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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2005

Maternal nutrient deprivation induces sex-specific changes in thyroid hormone receptor and deiodinase expression in the fetal guinea pig brain.

Shiao Y Chan, Marcus H Andrews, Rania Lingas, Chris J McCabe, Jayne A Franklyn, Mark D Kilby, Stephen G Matthews

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Shiao Y ChanDivision of Reproductive and Child Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK.
Marcus H Andrews
Rania Lingas
Chris J McCabe
Jayne A Franklyn
Mark D Kilby
Stephen G Matthews
University of Birmingham · GBBirmingham Women's Hospital · GBCanada Research Chairs · CAQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham · GBUniversity of New Brunswick · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid hormone deprivation during fetal life has been implicated in neurodevelopmental morbidity. In humans, poor growth in utero is also associated with fetal hypothyroxinaemia. In guinea pigs, a short period (48 h) of maternal nutrient deprivation at gestational day (gd) 50 results in fetuses with hypothyroxinaemia and increased brain/body weight ratios. Thyroid hormone action is mediated by nuclear thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) and is dependent upon the prereceptor regulation of supply of triiodothyronine (T3) by deiodinase enzymes. Examination of fetal guinea pig brains using in situ hybridization demonstrated widespread expression of mRNAs encoding TRalpha1, alpha2 and beta1, with regional colocalization of deiodinase type 2 (D2) mRNA in the developing forebrain, limbic structures, brainstem and cerebellum at gd52. With maternal nutrient deprivation, TRalpha1 and beta1 mRNA expression was significantly increased in the male, but decreased in the female fetal hippocampus and cerebellum and other areas showing high TR expression under euthyroid conditions. Maternal nutrient deprivation resulted in elevated D2 mRNA expression in males and females. Deiodinase type 3 (D3) mRNA expression was confined to the shell of the nucleus accumbens, the posterior amygdalohippocampal area, brainstem and cerebellum, and did not change with maternal nutrient deprivation. In conclusion, maternal nutrient deprivation resulted in sex-specific changes in TR mRNA expression and a generalized increase in D2 mRNAs within the fetal brain. These changes may represent a protective mechanism to maintain appropriate thyroid hormone action in the face of fetal hypothyroxinaemia in order to optimize brain development.

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AnimalsBrainBrain ChemistryDensitometryFemaleFetusFood DeprivationGuinea PigsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedIn Situ HybridizationIodide PeroxidaseMalePregnancyPregnancy, AnimalReceptors, Thyroid HormoneIodide PeroxidaseReceptors, Thyroid HormoneRNARNA, MessengerRNA primers

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PMID15878952
PMCPMC1464754
OpenAlexW1600041836

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