Positive correlation between type 1 and 2 iodothyronine deiodinases activities in human goiters

• Published in: Endocrine 2012-06, Vol.41 (3), p.532-538
• Main Authors: Pereira, Valmara S., Marassi, Michelle P., Rosenthal, Doris, Vaisman, Mário, Corrêa da Costa, Vânia M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenoma - enzymology; Adenoma - pathology; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Carcinoma - enzymology; Carcinoma - pathology; Carcinoma, Papillary; Diabetes; Endocrinology; Female; Goiter - enzymology; Goiter - pathology; Goiter, Nodular - enzymology; Goiter, Nodular - pathology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Internal Medicine; Iodide Peroxidase - metabolism; Iodothyronine Deiodinase Type II; Isoenzymes - metabolism; Kinetics; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Neoplasm Proteins - metabolism; Neoplasm Staging; Organ Size; Original Article; Science; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; Thyroid Gland - enzymology; Thyroid Gland - pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms - enzymology; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1355-008X; 1559-0100
• DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9587-6

Type 1 (D1) and 2 (D2) iodothyronine deiodinases are selenocysteine-containing enzymes that catalyze the deiodination of T4 to T3 in the thyroid and in peripheral tissues. Despite their importance to the plasma T3 pool in human beings, there are few studies about their behavior in human thyroids. In order to better understand iodothyronine deiodinase regulation in the thyroid gland, we studied thyroid tissue samples from follicular adenoma (AD, n  = 5), toxic diffuse goiter (TDG, n  = 6), nontoxic multinodular goiter (NMG, n  = 40), papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC, n  = 8), and surrounding normal tissues (NT, n  = 7) from 36 patients submitted to elective thyroidectomy. D1 and D2 activities were determined by quantification of the radioiodine released by 125 I-rT3 or 125 I-T4 under standardized conditions, and expressed as pmol rT3 deiodinated per minute and mg protein (pmol rT3 min −1  mg −1  ptn) and fmol T4 deiodinated per minute and mg protein (fmol T4 min −1  mg −1  ptn), respectively. D1 activity detected in TDG and AD tissues were significantly higher than in NT, PTC or NMG samples. D2 activity was also significantly higher in TDG and AD samples than in PTC, NMG, or NT. There was great variability in D1 and D2 enzymatic activities from distinct patients as well as from different areas from the same goiter. There was a positive correlation ( P