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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 272: R1390-R1395, 1997;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 5 1390-R1395, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Regulated hypothermia in the hypothyroid rat induced by administration of propylthiouracil

Y. Yang and C. J. Gordon
Institute of Food Safety Control and Inspection, Ministry of Public Health, Beijing, China.

Propylthiouracil (PTU), an antithyroidal drug that reduces serum L-thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3), is presumed to lower core temperature (T0) by impairing metabolic thermogenesis. However, it is not understood why PTU-treated animals cannot use behavioral and other thermoeffectors to maintain normal Tc. Male rats were administered PTU in drinking water (0.05 mg/ml) while the following parameters were measured: 1) Tc and motor activity (MA) recorded by radiotelemetry for 24 h at ambient temperatures (Ta) of 10-30 degrees C; 2) selected Ta, MA, and Tc in a temperature gradient; and 3) Tc, MA, and grooming behavior during exposure to heat stress (TH = 34.5 degrees C) for 2 h. PTU reduced serum levels of T4, and T3 by 95 and 60%, respectively. Tc decreased after 3 days of PTU treatment; a 0.5 degree C decrease in Tc persisted throughout the PTU treatment. PTU rats exposed to Ta of 10-30 degrees C maintained a consistent hypothermic Tc during the light phase; however, a deficit in the stability of Tc at night was noted during exposure to 10 degrees C. In the temperature gradient, PTU rats selected warmer Ta, but their Tc was maintained at the same hypothermic levels as observed at fixed Ta values of 15-30 degrees C. Heat stress caused Tc of control rats to increase to 39 degrees C, whereas Tc of the PTU rats was maintained below 38 degrees C. The regulation of Tc at hypothermic levels over a wide range of Ta values and when rats were housed in a temperature gradient indicates that chronic PTU induces a state of regulated hypothermia.


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