Sex-related differences in pituitary GH-expressing cells induced by hypothyroidism following treatment with methimazole
Eur. j. anat
; 8(1): 11-15, mayo 2004. graf, ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
An immunocytochemical and morphometric study of pituitary GH-expressing cells was carried out in adult rats following chronic treatment with methimazole. The morphological results were correlated to the basal GH serum levels. In both sexes, hypothyroidism. induced by methimazolee produced a significant decrease of GH serum levels in relation to untreated animals (p<0.05). Morphometrically, methimazole induced significant decreases in the nuclear area (p<0.05) and in the numerical density of immunoreactive cells (p<0.05). In males, these modifications were accompanied by a significant decrease in cellular and cytoplasmic size (p<0.05), but this was not seen in females. Our results confirm the existence of a physiological stimulatory role of thyroid hormones on the activity of pituitary somatotroph cells that must be modulated by gonadal steroids because the effects of hypothyroidism were more evident in male than in female rats (AU)
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Pituitary Gland
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Hypothyroidism
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Methimazole
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur. j. anat
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Salamanca/Spain