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Chronic ethanol drinking and food deprivation affect rat hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and TRH in septum

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Because chronic ethanol ingestion may perturb thyroid function, we evaluated the effect of 4-wk of oral 10% ethanol ingestion on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis and septal thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in 200-g male Wistar rats. Animals were divided into three groups: absolute control receiving tap water and food ad libitum; ethanol group receiving food ad libitum and 10% ethanol as the sole source of drinking fluid; pair-fed group receiving tap water and an amount of food corresponding to the consumption of ethanol group. After 4-wk of treatment, the body weight of the ethanol group was 7% and of the pair-fed rats 19% lower than that of the absolute controls. Both chronic ethanol treatment and food deprivation produced a decrease in plasma thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Pair-fed rats also had a lower plasma T3. Type I iodothyronine 5′-deiodinase activity in the liver was increased in the pair-fed and even more in the ethanol-treated group. The content and secretion in vitro of TRH from the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and median eminence were unchanged. TRH content in the septum was increased in both the ethanol and pair-fed groups. TRH secretion from the septum in vitro was lower in the pair-fed, but unchanged in the ethanol group. These data suggest that 4-wk of peroral ethanol intake affects thyroid function mostly at the extrahypothalamic level and that there is a contribution of concomitant food deprivation. Both ethanol treatment and food deprivation increased TRH content in the septum.

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    Mária Nikodémová, Július Benický, Július Brtko &  Vladimír Štrbák

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Nikodémová, M., Benický, J., Brtko, J. et al. Chronic ethanol drinking and food deprivation affect rat hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and TRH in septum. Endocr 9, 213–218 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1385/ENDO:9:2:213

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