[PMID]: | 24157129 |
[Au] Autor: | Pilipovic I; Radojevic K; Kosec D; Nanut MP; Stojic-Vukanic Z; Arsenovic-Ranin N; Leposavic G |
[Ad] Endereço: | Immunology Research Centre "Branislav Jankovic", Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera "Torlak", 458 Vojvode Stepe, 11221 Belgrade, Serbia. |
[Ti] Título: | Gonadal hormone dependent developmental plasticity of catecholamine:ß2-adrenoceptor signaling complex in male rat thymus: putative implications for thymopoiesis. |
[So] Source: | J Neuroimmunol;265(1-2):20-35, 2013 Dec 15. |
[Is] ISSN: | 1872-8421 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | Netherlands |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | The study was undertaken considering that: i) androgens affect ß2-adrenoceptor (AR)-mediated catecholamine (CA) action in many tissues; and ii) peripubertal changes in both circulating androgen and thymic CA levels are implicated in rat thymic involution. Its aims were to: i) explore putative effects of the late prepubertal orchidectomy on thymic CA:ß2-AR complex in young adult rats, and ii) delineate the direct effects of testicular hormone withdrawal on the CA:ß2-AR complex from those elicited secondarily through altered influence of this complex components on each other's availability. Upon showing that prepubertal orchidectomy augmented the efficacy of thymopoiesis through increasing the thymocyte surface density of Thy-1, whose expression is negatively regulated by ß2-AR-mediated signaling, we examined the effects of orchidectomy and 14-day-long propranolol (PROP) treatment in orchidectomized (ORX) and sham-ORX rats on thymic norepinephrine (NE) concentration and metabolism and ß2-AR expression. Orchidectomy, despite an increase in the average NE amount per thymocyte and total thymocyte NE content, diminished thymic NE concentration. This decrease reflected the diminished density of CA-synthesizing nerve fibers, CD68+ macrophages, cortical (aminopeptidase A+), and medullary (UEA-1+) thymic epithelial cells (TECs) and their CA content (probably due to lessened TH expression accompanied by increased MAO-A expression). Moreover, orchidectomy decreased the surface ß2-AR expression on thymocytes, CD68+ macrophages and OX-62+ dendritic cells, but increased its expression on the TECs. In sham-ORX rats, PROP reduced thymic NE concentration by diminishing TH expression in the thymic cells. Additionally, PROP in thymocytes and thymic stromal cells diminished and enhanced the ß2-AR mRNA expression, respectively. However, in ORX rats PROP did not significantly affect CA(NE):ß2-AR complex components. This indicated that prepubertal orchidectomy affects ability of young adult rats to respond to ß-AR blockade by altering thymic NE and ß2-AR availability. Collectively, the results showed that testicular hormones contribute to alterations in thymus/thymopoiesis during the critical peripubertal period by shaping modulatory sympathetic influence and CA autocrine/paracrine action within the organ. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Catecolaminas/metabolismo Receptores Adrenérgicos beta/metabolismo Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia Hormônios Testiculares/metabolismo Timo/metabolismo
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Antagonistas Adrenérgicos beta/farmacologia Animais Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos Proliferação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos Células Dendríticas/efeitos dos fármacos Células Dendríticas/metabolismo Células Epiteliais/metabolismo Glutamil Aminopeptidase/metabolismo Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos Macrófagos/metabolismo Masculino Fibras Nervosas/efeitos dos fármacos Fibras Nervosas/metabolismo Orquiectomia Lectinas de Plantas/metabolismo Propranolol/farmacologia Ratos Receptores Adrenérgicos beta/genética Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos Timócitos/efeitos dos fármacos Timócitos/metabolismo Timo/citologia Timo/efeitos dos fármacos Tirosina 3-Mono-Oxigenase/metabolismo
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T |
[Nm] Nome de substância:
| 0 (Adrenergic beta-Antagonists); 0 (Catecholamines); 0 (Plant Lectins); 0 (Receptors, Adrenergic, beta); 0 (Testicular Hormones); 0 (Ulex europaeus lectins); 9Y8NXQ24VQ (Propranolol); EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase); EC 3.4.11.7 (Glutamyl Aminopeptidase) |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1401 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 131203 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 131203 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 131026 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
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