Abstract
The effect of neonatal hyperthyroidism produced by injection of tri-iodothyronine (T3) on myelination and on the microperoxisomal population of the brain was studied in young rats. Data on the lipid composition of myelin show that myelinogenesis starts earlier in treated animals. In coincidence with the early appearance of myelin, there is an increase in the population of brain microperoxisomes, indicated by the increase in the activity of two enzymes that have been shown to be located in these organelles: catalase and acyl CoA-dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyl transferase. Double-label experiments using (1,2,3-3H) and (2-3H) glycerol to study the synthesis of glycerophospholipids through the dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) pathway give further support to the above-mentioned findings and suggest that there is an active participation of microperoxisomes in the synthesis of myelin lipids during the period of myelin formation.
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