Effect of streptozotocin diabetes on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in the rat

Endocrinology
C GonzálezT Jolín

Abstract

Studies of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis have been performed in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic Wistar rats and their controls. Plasma PBI concentration, plasma and pituitary TSH, contents, and hypothalamic TRH content were measured by RIA in basal and stimulated conditions. Compared to controls, rats made diabetic by 6.0 or 7.5 mg STZ/100 g BW showed decreased plasma PBI and TSH and diminished pituitary TSH content, with greater alterations in rats receiving the highest STZ dose. Both diabetic groups showed an almost 50% reduction of hypothalamic TRH content in comparison with the mean control value. After thyroidectomy, pituitary TSH secretion increased in diabetic, ad libitum fed, and semistarved animals, but it was lower in the diabetic group in which the reduction in plasma PBI was similar or greater. To evaluate pituitary sensitivity to the inhibitory action of L-T4 on TSH secretion in diabetes, thyroidectomized control (Thx-C), thyroidectomized diabetic (Thx-D), and thyroidectomized semistarved (Thx-S) rats were injected twice daily for 7 days with either saline or a fractional L-T4 dose of 0.25, 0.50, or 1.00 microgram/100 microgram/100 g BW. In Thx-D rats, a daily dose of 1.00 microgram L-T4 was sufficient to n...Continue Reading

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