Functions and Mechanism of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Action During Amphibian Development

Overview

Journal Endocrinology

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2024 Oct 14

PMID 39397558

Authors

Emeric Louis

Liezhen Fu

Yun-Bo Shi

Laurent M Sachs

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Abstract

Thyroid hormones and their receptors (TRs) play critical roles during vertebrate development. One of the most dramatic developmental processes regulated by thyroid hormones is frog metamorphosis, which mimics the postembryonic (perinatal) period in mammals. Here, we review some of the findings on the developmental functions of thyroid hormones and TRs as well as their associated mechanisms of action obtained from this model system. More than 2 decades ago, a dual function model was proposed for TR in anuran development. During larval development, unliganded receptors recruit corepressors to repress thyroid hormone response genes to prevent premature metamorphic changes. Subsequently, when thyroid hormone levels rise, liganded receptors recruit coactivators to activate thyroid hormone response genes, leading to metamorphic changes. Over the years, molecular and genetic approaches have provided strong support for this model and have shown that it is applicable to mammalian development as well as to understanding the diverse effects of thyroid hormones in normal physiology and diseases caused by thyroid hormone signaling dysfunction.

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