Korean J Physiol Pharmacol.  1999 Jun;3(3):329-337.

Thyroid hormone-induced alterations of ryanodine and dihydropyridine receptor protein expression in rat hear

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pharmacology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine,388-1 Poongnapdong, Songpa-ku, Seoul, 138-736 South Korea.
  • 2Asan Institute for Life Science, Seoul 138-736, Korea.

Abstract

Thyroid hormone-induced cellular dysfunctions may be associated with changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration. The ryanodine receptor, a Ca2+ release channel of the SR, is responsible for the rapid release of Ca2+ that activates cardiac muscle contraction. In the excitation-contaction coupling cascade, activation of ryanodine receptors is initiated by the activity of sarcolemmal Ca2+ channels, the dihydropyridine receptors. In hyperthyroidism left ventricular contractility and relaxation velocity were increased, whereas these parameters were decreased in hypothyroidism. The mechanisms for these changes have been suggested to include alterations in the expression and/or activity levels of various proteins. In the present study, quantitative changes of ryanodine receptors and the dihydropyridine receptors, and the functional consequences of these changes in various thyroid states were investigated. In hyperthyroid hearts, (3H)ryanodine binding and ryanodine receptor mRNA levels were increased, but protein levels of ryanodine were not changed significantly. However, the above parameters were markedly decreased in hypothyroid hearts. In case of dihydropyridine receptor, there were a significant increase in the mRNA and protein levels, and (3H)nitrendipine binding, whereas no changes were observed in these parameters of hypothyroid hearts. Our findings indicate that hyperthyroidism is associated with increases in ryanodine receptor and dihydropyridine receptor expression levels, which is well correlated with the ryanodine and dihydropyridine binding. Whereas opposite changes occur in ryanodine receptor of the hypothyroid hearts.

Keyword

Heart; Thyroid hormone; Ryanodine receptor; Dihydropyridine receptor

MeSH Terms

Animals
Calcium Channels, L-Type*
Heart
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Myocardium
Rats*
Relaxation
RNA, Messenger
Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
Ryanodine*
Thyroid Gland*
Calcium Channels, L-Type
RNA, Messenger
Ryanodine
Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
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