Intrathyroidal iodine metabolism in the rat. The influence of diet and the administration of thyroid-stimulating hormone |
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| Authors: | C. F. Barnaby Ailsa M. Davidson L. G. Plaskett |
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| Affiliation: | Medical Research Council Department of Clinical Research, University College Hospital Medical School, London, W.C. 1, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, 8 |
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| Abstract: | 1. Ratios of mono[131I]iodotyrosine and di[131I]iodotyrosine (R values) and the incorporation of 131I into iodothyronines have been estimated in rat thyroid glands from 30min. to 38hr. after the administration of [131I]iodide. 2. In rats receiving a powdered low-iodine diet the R values were close to unity and did not change with time after the administration of [131I]iodide. In rats receiving a commercial pellet diet the R values fell from a mean of 0·8 at 30min. after [131I]iodide administration to 0·49 at 38hr. 3. Administration of 0·5–2·0i.u. of thyroid-stimulating hormone before giving the injection of [131I]iodide caused a small diminution in the R value when the time between injecting [131I]iodide and killing the animal was 16hr. or more. 4. Iodothyronines represented a greater percentage of the total thyroid-gland radioactivity in the iodine-deficient animals than in animals fed on the pellet diet. Thyroid-stimulating hormone had little effect, if any, on the iodothyronine contents. |
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