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Endocrinology, Vol 126, 1950-1958, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Two pathways for thyroxine 5'-monodeiodination in brown adipose tissue in fetal sheep: ontogenesis and divergent responses to hypothyroidism and 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine replacement

SY Wu, ML Merryfield, DH Polk and DA Fisher
Nuclear Medicine and Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, California 90822.

Thermogenesis in rat brown adipose tissue (BAT) is thyroid hormone responsive. Rat BAT expresses a type II 5'-iodothyronine monodeiodinase (5'MDI) which mediates local T3 production from T4. Earlier studies show that BAT from fetal and newborn sheep contains a high Km type I, instead of type II, 5'MDI. To better characterize the 5'MDI of ovine fetal BAT, we studied the in vitro monodeiodination of [125I]T4 at a low substrate concentration (2 nM) and in the presence of 1 mM propylthiouracil in BAT homogenates of control and thyroidectomized fetuses at different gestational ages as well as in newborn lambs. Thyroidectomies were performed at three gestational ages: 99-107 days (group 1), 129-132 days (group 2), and 115-117 days (group 3A). Animals were studied 8-13 days after surgery. A significant increase in the activity of a low Km T4 5'MDI was noted in BAT from hypothyroid fetuses at all three gestational ages. This low Km activity was similar to the type II enzyme in rat BAT and brain in that the activity was also T3 resistant. A gradual rise in BAT type II 5'MDI activity was measured between 99 days gestation and term (150 days). These results indicate that ovine BAT contains two distinct iodothyronine 5'-monodeiodinating activities, one with a high Km and another with a low Km. The latter, resembling the type II 5'MDI in rat brain and BAT, is increased in ovine hypothyroid BAT. The former predominates in euthyroid tissue and is similar to the type I 5'MDI characterized in rat liver, kidney, and thyroid. We speculate that BAT type II 5'MDI may be important for neonatal BAT thermogenesis, while the type I enzyme may play a significant role in the increase in serum T3 concentration that occurs at birth.


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