Metabolic Effects of Chronic T3Administration in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular and Ventromedial Nucleus in Male Rats

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العنوان: Metabolic Effects of Chronic T3Administration in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular and Ventromedial Nucleus in Male Rats
المؤلفون: Zhang, Zhi, Foppen, Ewout, Su, Yan, Bisschop, Peter H., Kalsbeek, Andries, Fliers, Eric, Boelen, Anita
المصدر: Endocrinology; October 2016, Vol. 157 Issue: 10 p4076-4085, 10p
مستخلص: Thyroid hormone is a key regulator of energy metabolism. Apart from its direct effects on peripheral metabolism, thyroid hormone exerts acute metabolic effects via distinct nuclei within the hypothalamus. Recently we developed a method for chronic and local intrahypothalamic T3administration in rats. The present study evaluated the metabolic effects of T3delivered during either 7 or 28 days to the paraventricular or ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN or VMH). T3administration for 7 days in the PVN decreased only plasma T3. There were no effects on body weight, food intake, plasma glucose concentrations, energy expenditure, locomotor activity, and respiratory exchange rate. In the liver and brown adipose tissue (BAT), there were no changes in mRNA expression of genes involved in glucose metabolism and thermogenesis. T3administration for 7 days in the VMH did not change any of these parameters. T3administration for 28 days in the PVN decreased food intake without affecting body weight, glucose concentrations, and body temperature. Liver and BAT gene expression was unaltered, except for decreased liver Dio1 mRNA. T3administration for 28 days in the VMH did not affect liver and BAT mRNA expression, body weight, food intake, and body temperature, whereas blood glucose concentrations were slightly lower. In conclusion, we showed that chronic T3administration to the PVN or VMH does not affect energy metabolism in a major way. Our results imply that the effects of intrahypothalamic T3administration on metabolism largely depend on the duration of treatment.
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تدمد:00137227
19457170
DOI:10.1210/en.2016-1397