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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 342, Issue 1-2, Pages 1-7Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.05.009
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Thyroid hormone; Mitochondria; Nuclear-mitochondrial crosstalk; Coactivator; Gene regulation; Signal pathway
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Thyroid hormone (TH) has profound influence on metabolism that is closely linked to its effect on mitochondrial biogenesis and function. After a single injection of TH into mammals, physiological alterations (e.g. changes in oxygen consumption rates) are detectable after a lag period of similar to 48 h. This characteristic lag period is somewhat surprising since non-genomic responses are already detectable within minutes, and first genomic responses within some hours after administration of TH. This review provides a model to explain the characteristic lag period: TH regulates a first series of TH target genes via classical activation of gene expression by binding to thyroid hormone response elements. Some directly regulated target genes serve as intermediate factors and subsequently regulate a second series of indirect TH target genes. Intermediate factors are transcription factors (such as NRF-1, NRF-2 and PPAR gamma) and transcriptional coactivators (such as PGC-1 alpha and PGC-1 beta). In concert with several post-translational modifications, these intermediate factors orchestrate the physiological response to thyroid hormone in vivo. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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