the lung and brain were also unaffected by the treatments. Because other genes are responsive to glucocorticoids and thyroid hormones at this stage, the absence of up-regulation of beta-adrenoceptor number and steady-state levels of mRNA coding for beta 1-adrenoceptor following fetal corticosteroid and thyroid hormone treatment may indicate a specific, developmentally regulated repressor mechanism.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
353-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of beta 1-adrenoceptors by glucocorticoids and thyroid hormones in fetal sheep.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't