Abstract
2-Iodohexadecanal (IHDA), which can be formed upon addition of iodine to the vinyl ether group of plasmalogens, has been identified as a major thyroid iodolipid (Pereira et al. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265,17018–17025). In this study, we have investigated the possibility that it would be a mediator of the inhibitory effect of iodide on thyroid adenylyl cyclase. In human thyroid membranes, IHDA inhibited the adenylyl cyclase activity stimulated by thyrotropin (TSH), GTP-γ-S or forskolin (FSK), whereas it did not decrease the specific binding of TSH to its receptors. The inhibitory effect on the cyclase reached a maximum after a 1-h-pre-incubation of the membranes with IHDA at 30°C and was poorly reversible. It was also observed following a 4-h incubation with IHDA at 4°C, a condition in which adenylyl cyclase is protected against heat inactivation. IHDA decreased the V max of adenylyl cyclase, but had no effect on the K m for ATPMg 2−. IHDA also inhibited the FSK-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity in liver and kidney cortex membranes, but had no effect on the Mg 2+-ATPase activity of thyroid membranes. The inhibitory effect of IHDA has also been demonstrated in intact cells. As in membranes, IHDA decreased the rise in cAMP induced by TSH in cultured dog thyroid cells and this inhibition was maintained following pretreatment of the cells with pertussis toxin. In order to evaluate the specificity of the IHDA action, various analogs have been synthesized. This study has permitted the identification of two major structural features required for the inhibition of human thyroid adenylyl cyclase; the terminal aldehyde function and an iodine atom at C2, other halogens being ineffective. In conclusion, we have shown that IHDA exerts a direct inhibitory effect at or near adenylyl cyclase; all the properties of this effect characterized so far are identical to those of the adenylyl cyclase inhibition obtained following the exposure of thyroid tissue to iodide.
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