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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 258: E511-E518, 1990;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 258, Issue 3 E511-E518, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Mitochondrial protein synthesis during thyroxine-induced cardiac hypertrophy

A. C. Leung and E. E. McKee
Department of Biological Chemistry and Structure, University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064.

The goal of this paper was to determine the effects of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3)-thyroxine-induced cardiac hypertrophy on the rates of synthesis of mitochondrial proteins by both the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial protein synthesis systems and to compare the results with total protein synthesis and cardiac enlargement. Daily injections of T3-thyroxine in the rat resulted in a 25% increase in the growth of the ventricle compared with controls. The cytoplasmic synthesis of both mitochondrial and total proteins as measured in the isolated perfused heart was stimulated by T3-thyroxine injection to a peak of 155 and 146%, respectively, of vehicle-injected controls after 3 days of hormone treatment. This peak was followed by a gradual decline in stimulation in total protein synthesis to 132% of control by 9 days of injection, whereas the decline in stimulation of cytoplasmic synthesis of mitochondrial proteins was significantly steeper, falling to 119% of vehicle control. The rate of protein synthesis within the mitochondrial compartment was also measured during the time course of T3-thyroxine-induced hypertrophy. These rates were measured in an isolated intact heart mitochondrial protein synthesis system described and characterized in the companion papers [E. E. McKee, B. L. Grier, G. S. Thompson, and J. D. McCourt. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Endocrinol. Metab. 21): E492-E502, 1990; and E. E. McKee, B. L. Grier, G. S. Thompson, A. C. F. Leung, and J. D. McCourt. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Endocrinol. Metab. 21): E503-E510, 1990]. Rates of mitochondrial protein synthesis were dramatically stimulated by T3-thyroxine injection.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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