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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 86, No. 5 2080-2084
Copyright © 2001 by The Endocrine Society

Original Studies

Increased Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Isoforms in End-Stage Human Congestive Heart Failure1

Giulia d’Amati, Cira Rosaria Tiziana di Gioia, Daniela Mentuccia, Daniela Pistilli, Laura Proietti-Pannunzi, Fabio Miraldi, Pietro Gallo and Francesco Saverio Celi

Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia (G.d.’A., C.R.T.d.G., D.M., D.P., L.P.-P., P.G., F.S.), and Istituto di Chirurgia del Cuore e Grossi Vasi (F.M.), Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza," Rome 00161, Italy

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Francesco Saverio Celi, M.D., I Cattedra di Endocrinologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161 Roma, Italy. E-mail: francescosaverio.celi{at}uniroma1.it

Thyroid hormone plays an important role on myocardial development and function. The local effects of thyroid hormone are mediated by the receptor isoforms ultimately driving the expression of cardiac-specific genes. Although overt and subclinical thyroid dysfunction causes well-known changes in the cardiovascular system, little is known about local thyroid hormone action in normal and failing human myocardium. With a newly developed multiplex competitive RT-PCR method, we evaluated the expression of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) isoforms {alpha}-1, {alpha}-2, and ß-1 in normal human hearts and in end-stage congestive heart failure. A statistically significant difference in the expression of all three TR isoforms was observed among samples from normal subjects, ischemic heart disease (IHD), and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In DCM, compared with normal, the studied TR isoforms were significantly increased. In IHD, the increased expression was found significant only for {alpha}-1 and {alpha}-2 isoforms. No differences were observed between the pathologic groups. In conclusion, a coordinated increment in the expression of the TR isoforms was observed in both DCM and IHD by multiplex competitive RT-PCR. The observed changes could represent a compensatory mechanism to myocardial failure or to locally altered thyroid hormone action.




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