Decreased PGC1-α levels and increased apoptotic protein signaling are associated with the maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy in hyperthyroidism

• Published in: Journal of biosciences 2018-12, Vol.43 (5), p.887-895
• Main Authors: Teixeira, Rayane Brinck, Barboza, Tatiane Evelyn, de Araújo, Carla Cristina, Siqueira, Rafaela, de Castro, Alexandre Luz, Bonetto, Jéssica Hellen Poletto, de Lima-Seolin, Bruna Gazzi, Carraro, Cristina Campos, Belló-Klein, Adriane, Singal, Pawan K, da Rosa Araujo, Alex Sander
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Apoptosis; BAX protein; Bcl-2 protein; Biogenesis; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cell Biology; Cell death; Drinking water; Evaluation; Heart; Heart diseases; Hsp70 protein; Hyperthyroidism; Hypertrophy; Hypoxia-inducible factor 1; Inflammation; Inflammatory response; Interleukin 10; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Mitochondria; MyD88 protein; NF-κB protein; p53 Protein; Plant Sciences; Proteins; Rodents; Signaling; Thyroxine; TLR4 protein; Toll-like receptors; Tumor necrosis factor-α; Ventricle; Zoology
• ISSN: 0250-5991; 0973-7138
• DOI: 10.1007/s12038-018-9816-8

Hyperthyroidism can lead to the activation of proteins which are associated with inflammation, apoptosis, hypertrophy, and heart failure. This study aimed to explore the inflammatory and apoptotic proteins involved in the hyperthyroidism-induced cardiac hypertrophy establishment. Male Wistar rats were divided into control and hyperthyroid (12 mg/L L-thyroxine, in drinking water for 28 days) groups. The expression of inflammatory and apoptotic signaling proteins was quantified in the left ventricle by Western blot. Hyperthyroidism was confirmed by evaluation of T3 and T4 levels, as well as cardiac hypertrophy development. There was no change in the expression of HSP70, HIF1-α, TNF-α, MyD88, p-NFκB, NFκB, p-p38, and p38. Reduced expression of p53 and PGC1-α was associated with increased TLR4 and decreased IL-10 expression. Decreased Bcl-2 expression and increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio were also observed. The results suggest that reduced PGC1-α and IL-10, and elevated TLR4 proteins expression could be involved with the diminished mitochondrial biogenesis and anti-inflammatory response, as well as cell death signaling, in the establishment of hyperthyroidism-induced maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy.