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Endocrinology, Vol 124, 2443-2448, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Carrier-mediated [125I]-T3 uptake by mouse thymocytes

M Centanni, G Mancini and M Andreoli
Department of Experimental Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Thyroid hormone entry into the thymocyte, a thyroid hormone target, was investigated by incubating the cells with tracer amounts of [125I]L-T3. At 37 C T3 uptake was linear with time up to 2 min, and then approached a plateau. The specific T3 uptake, obtained by subtracting the uptake in the presence of excess unlabeled T3, represented 48 +/- 6% of the total at equilibrium. Unlabeled L-T4, D-T3, and triiodothyroacetic acid were less effective than L-T3 in reducing [125I]T3 uptake. Kinetic studies on the initial rate of T3 uptake indicated, for the saturable process, a maximum velocity of approximately 1 pmol/10(6) cells.min and a Km of approximately 0.8 nM. Lowering incubation temperature to 4 C resulted in a two thirds reduction of the total T3 uptake. Washout experiments indicated a different hormone release, being more rapid for cells incubated at 4 C than at 37 C; at 30 min 70% of labeled T3 was released when incubation was carried out at 4 C compared to only 35% after incubation at 37 C, indicating the major intracellular location of the hormone at the latter temperature. An energy requirement of T3 uptake in thymocytes was shown by sensitivity to oligomycin; the effect was dose dependent, showing a maximal decrease in specific uptake of 85%. The involvement of cation movement in the entry process of T3 was indicated by the sensitivity to ouabain. These results indicate the existence of a stereospecific, energy-dependent, saturable process for T3 entry in thymocytes.


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