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Purpose <p>Aging is associated with an increased prevalence of chronic liver diseases suggesting impaired immune and metabolic function. In addition, thyroid hormone (TH) impacts liver physiology and TH deprivation or excess negatively affect organ maintenance. However, whether age-dependent consequences of TH alterations are reflected in a liver-specific adaptation is unknown so far. The present study aimed to characterize the impact of TH deprivation or excess on the liver transcriptome during aging.</p> Methods <p>Five- and 21-month-old male C57BL/6 mice were exposed either to chronic TH deprivation or to chronic TH excess and compared to control treatment by microarray-based liver transcriptome analysis.</p> Results <p>Significant roles of both TH state and age became obvious: Bioinformatic analysis of the liver transcriptome data revealed an age-dependent immune signature by chronic TH deprivation, an age-dependent immune and metabolic signature independent of exogenous TH modulation, as well as an age-dependent metabolic signature by chronic TH excess. Published data of single cell transcriptomic atlas characterizing aging tissues in the mouse were compared with our data and revealed Kupffer cell presentation in the immunological signature by TH deprivation during aging. Literature data for four prominent differentially expressed genes, namely <i>C1qb</i>, <i>C3ar1</i>, <i>Ctss</i>, and <i>Msr1</i>, revealed that the complement system, extracellular matrix remodelling, as well as the proinflammatory phenotype of Kupffer cells are altered by TH deprivation during aging.</p> Conclusion <p>In conclusion, our study illuminates the interplay between TH deprivation, aging, and liver transcriptome signatures, highlighting potential implications for immune function and tissue maintenance, particularly through the modulation of Kupffer cell presentation.</p>

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Thyroid hormone deprivation creates an immunological signature in the mouse liver, involving Kupffer cell presentation as the mouse ages

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    2026年5月2日

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  • Helena Kerp,
  • Devon Siemes,
  • Janine Golchert,
  • Georg Homuth,
  • Uwe Völker,
  • Lars Christian Moeller,
  • Daniel Robert Engel,
  • Dagmar Führer,
  • Denise Zwanziger

摘要

Purpose

Aging is associated with an increased prevalence of chronic liver diseases suggesting impaired immune and metabolic function. In addition, thyroid hormone (TH) impacts liver physiology and TH deprivation or excess negatively affect organ maintenance. However, whether age-dependent consequences of TH alterations are reflected in a liver-specific adaptation is unknown so far. The present study aimed to characterize the impact of TH deprivation or excess on the liver transcriptome during aging.

Methods

Five- and 21-month-old male C57BL/6 mice were exposed either to chronic TH deprivation or to chronic TH excess and compared to control treatment by microarray-based liver transcriptome analysis.

Results

Significant roles of both TH state and age became obvious: Bioinformatic analysis of the liver transcriptome data revealed an age-dependent immune signature by chronic TH deprivation, an age-dependent immune and metabolic signature independent of exogenous TH modulation, as well as an age-dependent metabolic signature by chronic TH excess. Published data of single cell transcriptomic atlas characterizing aging tissues in the mouse were compared with our data and revealed Kupffer cell presentation in the immunological signature by TH deprivation during aging. Literature data for four prominent differentially expressed genes, namely C1qb, C3ar1, Ctss, and Msr1, revealed that the complement system, extracellular matrix remodelling, as well as the proinflammatory phenotype of Kupffer cells are altered by TH deprivation during aging.

Conclusion

In conclusion, our study illuminates the interplay between TH deprivation, aging, and liver transcriptome signatures, highlighting potential implications for immune function and tissue maintenance, particularly through the modulation of Kupffer cell presentation.