Effects of 3-nitro-l-tyrosine on thyroid function in the rat: an experimental model for the dehalogenase defect
AUTOR(ES)
Green, William L.
RESUMO
The effects on thyroid function of an inhibitor of tyrosine dehalogenase, 3-nitro-L-tyrosine (MNT) have been investigated in rats. In preliminary studies, marked inhibition of iodotyrosine deiodination was demonstrated in rats drinking 8 mM MNT. A series of experiments was then performed in which rats received Remington low iodine diet and 8 mM MNT as drinking fluid. This regimen had the following effects, compared to the effects of a low iodine diet alone: (a) a decrease in serum protein-bound iodine, elevation of serum thyrotropin level, goiter, and growth inhibition all prevented or reversed by iodine supplements: (b) on initiation of MNT, a 2- to 3-fold increase in the rate of release of radioiodine from the thyroid and concomitant urinary excretion of large amounts of organic iodine: and (c) after 2 wk of MNT, a greatly increased rate of thyroidal uptake and release of 131I, an increase in the ratio of monoiodotyrosine-131I to diiodotyrosine-131I in thyroid proteolysates and the appearance of labeled iodotyrosines in serum.
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