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ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 145, Issue 3, Pages 1386-1391Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1123
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Although the effects of thyroid hormones on the development of neurons and oligodendrocytes are well documented, less is known about the hormonal effects on astrocytes. Our analyses of cerebellar slices from 2-month-old T-3 receptor protein (TR)alpha1-deficient mice show that mature astrocytes, Golgi epithelial cells, and their Bergmann processes had strongly reduced glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and nestin immunoreactivity, in contrast to wild-type mice. Furthermore, the Bergmann processes exhibited an irregular GFAP staining. A similar expression of nestin and GFAP was observed in 11-dold (P11) mutant pups. Surprisingly, however, hypothyroidism normalized the appearance of these markers in the P11 mutants, suggesting that liganded TRbeta is detrimental to astroglial cell differentiation in the absence of TRalpha1. To test this hypothesis, hypothyroid mice were treated from birth until P11 with the TRbeta-selective ligand GC-1. This treatment was devastating in the TRalpha1(-/-) mice, causing little if any nestin or GFAP immunoreactivity, whereas the wild-type mice were normal. The results thus indicate an important interplay between thyroid hormone receptor isoforms in astroglial cell maturation.
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