TY - JOUR
TI - Thyroid Hormone Signalling: From the Dawn of Life to the Bedside
AU - Mourouzis, I.
AU - Lavecchia, A.M.
AU - Xinaris, C.
JO - Journal of Molecular Evolution
PY - 2020
VL - 88
TODO - 1
SP - 88-103
PB - Springer-Verlag
SN - 0022-2844, 1432-1432
TODO - 10.1007/s00239-019-09908-1
TODO - thyroid hormone;  thyroid hormone receptor, animal;  evolution;  genetics;  genotype environment interaction;  growth, development and aging;  human;  metabolism;  metamorphosis;  molecular evolution;  physiology;  signal transduction, Animals;  Biological Evolution;  Evolution, Molecular;  Gene-Environment Interaction;  Growth and Development;  Humans;  Metabolism;  Metamorphosis, Biological;  Receptors, Thyroid Hormone;  Signal Transduction;  Thyroid Hormones
TODO - Thyroid hormone (TH) signalling is a key modulator of fundamental biological processes that has been evolutionarily conserved in both vertebrate and invertebrate species. TH may have initially emerged as a nutrient signal to convey environmental information to organisms to induce morpho-anatomical changes that could maximise the exploitation of environmental resources, and eventually integrated into the machinery of gene regulation and energy production to become a key regulator of development and metabolism. As such, TH signalling is particularly sensitive to environmental stimuli, and its alterations result in fundamental changes in homeostasis and physiology. Stressful stimuli of various origins lead to changes in the TH–TH receptor (TR) axis in different adult mammalian organs that are associated with phenotypical changes in terminally differentiated cells, the reactivation of foetal development programmes, structural remodelling and pathological growth. Here, we discuss the evolution of TH signalling, review evolutionarily conserved functions of THs in essential biological processes, such as metamorphosis and perinatal development, and analyse the role of TH signalling in the phenotypical and morphological changes that occur after injury, repair and regeneration in adult mammalian organs. Finally, we examine the potential of TH treatment as a therapeutic strategy for improving organ structure and functions following injury. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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