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ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 158, Issue 5, Pages 1502-1510Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/en.2016-1586
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS)
- Fundo de Incentivo a Pesquisa do Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (FIPE), Brazil
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Nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) affects patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Oxidative stress has been implicated as a causative factor of NTIS, and reversed via N-acetylcysteine (NAC). Male Wistar rats submitted to left anterior coronary artery occlusion received NAC or placebo. Decreases in triiodothyronine (T3) levels were noted in MI-placebo at 10 and 28 days post-MI, but not in MI-NAC. Groups exhibited similar infarct areas whereas MI-NAC exhibited higher ejection fraction than did MI-placebo. Left ventricular systolic and diastolic diameters were also preserved in MI-NAC, but not in MI-placebo. Ejection fraction was positively correlated with T3 levels. Oxidative balance was deranged only in MI-placebo animals. Increased type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase expression was detected in the cardiomyocytes of MI-placebo compared with normal heart tissue. NAC was shown to diminish type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase expression and activity in MI-NAC. These results show that restoring redox balance by NAC treatment prevents NTIS-related thyroid hormone derangement and preserves heart function in rats subjected to MI.
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