ADRENAL GLAND TLR EXPRESSION IN ApoE DEFICIENT HOMOZYGOUS (ApoE KO-/-) MICE WITH IMPAIRED THYROID FUNCTION

  • Toni Tripunoski Macedonian
  • Sasho Panov Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Jasmina Dimitrova Shumkovska Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Slavica Josifovska Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Irena Kostadinova Petrova Institute of Medical Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Ana Ugrinska Department of Radioisotopes and Radiopharmaceuticals Production, University Institute of Positron Emission Tomography, Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Sinisa Stojanoski Institute of Pathophysiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Nevena Manevska Institute of Pathophysiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Verdi Stanojevic University Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Bojana Stoilovska Rizova Institute of Pathophysiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Daniela Popgjorceva Institute of Pathophysiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia

Abstract

The main aim of our study was to investigate the expression of TLR receptors in the adrenal gland of ApoE knockout mice in context of ApoE deficiency as well as impaired thyroid function (hypo- and hyperthyroidism). The study was conducted on two following experimental animal groups: hypothyroid homozygous mice (ApoE KO-/-) treated with PTU; hyperthyroid homozygous mice (ApoE KO-/-) treated with L-thyroxine (T4) and two control groups: euthyroid homozygous mice (ApoE KO-/-) and euthyroid wild-type C57BL/6 mice (Bb). Determination of TLR gene expression in the adrenal gland was performed by RT-PCR reaction with semi-quantitative detection of populations of mRNA molecules transcribed from the TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 genes in the adrenal gland in the treated experimental groups and the two untreated control groups. The results of our study are in support of the hypothesis that both conditions of impaired thyroid function produce TLR agonists that increase the expression of TLR in the adrenal gland (p<0,05). Also, in the untreated/control group of mice (ApoE KO-/-), an increased expression of TLR was found compared to the wild strain C57BL/6 mice (Bb) as a control group (p<0.001).


Keywords: TLR receptors, adrenal gland, ApoE deficiency, Hypothyroid, Hyperthyroid.

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Published
2023-12-27
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TRIPUNOSKI, Toni et al. ADRENAL GLAND TLR EXPRESSION IN ApoE DEFICIENT HOMOZYGOUS (ApoE KO-/-) MICE WITH IMPAIRED THYROID FUNCTION. Journal of Morphological Sciences, [S.l.], v. 6, n. 3, p. 99-108, dec. 2023. ISSN 2545-4706. Available at: <https://jms.mk/jms/article/view/vol6no3-13>. Date accessed: 22 oct. 2024.
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