Uncoupling protein 2 mRNA expression and respiratory parameters in Kupffer cells isolated from euthyroid and hyperthyroid rat livers

Autor: Ilaria Demori, F Goglia, Emilia Fugassa, AT Franzi, Adriana Voci, Antonia Lanni
Přispěvatelé: Voci, A, Demori, I, Franzi, At, Fugassa, E, Goglia, F, Lanni, Antonia
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN: 1479-683X
0804-4643
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1450317
Popis: OBJECTIVE: The levels of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) mRNA and determinants of respiration (ATP synthesis, proton leak and non-mitochondrial respiration) were evaluated in Kupffer cells isolated from the livers of normal euthyroid, acute hyperthyroid and chronic hyperthyroid rats. METHODS: After liver perfusion, Kupffer cells were purified by density-gradient centrifugation followed by counterflow centrifugal elutriation. UCP2 mRNA levels were measured by Northern blot and respiratory parameters by polarographic method. RESULTS: In cells isolated from hyperthyroid (tri-iodothyronine (T(3))-treated) rats, the effect of T(3) treatment on the UCP2 mRNA level varied: it was more than doubled (P
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