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Davies KL, Smith DJ, El-Bacha T, Stewart ME, Easwaran A, Wooding PFP, Forhead AJ, Murray AJ, Fowden AL, Camm EJ. Development of cerebral mitochondrial respiratory function is impaired by thyroid hormone deficiency before birth in a region-specific manner. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21591. [PMID: 33891344 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100075r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Thyroid hormones regulate adult metabolism partly through actions on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). They also affect neurological development of the brain, but their role in cerebral OXPHOS before birth remains largely unknown, despite the increase in cerebral energy demand during the neonatal period. Thus, this study examined prepartum development of cerebral OXPHOS in hypothyroid fetal sheep. Using respirometry, Complex I (CI), Complex II (CII), and combined CI&CII OXPHOS capacity were measured in the fetal cerebellum and cortex at 128 and 142 days of gestational age (dGA) after surgical thyroidectomy or sham operation at 105 dGA (term ~145 dGA). Mitochondrial electron transfer system (ETS) complexes, mRNA transcripts related to mitochondrial biogenesis and ATP production, and mitochondrial density were quantified using molecular techniques. Cerebral morphology was assessed by immunohistochemistry and stereology. In the cortex, hypothyroidism reduced CI-linked respiration and CI abundance at 128 dGA and 142 dGA, respectively, and caused upregulation of PGC1α (regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis) and thyroid hormone receptor β at 128 dGA and 142 dGA, respectively. In contrast, in the cerebellum, hypothyroidism reduced CI&II- and CII-linked respiration at 128 dGA, with no significant effect on the ETS complexes. In addition, cerebellar glucocorticoid hormone receptor and adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT1) were downregulated at 128 dGA and 142 dGA, respectively. These alterations in mitochondrial function were accompanied by reduced myelination. The findings demonstrate the importance of thyroid hormones in the prepartum maturation of cerebral mitochondria and have implications for the etiology and treatment of the neurodevelopmental abnormalities associated with human prematurity and congenital hypothyroidism.
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- Katie L Davies
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Ahmed OM, El‐Gareib A, El‐bakry A, Abd El‐Tawab S, Ahmed R. Thyroid hormones states and brain development interactions. Int J Dev Neurosci 2007; 26:147-209. [PMID: 18031969 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2007] [Revised: 09/17/2007] [Accepted: 09/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Osama M. Ahmed
- Zoology Department, Faculty of ScienceBeni Suef UniversityEgypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of ScienceCairo UniversityEgypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of ScienceBeni Suef UniversityEgypt
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of ScienceBeni Suef UniversityEgypt
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Hostetler CE, Kincaid RL, Mirando MA. The role of essential trace elements in embryonic and fetal development in livestock. Vet J 2003; 166:125-39. [PMID: 12902178 DOI: 10.1016/s1090-0233(02)00310-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review addresses the concept that essential trace minerals play a vital role in many enzymatic and metabolic pathways that are critical for conceptus development during pregnancy in livestock species. The conceptus relies entirely on the maternal system for a sufficient supply of trace minerals and other nutrients needed for normal development. If this supply is inadequate, growth and/or health of the conceptus can be affected adversely, and many of these effects carry over into the neonatal period. Information, accumulated in our laboratory and presented herein, indicates that zinc, copper and manganese are among the trace minerals that have the greatest impact on reproduction. For example, levels of zinc, copper and manganese were several fold greater in the conceptus than in other reproductive tissues, indicating that the conceptus preferentially accumulates these minerals, an action that may be important for conceptus development, growth and survival. Moreover, some recent results indicate that increasing the biological availability of zinc, copper and manganese, by attachment to short peptide chains (i.e., proteinated trace minerals) can enhance reproductive performance of swine. Mineral concentrations in conceptuses from female pigs consuming proteinated trace minerals were greater than those from females that consumed only inorganic mineral salts. Elucidating the mechanisms whereby conceptus development and survival are enhanced by essential trace minerals may lead to development of specific feeding programs to increase the number and health of offspring at parturition, thereby allowing for further improvements in production efficiency in animal agriculture.
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- Chris E Hostetler
- Department of Animal Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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Piosik PA, van Groenigen M, Ponne NJ, Valentijn LJ, Bolhuis PA, Baas F. Caprine homologue of rodent 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit and yeast SNF4/CAT3 is down-regulated by thyroid hormone. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 40:240-53. [PMID: 8872308 DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(96)00061-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We isolated a cDNA, B12, that was down-regulated by thyroid hormone (TH) in the goat cerebellum, using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based subtractive hybridization and differential screening procedure. Northern blot analysis of RNA from cerebellum of T4-treated and untreated hypothyroid goats confirmed that clone B12 was TH-regulated with an average reduction in expression of 21% after 4 days of T4 supplementation. Other tissues from a T4-treated and an untreated hypothyroid goat also revealed down-regulation of B12, with the highest reduction in expression found in the thyroid gland (38%). Steady-state levels of the approximately 1.8 kb B12 mRNA were higher in brain than in peripheral tissues. In situ hybridization showed that B12 mRNA in the brain is mainly present in various layers of the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, and the olfactory tubercle and is predominantly expressed in neurons. Sequence analysis of the caprine B12 cDNA clone, and the murine homologue, revealed 61% similarity to SNF4/CAT3, a regulator involved in the transcriptional control of glucose-repressible genes in yeast, and 99% identity to a rat 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit, which is involved in the regulation of fatty acid, glycogen and isoprenoid metabolism. In view of these homologies, B12 might encode a regulator involved in distinct metabolic pathways and therefore, TH might also affect gene expression indirectly by down-regulation of regulators like B12.
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- P A Piosik
- Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mano MT, Potter BJ, Belling GB, Chavadej J, Hetzel BS. Fetal brain development in response to iodine deficiency in a primate model (Callithrix jacchus jacchus). J Neurol Sci 1987; 79:287-300. [PMID: 3612176 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(87)90236-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The common cotton-eared marmoset (Callithrix jacchus jacchus) has been used for the first time as a primate model to study the effects of dietary iodine deficiency on fetal brain development. Paired male and female marmosets were fed a low-iodine diet of maize, peas, meat meal, Torula yeast, maize oil and added vitamins, minerals and amino acids for 6 months before mating. Offspring from first and second pregnancies were compared with offspring from control marmosets fed the same diet but supplemented with iodine. Severe iodine deficiency in the fetus at birth was evident by reduced plasma thyroxine levels, increased plasma thyroid stimulating hormone levels, increased thyroid weight and reduced thyroid iodine content. Thyroid histology revealed hyperplasia, hypertrophy and absence of colloid material in the follicles. Iodine deficiency caused a reduction in the weight of the fetal brain and in particular the cerebellum. Brain cell number was reduced in the cerebellum and brainstem but cell size was reduced in the cerebral hemispheres. Histology of the brain revealed morphological changes in the cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres. In the-cerebellum there was: an increase in the thickness of the external germinal layer indicative of impaired cell acquisition; a decrease in total area; a decrease in molecular layer area; and an increase in Purkinje cell (Pc) linear density due to a reduction in the length of the Pc line. The decrease in molecular layer area and increase in Pc linear density imply diminished ascending and lateral extension of Pc dendrites. Changes in the cerebral hemispheres consisted of an increase in the density of neuronal cell bodies in the granular band and a decrease in synaptic counts in the layer between the pia mater and supragranular band of the visual cortex. Offspring from second pregnancies compared to those from first pregnancies were more severely affected and associated with lower plasma levels of maternal and fetal thyroxine. These findings indicate the importance of maternal and fetal thyroid function in relation to fetal brain development in the primate.
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McIntosh GH, Potter BJ, Mano MT, Hua CH, Cragg BG, Hetzel BS. The effect of maternal and fetal thyroidectomy on fetal brain development in the sheep. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1983; 9:215-23. [PMID: 6877518 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1983.tb00109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The combination of maternal and fetal thyroidectomy was found to have a significant influence on brain development in the fetal sheep at 140 days. There was reduced body weight (36%), brain weight (23%), DNA (26%) and protein (34%) content in five fetuses of ewes, subjected to thyroidectomy six weeks before mating and fetal thyroidectomy at 98 days gestation, compared with six sham operated controls. Cholesterol content was also reduced (36%) and water content increased (2.4%). The cerebellum was most severely affected and showed histologically an increased cell density associated with a significant reduction in the ratio of the molecular to granular cell layer area. The cell density was also significantly increased in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, but not in the CA4 region. It was also increased in the parietal layer of the cerebral cortex but not in the motor region. There was a significant reduction in the weight of heart (28.6%) and lungs (33.4%), while the kidneys and pituitary were enlarged (20.5% and 48.5% respectively) as a result of double thyroidectomy. The combined thyroidectomy was similar to iodine deficiency in its effect on fetal brain development, indicating that it is probable that iodine deficiency has its effects in the sheep by a combination of maternal and fetal hypothyroidism.
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