Abstract
To evaluate the effect of long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) on thyroid iodothyronine monodeiodinating activity, we have studied the in vitro conversion of T4 to T3 by mouse thyroid homogenate comparing tissue from LATS treated (0.1 ml LATS(+) serum, ip, for 3 days) with tissues from LATS(-) Graves' disease patients' serum or normal serum treated controls. Five out of seven LATS(+) sera were shown to stimulate the T4 5'-deiodinase significantly in mouse thyroid. There was no significant correlation between LATS titre and deiodinase activities in the different sera tested. To compare the effect of LATS and TSH (0.2 IU, ip daily), studies were carried out from 12 to 72 h. LATS had a similar latency of 12 h on the stimulation of thyroid deiodinase compared to TSH as reported earlier. However, the conversion activities reached a plateau by 12 h after LATS treatment, while it continued to rise upon daily TSH injection from 24 to 72 h. In addition, TSH caused a marked reduction of thyroid protein and an early peaking in serum T3 and T4 at 12 h, whereas LATS caused no detectable change in thyroid protein and a gradual rise in circulating T3 and T4. The kinetic analysis indicated that LATS-mediated stimulation of T4 5'-deiodinase was, similar to TSH, associated with an increase in maximum velocity (Vmax were 139, 208 and 505 pmol/mg protein/30 min respectively in control, LATS and TSH-treated animals) without a demonstrable change in the apparent Km (approximately 2.0 microM for T4). The present study demonstrated that some LATS-rich sera stimulate thyroid T4 to T3 conversion in mouse. It provides an insight into the mechanism of increased T3 secretion from Graves' thyroid glands.
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