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GASTROINTESTINAL, HEPATIC, PULMONARY, AND RENAL
Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
We observed that the level of reverse triiodothyronine (rT3) was significantly increased after partial hepatectomy (PH) in both wild-type and constitutively active/androstane receptor (CAR) knockout (KO) mice, and treatment with phenobarbital (PB), a CAR activator, after PH decreased rT3 to restore its original level only in wild-type mice. On the other hand, no significant changes in the level of total T3 or free T3 in the serum were observed in either wild-type or CAR KO mice after PH or treatment with PB. Type 1 deiodinase (D1) activity and expression were significantly reduced by PH and up-regulated by PB in a CAR-dependent manner. In addition, known T3-regulated genes [tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) and basic transcription element binding protein (BTEB)] were also significantly decreased by PH and induced by PB. Injection of rT3 into normal mice revealed that rT3 is capable of repressing the known thyroid hormone-regulated genes Tat, Bteb, and Cpt-1 in the liver. Our results suggest that PH decreases D1 activity leading to increased rT3 level, resulting in the repression of T3 target genes. Subsequent treatment with PB decreases rT3 in a CAR-dependent manner through the up-regulation of the D1 gene.
Address correspondence to: Dr. Masahiko Negishi, Pharmacogenetics Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, MD: E4-07, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. E-mail: negishi{at}niehs.nih.gov
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