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Hypothyroidism minimizes the effects of acute hepatic failure caused by endoplasmic reticulum stress and redox environment alterations in rats.

Authors: Blas-Valdivia, Vanessa  Cano-Europa, Edgar  Martinez-Perez, Yoalli  Lezama-Palacios, Ruth  Franco-Colin, Margarita  Ortiz-Butron, Rocio 
Citation: Blas-Valdivia V, etal., Acta Histochem. 2015 Oct;117(8):811-9. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2015.07.003. Epub 2015 Jul 31.
RGD ID: 13782174
Pubmed: PMID:26238033   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.acthis.2015.07.003   (Journal Full-text)

The aim of this study was to investigate if a protective effect from hypothyroidism in acute liver failure resulted from reduced endoplasmic reticulum stress and changes to the redox environment. Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided in four groups: (1) euthyroid (sham surgery), (2) hypothyroid, (3) euthyroid (sham surgery)+thioacetamide and (4) hypothyroid+thioacetamide. Hypothyroidism was confirmed two weeks after thyroidectomy, and thioacetamide (TAA) (400mg/kg, ip) was administrated to the appropriate groups for three days with supportive therapy. Grades of encephalopathy in all animals were determined using behavioral tests. Animals were decapitated and their blood was obtained to assess liver function. The liver was dissected: the left lobe was used for histology and the right lobe was frozen for biochemical assays. Body weight, rectal temperature and T4 concentration were lower in hypothyroid groups. When measurements of oxidative stress markers, redox environment, γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase and glutathione-S-transferase were determined, we observed that hypothyroid animals with TAA compensated better with oxidative damage than euthyroid animals treated with TAA. Furthermore, we measured reduced expressions of GADD34, caspase-12 and GRP78 and subsequently less hypothyroidism-induced cellular damage in hypothyroid animals. We conclude that hypothyroidism protects against hepatic damage caused by TAA because it reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress and changes to the redox environment.



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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Casp12  (caspase 12)
Casp3  (caspase 3)
Casp9  (caspase 9)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Casp12  (caspase 12)
Casp3  (caspase 3)
Casp9  (caspase 9)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
CASP12  (caspase 12 (gene/pseudogene))
CASP3  (caspase 3)
CASP9  (caspase 9)


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