Liver thyroxine

Iodine occurs to a minute extent (less than 0.001 %) in sea water, but is found in greater concentration, combined in organic form, in certain seaweeds, in oysters and in cod livers. Crude Chile saltpetre, or caliche contains small amounts of sodium iodate, NalOj. from which iodine can be obtained (see below). Some insoluble iodides, for example liiose of silver and mercury(II), occur in Mexico. Iodine is found in the human body in the compound thyroxin in the thyroid gland deficiency of iodine in diet causes enlargement of this gland (goitre). 

IV. The Distribution of Labelled Thyroxine and Duoclotyrsine in Liver, Muscle, and Small Intestine. Endocrinology 30, 487 (1942). 

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase formation in liver taken from tadpoles treated with thyroxine is enhanced by the addition of orotic acid, uracil or uridine (cytosine and adenosine had no effect). The synthesis of this enzyme is not affected by these pyrimidines in untreated animals. This indicates that there is a relative pyrimidine deficiency during thyroxine-induced metamorphosis [140]. 

Z)-2,3-Methanothyronine 59 and its dibromo derivative 60 have comparable activity with the thyroxine 61, a thyroid hormone [66], which exhibited thyro-mimetic activities in basal metabolism and antigoiter tests (comparison of oxygen consumption and heart rate in normal and thyroidectomized rats) but did not have an inhibitory action on the metabolism developed by triiodothyronine [66]. (Z)-2,3-Methanohistidine 62, tested on rat liver, is an effective inhibitor of histidine decarboxylase, Eq. (23) [67]. 

Oral contraceptives have also been reported to produce increases in sulfobromophthalein retention and other liver function tests, as well as in prothrombin time, clotting factors VII, VIII, IX, serum thyroxine, and protein-bound iodine (B8). In a group of 48 women the mean cholesterol value was 206 41 mg/100 ml while they were receiving a variety of oral contraceptives and 179 28 mg/100 ml when they were not receiving the drugs (W19). 

Raederstorff D, Meier CA, Moser U, Walter P (1991) Hypothyroidism and thyroxin substitution affect the a-3 fatty acid composition of rat liver mitochondria. Lipids 26 781-787... 

Thyroid hormones are intimately involved in regulating the basal metabolic rate. Liver tissue of animals given excess thyroxine shows an increased rate of 02 consumption and increased heat output (thermogenesis), but the ATP concentration in the tissue is normal. Different explanations have been offered for the thermogenic effect of thyroxine. One is that excess thryroxine causes uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. How could such an effect account for the observations Another explanation suggests that the thermogenesis is due to an increased rate of ATP utilization by the thyroxine-stimulated tissue. Is this a reasonable explanation Why ... 

There is no such clear cut difTcrcnlialiun as metamorphosis in the mammal, but development is an extremely complex process and has been shown to depend upon the presence of adequate amounts of thyroid hormones. Deficient development, especially of the central nervous system, is marked in ehildren suffering from thyroid deficiency early in life, ansi this inadequacy cannot be overcome completely by medication commenced after the first few weeks. In the adult, thyroxine is important in the maintenance of energy turnover in most of the tissues of the body, such as the heart, skeletal muscle, liver, and kidney, Other physiological functions, most notably brain aclivity and reproduction, are also dependent upon thyroxine, although the metabolic rales of the tissues concerned in these functions do not seem to be altered. 

Antagonists of the tocopherols indude a-tocopherol qtiinone. oxidants, cod liver oil, and thyroxine. Synergists include ascorbic acid, estradiol,... 

An advantage of T-3/L-triiodothyronine administration over T-4/L-thyroxine was the lack of dependence upon the liver enzyme responsible for T-4/T-3 conversion. During diet restricted periods the liver naturally decreases the liver enzyme levels as a control measure to prevent metabolic rate induced starvation. Just as the liver increases production of this enzyme in response to elevated calorie intake it also reduces levels in response to decreased calorie intake. Remember that T-4 /L-thyroxine is only 20% as active as T-3/L-triiodothyronine. 

Synthroid is a man-made synthetically manufactured version of T-4/L-thyroxine. The average person produces about 76 MCG/d of T-4/L-thyroxine which is then converted by the liver into the more active T-3/L-triiodothyronine. This is true of the oral T-4/L-thyroxine medications as well. The average conversion rate of T-4 to T-3 is about 30-33%/ MCG. Since the conversion of T-4 to T-3 is dependent upon adequate levels of since and selenium, athletes commonly increase daily intake of these minerals during synthetic T-4/L-thyroxine use. 

Reduced synthesis of proteins in the liver can also affect the end omnium. Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG), the major thyroid hormone transport protein, has been found to be transiently but marisedly decreased during I-ASP therapy [129,130]. In extended observations Ferster et al. [131] demonstrated a decrease of total T4, FT4, total T3, and TBG during induction therapy. The changes in T4... 

At 100 ppm, reductions in serum thyroxine and hypothalmic norepinephrine concentrations, increases in adrenal catecholamines and serum cortocosterone, no effect on body organ weight except for a slight decrease in liver weight. 

The degradation of thyroxine in liver occurs primarily by conjugation with glucuronic acid. In this assay, [12SI]thyroxine glucuronide was quantitated by on-line radiochemical detection. 

The second alternative function of PDI again comes from sequence analysis. This time a clone isolated as a lodothyronine 5 -monodeiodinase (5 -MD, thyroxine deiodinase) from rat codes for a protein that is identical to PDI in all but two residues (Boado et ai, 1988). The clone was isolated by screening a library with polyclonal antibodies raised against rat liver microsomal proteins. Clones coding for 5 -MD were selected by... 

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