Characterization of thyroid hormone effects on Na channel synthesis in cultured skeletal myotubes: role of Ca2+.

Abstract:

:Thyroid hormones (TH) cause an increase in spontaneous electrical activity of cultured rat skeletal myotubes. This activity is associated with tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive Na channels. In addition, the initial effect of TH on Na-K pump synthesis has been shown to be TTX dependent. Accordingly, we have studied effects of TH on expression of TTX-sensitive Na channels in cultured skeletal muscle. Expression of Na channels was determined by measurements of the binding of [3H]saxitoxin (STX). The frequency and rate of rise of spontaneously occurring action potentials, which are related to the density of TTX-sensitive Na channels, were also determined. TH caused dose-dependent increases in Na channels as well as in action potential frequency and rate of rise. The increases were detectable as early as 12 h after treatment with TH was begun, and levels reached a maximum plateau after 36-48 h. The effects of TH were blocked by inhibitors of protein synthesis. Scatchard analysis showed the channels in TH-treated myotubes to have lower affinity for STX than those in control cells. The effect of TH to up-regulate Na channels was reduced by growth of the cells in elevated external calcium. In contrast, treatment with TTX or verapamil, which lower cytosolic Ca2+, resulted in a marked increase in the effect of TH over that in control myotubes. Thus, TH appears to regulate Na channels in cultured myotubes by two opposing mechanisms; 1) direct stimulation of Na channel synthesis, and 2) indirect decrease in synthesis mediated by an increase in cytosolic Ca2+. The results indicate that TH may play an important role in developmental expression of Na channels in excitable tissue.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Brodie C,Sampson SR

doi

10.1210/endo-125-2-842

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-08-01 00:00:00

pages

842-9

issue

2

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

125

pub_type

杂志文章