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Endocrinology, Vol 122, 2527-2532, Copyright © 1988 by Endocrine Society

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Effect of inferior laryngeal nerve section on thyroid function in rats

HE Romeo, MC Diaz, J Ceppi, AA Zaninovich and DP Cardinali
Departamento de Fisiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

To examine the role of thyroid parasympathetic innervation in organ's function, rats subjected to inferior laryngeal nerve (ILN) section were employed. This procedure decreased thyroid [3H]choline uptake by about half. Bilaterally ILN-sectioned rats treated with methylmercaptoimidazole for 4 days exhibited a significant impairment of the methylmercaptoimidazole-induced goitrogenic response. Unilateral ILN section resulted in further atrophy of the ipsilateral thyroid lobe in hypophysectomized rats. One week after ILN section a significant decrease of serum T4 and an increase of serum TSH were observed. Bilateral ILN section generally decreased circulating T4 for up to 28 days after surgery, while a unilateral ILN section caused a transient T4 decrease for 1 week after surgery. Compensatory thyroid growth in rats subjected to unilateral thyroidectomy (hemi Tx) and ILN section performed ipsilaterally to the remaining lobe, was significantly smaller than that of rats subjected to hemi Tx alone. Hemi Tx depressed serum T4 and increased serum TSH levels significantly. These hormonal changes were prevented by unilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy (SCGx), but were unaffected by ILN section. The combination of SCGx and ILN section negated the facilitating effect of SCGx on thyroid secretion and impaired the increase in compensatory thyroid growth brought about by thyroid sympathetic denervation. Thyroid mitotic index studies in hemi Tx rats receiving ILN section, SCGx, or a combination of both indicated that the increase in the number of follicular mitosis caused by hemi Tx was significantly impaired by ILN section and was significantly increased by SCGx. SCGx potentiation of thyroid follicular mitotic activity was partially prevented by concomitant ILN section. These results support a significant role of thyroid sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation in the control of organ's growth and secretory activity.


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