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  • Title: Mechanism of hypothyroidism action on insulin-like growth factor-I and -II from neonatal to adult rats: insulin mediates thyroid hormone effects in the neonatal period.
    Author: Ramos S, Goya L, Alvarez C, Pascual-Leone AM.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 1998 Dec; 139(12):4782-92. PubMed ID: 9832414.
    Abstract:
    The effects of thyroid hormone deficiency on serum levels and liver messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) were studied in neonatal (until 20 days of life), weaned (22-37 days), and adult (72-87 days) rats, short periods (5, 10, and 15 days) after thyroidectomy (T). Serum levels and liver mRNA expression of IGF-I, plasma and pituitary GH, plasma insulin, and glycemia were measured in all populations; and serum levels and liver mRNA expression of IGF-II were measured only in the neonatal populations. Surprisingly, plasma insulin and GH and serum and liver mRNA expression of IGF-I were found elevated in T neonatal rats, and they decreased in weaned and adult rats and in neonatal rats rendered hypothyroid by mercapto-1-methylimidazole (MMI) treatment (MMI-hypothyroid). T and MMI-treatment of neonatal rats disturbed the normal pattern of progressive decrease of IGF-II with age. A positive correlation between insulin and IGF-I and a poor correlation between GH and IGF-I were found in both hypothyroid neonates (T and MMI-hypothyroid). On the contrary, a positive correlation between GH and IGF-I and a poor correlation between insulin and IGF-I were found for control and T adult rats. Because plasma insulin and GH changed in the same direction in all groups, insulin secretion in T neonatal was suppressed by streptozotocin, and insulin was given to T adult rats. The combined results of these experiments support the idea that the effects of thyroid hormones on IGF-I secretion are age-dependent, and they are mediated mainly by insulin during the neonatal period and by GH during adulthood.
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