Location of rat liver iodothyronine deiodinating enzymes in the endoplasmic reticulum |
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Authors: | Durk Fekkes Ellen Van Overmeeren-Kaptein Roel Docter Georg Hennemann Theo J Visser |
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Institution: | Department of Internal Medicine III and Clinical Endocrinology, Medical Faculty, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The iodothyronine-deiodinating enzymes (iodothyronine-5- and 5′-deiodinase) of rat liver were found to be located in the parenchymal cells. Differential centrifugation of rat liver homogenate revealed that the deiodinases resided mainly in the microsomal fraction. The subcellular distribution pattern of these enzymes correlated best with glucose-6-phosphatase, a marker enzyme of the endoplasmic reticulum. Plasma membranes, prepared by discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation, were found to contain very little deiodinating activity. Analysis of fractions obtained during the course of plasma membrane isolation showed that the deiodinases correlated positively with glucose-6-phosphates (r >/ 0.98) and negatively with the plasma membrane marker 5′-nucleotidase (r ranging between ?0.88 and ?0.97). It is concluded that the iodothyronine-deiodinating enzymes of rat liver are associated with the endoplasmic reticulum. |
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Keywords: | Iodothyronine deiodination Thyroid hormone Endoplasmic reticululm enzyme (Rat liver parenchymal cells) |
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