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L-Thyroxine improves vestibular compensation in a rat model of acute peripheral vestibulopathy

Rastoldo, G.; Marouane, E.; El-Mahmoudi, N.; Pericat, D.; Watabe, I.; Lapotre, A.; Tonetto, A.; Lopez-Juarez, A.; Caron, P.; Fraysse, M.-J. E.; Zwergal, A.; Tighilet, B.

2021-03-17 neuroscience
10.1101/2021.03.16.435610 bioRxiv
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Unilateral vestibular lesions induce a vestibular syndrome, which recovers over time due to vestibular compensation. The therapeutic effect of L-Thyroxine (L-T4) on vestibular compensation was investigated by behavioral testing and immunohistochemical analysis in a rat model of unilateral vestibular neurectomy (UVN). We demonstrated that an acute L-T4 treatment reduced the vestibular syndrome and significantly promoted vestibular compensation. Thyroid hormone receptors (TR and TR{beta}) and type II iodothyronine deiodinase (DIO2) were present in the vestibular nuclei (VN), supporting a local action of L-T4. We confirmed the T4-induced metabolic effects by demonstrating an increase in the number of cytochrome oxidase-labelled neurons in the VN three days after the lesion. L-T4 treatment modulated glial reaction by decreasing both microglia and oligodendrocytes in the deafferented VN three days after UVN and increased cell proliferation. The survival of newly generated cells was not affected, but neuronal differentiation was altered by the L-T4 treatment.

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