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Tachykinin family genes and their receptors are differentially expressed in the hypothyroid ovary and pituitary

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Title Tachykinin family genes and their receptors are differentially expressed in the hypothyroid ovary and pituitary
 
Creator Ghosh, P
Saha, SK
Bhattacharya, S
Bhattacharya, S
Mukherjee, S
Roy, SS
 
Subject Cell Biology; Physiology
 
Description Plasma tachykinin levels are known to be altered with sexual acyclicity and loss of reproductive function. Ovulatory dysfunction, as seen in postmenopausal women, is also often encountered in hypothyroid patients. To know the involvement of different tachykinin genes in hypothyroidism-associated reproductive disorders, we performed DD-PCR with the pituitary RNA of control and hypothyroid rats to see the differentially expressed gene profile. Subsequently, we selected a few clones, tachykinin being one of them. Since its expression was up regulated in hypothyroidism as it does in the sexually acyclic females, we wanted to correlate these two phenomena with hypothyroidism associated reproductive disorders. We observed differential expression of tac2 along with other tk genes and their receptors in rat pituitary and ovary, which suggests that hypothyroidism affects the expression of these genes in these tissues. The experiments were repeated in ovarian tissue obtained at surgery from hypothyroid human patients, which showed similar expression pattern of TAC3 (equivalent to rat tac2) and their receptors as in rat ovary. Significant reduction of tac2 expression in reproductively less active rat ovary suggests the association of tac2 with reproductive senescence. Our results suggest that decline in reproductive function in hypothyroidism is associated with altered expression level of tac2 and its receptors. Further investigation in this area could elucidate the possible mechanism of tachykinins' involvement in loss of sexual cyclicity and other reproductive disorders associated with hypothyroidism. Copyright (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
 
Publisher KARGERBASELALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND
 
Date 2011-09-20T12:12:33Z
2011-09-20T12:12:33Z
2007
 
Type Article
 
Identifier CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
1015-8987
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14315
 
Language English