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2226339

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is synthesized primarily by the liver in response to growth hormone (GH). Thyroid hormone plays a major role in mediating pituitary GH secretion. In order to clarify the effect of thyroid hormone on IGF-1 gene expression, we measured hepatic IGF-1 mRNA levels in rats with thyroid dysfunction. Female Wistar rats were rendered hypothyroid by surgical thyroidectomy or hyperthyroid by daily injections of thyroxine (12 micrograms/day) for 2 weeks. Northern gel analysis of hepatic poly (A) RNA revealed the multiple sizes of the RNA transcripts ranging from 1.6 to 9.0 kb. After 4 weeks, hepatic IGF-1 mRNA levels were suppressed in hypothyroid rats, to less than 20% of control euthyroid animals. These suppressed mRNA levels were restored to euthyroid levels by thyroid hormone replacement for 2 weeks. Hyperthyroid rats, however, did not contain altered levels of hepatic IGF-1 mRNA as compared to euthyroid rats. The gamma-actin mRNA hybridization signal was not altered in hypothyroid or hyperthyroid rats. These results suggest that thyroid hormone regulates the in vivo expression of hepatic IGF-1 mRNA, probably through the mechanism of GH regulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0013-7219
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
205-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo regulation of hepatic insulin-like growth factor-1 messenger ribonucleic acids with thyroid hormone.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't