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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 90, No. 1 323-327
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Glucocorticoids Decrease Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Human Hypothalamus

A. Alkemade, U. A. Unmehopa, W. M. Wiersinga, D. F. Swaab and E. Fliers

Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (A.A., U.A.U., D.F.S., E.F.), 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism (A.A., W.M.W., E.F.), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: A. Alkemade, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: a.alkemade{at}nih.knaw.nl.

The way glucocorticoids affect TRH mRNA expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus is still unclear. In view of its relevance for Cushing’s syndrome and depression, we measured TRH mRNA expression in human hypothalami obtained at autopsy by means of quantitative TRH mRNA in situ hybridization. In corticosteroid-treated subjects (n = 10), TRH mRNA hybridization signal was decreased as compared with matched control subjects (n = 10) (Mann-Whitney U test, P = 0.02). By inference, hypercortisolism as present in patients with Cushing’s syndrome or major depression may contribute to lower serum TSH or symptoms of depression by lowering hypothalamic TRH expression.






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