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Active transport and accumulation of iodide by newly isolated marine bacteria.

Iodide (I(-))-accumulating bacteria were isolated from marine sediment by an autoradiographic method with radioactive (125)I(-). When they were grown in a liquid medium containing 0.1 microM iodide, 79 to 89% of the iodide was removed from the medium, and a corresponding amount of iodide was detected in the cells. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that iodide-accumulating bacteria were closely related to Flexibacter aggregans NBRC15975 and Arenibacter troitsensis, members of the family Flavobacteriaceae. When one of the strains, strain C-21, was cultured with 0.1 microM iodide, the maximum iodide content and the maximum concentration factor for iodide were 220 +/- 3.6 (mean +/- standard deviation) pmol of iodide per mg of dry cells and 5.5 x 10(3), respectively. In the presence of much higher concentrations of iodide (1 microM to 1 mM), increased iodide content but decreased concentration factor for iodide were observed. An iodide transport assay was carried out to monitor the uptake and accumulation of iodide in washed cell suspensions of iodide-accumulating bacteria. The uptake of iodide was observed only in the presence of glucose and showed substrate saturation kinetics, with an apparent affinity constant for transport and a maximum velocity of 0.073 muM and 0.55 pmol min(-1) mg of dry cells(-1), respectively. The other dominant species of iodine in terrestrial and marine environments, iodate (IO(3)(-)), was not transported.

Biological Transport, Active↗

Iodide suppression of major histocompatibility class I gene expression in thyroid cells involves enhancer A and the transcription factor NF-kappa B.

High concentrations of iodide can induce transient, clinical improvement in patients with autoimmune Graves' disease. Previous work has related this iodide action to the autoregulatory effect of iodide on the growth and function of the thyroid; more recently, we additionally related this to the ability of iodide to suppress major histocompatibility (MHC) class I RNA levels and antigen expression on thyrocytes. In this report, we describe a transcriptional mechanism involved in iodide suppression of class I gene expression, which is potentially relevant to the autoregulatory action of iodide. Transfection experiments in FRTL-5 cells show that iodide decreases class I promoter activity and that this effect can be ascribed to the ability of iodide to modulate the formation of two specific protein/DNA complexes with enhancer A, -180 to -170 bp, of the class 1 5'-flanking region. Thus, iodide decreases the formation of Mod-1, an enhancer A complex involving the p50 subunit of NF-kappa B and a c-fos family member, fra-2, which was previously shown to be important in the suppression of class I levels by hydrocortisone. Unlike hydrocortisone, iodide also increases the formation of a complex with enhancer A, which we show, in antibody shift experiments, is a heterodimer of the p50 and p65 subunits of NF-kappa B. The changes in these complexes are not duplicated by chloride and are related to the action of iodide on class I RNA levels by the following observations. First, FRTL-5 thyroid cells with an aged phenotype coincidentally lose the ability of iodide to decrease MHC class I RNA levels and to induce changes in either complex. Second, the effect of iodide on class I RNA levels and on enhancer A complex formation with Mod-1 and the p50/p65 heterodimer is inhibited by agents that block the inositol phosphate, Ca++, phospholipase A2, arachidonate signal transduction pathway: acetylsalicylate, indomethacin, and 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid. Interestingly, iodide can also decrease formation of the Mod-1 complex and increase formation of the complex with the p50/p65 subunits of NF-kappa B when the NF-kappa B enhancer sequence from the Ig kappa light chain, rather than enhancer A, is used as probe; and both actions mimic the action of a phorbol ester. This suggests that iodide may regulate complex formation with NF-kappa B regulatory elements on multiple genes associated with growth and function, providing a potential mechanism relating the autoregulatory action of iodide on thyroid cells and its action on class I gene expression.

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Iodide transport in lactating rat mammary tissue via a pathway independent from the Na+/I- cotransporter: evidence for sulfate/iodide exchange.

Although it is beyond doubt that mammary cells accumulate iodide via a Na+-dependent transport mechanism, it is not clear if this is the only pathway for iodide transport in mammary tissue. In view of this, experiments were designed to test for the presence of an anion-exchange pathway which could mediate the transport of iodide into mammary cells; thus, the effect of external iodide on sulfate efflux from rat mammary tissue has been investigated. Iodide trans-stimulated sulfate efflux from mammary tissue explants in a dose-dependent manner: 0.1, 1.0 and 10.0 mM iodide stimulated the fractional release of iodide by 56 +/- 2.2, 166.5 +/- 17.5, and 302.9 +/- 29.8%, respectively. The stimulation of sulfate efflux by external iodide was completely inhibited by DIDS (4.4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene 2,2'-disulfonic acid). Perchlorate (1 mM) also trans-stimulated sulfate efflux in a manner that was inhibited by DIDS. Furthermore, iodide trans-accelerated sulfate efflux from rat mammary acini via a DIDS-sensitive mechanism. The results are consistent with the presence of a DIDS-sensitive anion-exchange mechanism which can accept iodide as a substrate. It appears that the iodide-sulfate exchange mechanism is independent from the sodium-dependent iodide transporter given that sulfate is not a substrate of the latter system. The iodide-sulfate exchanger may operate in parallel with the sodium-dependent iodide transporter to mediate iodide uptake into mammary cells.

4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid↗

Stimulation by iodide of H(2)O(2) generation in thyroid slices from several species.

The regulation of thyroid metabolism by iodide involves numerous inhibitory effects. However, in unstimulated dog thyroid slices, a small inconstant stimulatory effect of iodide on H(2)O(2) generation is observed. The only other stimulatory effect reported with iodide is on [1-(14)C]glucose oxidation, i.e., on the pentose phosphate pathway. Because we have recently demonstrated that the pentose phosphate pathway is controlled by H(2)O(2) generation, we study here the effect of iodide on basal H(2)O(2) generation in thyroid slices from several species. Our data show that in sheep, pig, bovine, and to a lesser extent dog thyroid, iodide had a stimulatory effect on H(2)O(2) generation. In horse and human thyroid, an inconstant effect was observed. We demonstrate in dogs that the stimulatory effect of iodide is greater in thyroids deprived of iodide, raising the possibility that differences in thyroid iodide pool may account, at least in part, for the differences between the different species studied. This represents the first demonstration of an activation by iodide of a specialized thyroid function. In comparison with conditions in which an inhibitory effect of iodide on H(2)O(2) generation is observed, the stimulating effect was observed for lower concentrations and for a shorter incubation time with iodide. Such a dual control of H(2)O(2) generation by iodide has the physiological interest of promoting an efficient oxidation of iodide when the substrate is provided to a deficient gland and of avoiding excessive oxidation of iodide and thus synthesis of thyroid hormones when it is in excess. The activation of H(2)O(2) generation may also explain the well described toxic effect of acute administration of iodide on iodine-depleted thyroids.

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Iodide autoregulation of functional and morphological differentiation events in the FRTL-5 rat thyroid cell strain.

The role of cyclic AMP (cAMP) attenuation in mediating the autoregulatory actions of iodide on thyroid cell iodide uptake and surface morphological responses to TSH was investigated in the rat thyroid cell strain FRTL-5. Preincubation of cells for 6 h with up to 1 mmol sodium iodide/l led to a progressive reduction in both accumulation of cAMP and iodide uptake responses to TSH. Forskolin-mediated accumulation of cAMP and iodide uptake responses were similarly reduced after preincubation with iodide, whilst the iodide accumulation response to dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP) was unaffected. The inhibitory effects of iodide on TSH or forskolin-responsive iodide accumulation were not seen if preincubation was limited to 3 h, and were also abolished by the thionamide drug methimazole (1 mmol/l). Medium containing 1 mumol iodide/l prevented the appearance of the surface microvilli and pseudopodia normally observed after re-addition of TSH or forskolin, although cytoplasmic retraction was still apparent under such conditions. In contrast, iodide was without effect on the ability of dbcAMP (1 mmol/l) to induce cytoplasmic retraction and the formation of microvilli and pseudopodia. Inclusion of 1 mmol sodium perchlorate/l together with iodide during preincubation failed to prevent or reduce the suppression by iodide of either iodide uptake or surface morphological differentiation, suggesting that both aspects of autoregulation may involve surface actions of organified iodide. These observations indicate that in FRTL-5 cells, autoregulation by iodide of both the functional and surface morphological actions of TSH principally reflects the attenuating activities of organified iodide on intracellular cAMP generation.

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Functional characterization of pendrin in a polarized cell system. Evidence for pendrin-mediated apical iodide efflux.

Pendred's syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by sensorineural deafness, goiter, and impaired iodide organification. It is caused by mutations in the PDS/SLC26A4 gene that encodes pendrin. Functionally, pendrin is a transporter of chloride and iodide in Xenopus oocytes and heterologous mammalian cells and a chloride/base exchanger in beta-intercalated cells of the renal cortical collecting duct. The partially impaired thyroidal iodide organification in Pendred's syndrome suggests a possible role of pendrin in iodide transport at the apical membrane of thyroid follicular cells, but experimental evidence for this concept is lacking. The iodide transport properties of pendrin were determined in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells expressing the sodium iodide symporter (NIS), pendrin, or NIS and pendrin using a bicameral system-permitting measurement of iodide content in the basal, intracellular, and apical compartments. Moreover, we determined the functional consequences of two naturally occurring mutations (L676Q and FS306>309X). In polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, NIS mediates uptake at the basolateral membrane. Only minimal amounts of iodide reach the apical compartment in the absence of pendrin. In cells expressing NIS and pendrin, pendrin mediates transport of iodide into the apical chamber. Wild type pendrin also mediates iodide efflux in transiently transfected cells. In contrast, both pendrin mutants lose the ability to promote iodide efflux. These results provide evidence that pendrin mediates apical iodide efflux from polarized mammalian cells loaded with iodide. Consistent with the partial organification defect observed in patients with Pendred's syndrome, naturally occurring mutations of pendrin lead to impaired transport of iodide.

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Removal and sequestration of iodide using silver-impregnated activated carbon.

Two silver-impregnated activated carbons (SIACs) (0.05 and 1.05 wt % silver) and their virgin (i.e., unimpregnated) granular activated carbon (GAC) precursors were investigated for their ability to remove and sequester iodide from aqueous solutions in a series of batch sorption and leaching experiments. Silver content, total iodide concentration, and pH were the factors controlling the removal mechanisms of iodide. Iodide uptake increased with decreasing pH for both SIACs and their virgin GACs. The 0.05% SIAC behaved similarly to its virgin GAC in all experimental conditions because of its low silver content. At pH values of 7 and 8 there was a marked increased in iodide removal for the 1.05% SIAC over that of its virgin GAC, while their performances were similar at a pH of 5. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses prior to reaction with iodide showed the presence of metallic silver agglomerates on the 1.05% SIAC surface. After the reaction, elemental mapping with EDX showed the formation of silver iodide agglomerates. Oxidation of metallic silver was observed in the presence of oxygen, and the carbon surface appears to catalyze this reaction. When the molar ratio of silver to iodide was greater than 1 (i.e., M(Ag,SIAC) > M(I,TOTAL)), precipitation of silver iodide was the dominant removal mechanism. However, unreacted silver leached into solution with decreasing pH while iodide leaching did not occur. When M(Ag,SIAC) < M(I,TOTAL), silver iodide precipitation occurred until all available silver had reacted, and additional iodide was removed from solution by pH-dependent adsorption to the GAC. Under this condition, silver leaching did not occur while iodide leaching increased with increasing pH.

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Comparative evaluation of cyclic AMP and iodide accumulation responses to thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins in cultured FRTL-5 cells.

The rat thyroid cell strain FRTL-5 was used to investigate the relationship between cyclic AMP and iodide accumulation responses to thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSIg). Immunoglobulin G-enriched precipitates of sera from 19 of 21 (90%) newly-diagnosed Graves' disease patients gave significant (P less than 0.01) accumulation of iodide (125I), and 16 of these also stimulated intracellular cyclic AMP. Correlation was poor however, with certain TSIg preparations giving widely divergent responses. After initiation of antithyroid treatment, 40% of sera investigated contained TSIg detectable in both bioassay systems, and all but one of the remainder were stimulatory in one of the two bioassays. All patients in remission were devoid of detectable TSIg as determined by iodide accumulation, although a single preparation stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation. LATS-B, a lyophilized reference serum preparation containing high TSIg activity, enhanced iodide accumulation, which showed evidence of correlation with intracellular cyclic AMP at doses above 0.5 mU/ml. At lower doses, iodide accumulation was observed in the absence of detectable cyclic AMP accumulation. TSH and LATS-B-induced iodide accumulation were enhanced, and iodide efflux reduced, by the anion channel blocker 4-4' diisothiocyanate stilbene 2,2' disulphonic acid (DIDS). In contrast, Ig-enriched fractions of normal sera decreased both basal and stimulated iodide accumulation, but were without effect on efflux. TSIg from untreated Graves' sera gave widely-differing iodide accumulation responses which showed poor correlation with both intracellular cyclic AMP and cyclic-AMP-independent iodide efflux. This clear dissociation of responses to serum Ig preparations suggests that iodide uptake in FRTL-5 cells, which do not organify iodide, may be subject to variable effects of non-TSIg components of Graves' sera, on both iodide uptake itself, and as inhibitors of TSIg-induced accumulation of intracellular cyclic AMP.

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Cultured thyroid cell adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate response to thyrotropin: loss and restoration of sensitivity to iodide inhibition.

Unlike in all other thyroid preparations, exposure of dog thyroid cells in long-term monolayer culture to iodide (10(-7) to 10(-3) M for up to 19 h did not blunt the subsequent adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) response to thyrotropin (TSH) stimulation. This lack of effect of iodide was observed even when confluent thyroid cells were "follicularized" by the action of TSH in the culture medium. Preincubation of these cells in thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) was similarly without effect on the subsequent cAMP response to TSH. Study of thyroid cells during the early phase of primary culture demonstrated that inhibition by iodide (10(-4) M) of the cAMP response to TSH occurred after 7 h but was lost after 48 h of cell culture. This inhibitory effect of iodide was prevented by the inclusion of methimazole in the preincubation medium. As with iodide-insensitive cells, T4 and T3 were without effect on the cAMP response to TSH in iodide-sensitive thyroid cells. Exposure of iodide-insensitive thyroid cells to iodide-containing medium obtained after 2 h of incubation with dog thyroid slices, as well as to medium enriched with the 100,000 g supernatant fraction of homogenates prepared from these thyroid slices, did not restore the inhibitory action of iodide. However, iodide-sensitivity of the cAMP response to TSH was restored by preincubation of iodide-insensitive cells in 10(-4) M iodide plus an H2O2-generating system (glucose-glucose oxidase). These data suggest that T4 and T3 are not organic iodine inhibitors of the thyroid cAMP response to TSH. In addition, they provide evidence against the existence of a soluble, freely diffusible, organic iodine inhibitor of thyroid adenylate cyclase. The loss of sensitivity to iodide inhibition of adenylate cyclase that occurs in thyroid cells shortly after initiation of primary culture appears to be related to a defect in the cellular organification mechanism, possibly the H2O2-generating system.

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Autoregulation of thyroid iodide transport: possible mediation by modification in sodium cotransport.

Cat thyroid slices were employed to determine whether preincubation with excess iodide, a procedure previously reported to depress subsequently measured iodide transport activity, is associated with any alteration in the relationship between sodium and iodide transport. Kinetic analysis revealed that the inhibition of iodide-concentrating activity by iodide pretreatment was accompanied by a reduction in the apparent affinity of the iodide transport for iodide as reflected by increase in the value of KA, the concentration of iodide required to achieve half-maximal transport activity. A reduction in extracellular sodium concentration was also accompanied by an increase in the value of KA for iodide transport. Thus, the KA of iodide transport in control thyroid tissue was increased from a value of 8.6 +/- 1.2 to 16.5 +/- 2.4 microM, by a reduction in extracellular sodium from 144 to 52 mM. In contrast, in thyroid tissue subjected to a 2-h preincubation with 30 microM NaI, a similar reduction in extracellular sodium concentration was associated with only a 20% increase in KA from a value of 17.7 +/- 2.4 to 21.7 +/- 2.2 microM. Analysis of the kinetic data suggests that the autoregulatory effect of excess iodide results in a decline in the sodium dependency of iodide transport. This loss of sodium dependency is accompanied by an increase in the affinity of the process for sodium, as well as a reduction in the affinity of the transport system for iodide.

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Regulation of sodium iodide symporter gene expression in FRTL-5 rat thyroid cells.

The sodium iodide symporter (NIS), first identified in FRTL-5 cells, plays a critical role in iodide transport in the thyroid gland and in the production of the iodine-containing thyroid hormones. The aim of our study was to examine the regulation of NIS RNA steady-state levels and protein expression as well as functional activity in FRTL-5 cells. FRTL-5 cells cycling in media containing thyrotropin (TSH) were incubated for 48 hours with dexamethasone (10(-8)-10(-5) M), triiodothyronine (T3; 10(-9)-10(-6) M), methimazole (100 microM), propylthiouracil (PTU; 100 microM), perchlorate (10 microM) and potassium iodide (40 microM). In other experiments, cells were treated for 48 hours with various cytokines including interleukin-6 (IL-6) (100 U/mL), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) (100 U/mL), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) (10 ng/ml), IL-1alpha (100 U/mL), and IL-1beta (100 U/mL). Northern blot analysis using a 32P-labeled rat NIS-specific cDNA probe (nucleotides 1397-1937) revealed NIS mRNA as a single species of approximately 3 kb. When normalized for beta-actin mRNA signal intensities, NIS RNA steady-state levels in viable FRTL-5 cells were suppressed by approximately 80% after incubation with dexamethasone and T3 in a concentration-dependent manner. Iodide accumulation was decreased by up to 40% after incubation with dexamethasone and T3, respectively, in a concentration-dependent manner. Using a rabbit polyclonal rNIS-specific antibody, Western blot analysis of FRTL-5 cell membranes revealed a 60% and 70% suppression of NIS protein expression after treatment with T3 (0.1 microM) and dexamethasone (1 microM), respectively. In additon, NIS RNA steady-state levels were decreased by approximately 50% after treatment of monolayers with methimazole, PTU, and potassium iodide, respectively. Incubation with methimazole and PTU resulted in a 20% and 25% decrease of iodide accumulation, respectively, whereas potassium iodide suppressed iodide accumulation by approximately 50%. Treatment of FRTL-5 cells with IL-6 and IL-1beta resulted in a 30% decrease of NIS RNA steady-state levels. IL-6 did not alter NIS functional activity, but IL-1beta suppressed iodide accumulation by approximately 25%. IFN-gamma and perchlorate failed to alter NIS RNA steady-state levels. In contrast to IFN-gamma that had no effect on iodide accumulation, perchlorate almost completely suppressed iodide accumulation. TNF-alpha and IL-1alpha failed to alter NIS RNA steady-state levels in higher passage numbers of FRTL-5 cells, whereas treatment with TNF-alpha and IL-1alpha of early passages of FRTL-5 cells (<20 cell passages) resulted in a 70% and 40% decrease of NIS RNA steady-state levels, respectively, and in a 20% suppression of NIS functional activity. In conclusion, our data suggest that various agents known to affect iodide transport are capable of differentially altering NIS gene expression and function in cultured thyroid cells. Suppression of NIS gene expression and function by certain cytokines may be responsible, at least in part, for the impaired radioiodine uptake by thyroid tissue in certain forms of thyroiditis.

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Regulatory effects of iodide and thiocyanate on tyrosine oxidation catalyzed by thyroid peroxidase.

the effects of iodide, thiocyanate and perchlorate, three anions with the same molecular size, on the oxidation of tyrosine to 3,3'-bityrosine by several peroxidases were evaluated at pH 8.8, i.e. in conditions in which iodide is not oxidized. The following results were obtained: 1. Iodide greatly stimulates the rate of bityrosine formation in the presence of thyroid peroxidase. No effect was seen with horseradish peroxidase or lactoperoxidase. Maximal iodide effects were obtained with about 0.5 mM iodide and Km for iodide was equal to about 0.028 mM. These results suggest that thyroid peroxidase contains a simple class of regulatory binding sites for iodide. 2. SCN- mimics iodide effects; maximal stimulatory effects were seen with about 0.5 mM thiocyanate and Km for SCN- was equal to 0.1 mM. The effects of SCN- and those of iodide were not additive. These results suggest that SCN- binds to the same regulatory site as iodide but with a slightly lower affinity. No effect of SCN- was seen with horseradish peroxidase or lactoperoxidase. 3. ClO-4, another anion with the same molecular size as iodide and SCN-, had neither an effect on the oxidation of tyrosine to bityrosine nor did it prevent the stimulatory effect of iodide on this reaction. Bromide was without effect on the same reaction.

Horseradish Peroxidase↗

Iodide modulation of Ca2+ efflux from mouse thyroid.

In a preceding report, we showed evidence that thyrotropin (TSH) stimulates Ca2+ efflux from mouse thyroid gland and that TSH stimulation of Ca2+ efflux is inhibited by acute administration of excess iodide to mice fed a low iodine diet (Hashizume et al., 1984). The observations suggested that iodide inhibits Ca2+ efflux through an inhibition of TSH-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity. We found further, that iodide inhibits dibutyryl cyclic AMP (DBC)-stimulated Ca2+ efflux. The results suggested that iodide influences the step subsequent to the generation of cyclic AMP. In this report, we studied whether iodide can inhibit Ca2+ efflux by a mechanism which is distinct from adenylate cyclase inhibition. The acute administration of excess iodide to mice fed a regular diet did not decrease the basal Ca2+ efflux rate in the thyroid. TSH-induced stimulation of Ca2+ efflux in thyroids obtained from regular diet-treated mice was not modified by iodide administration. Iodide injection to mice fed a low iodide diet, however, decreased the basal Ca2+ efflux rate though the content of cyclic AMP in the thyroids was not altered by this treatment. The decreased-Ca2+ efflux rate induced by iodide in the low iodine diet-treated thyroids was not modified by TSH in vitro. The results indicate that an acute administration of excess iodide in thyroid inhibits Ca2+ efflux not only by an inhibition of adenylate cyclase but also by an inhibitory action which is distinct from the adenylate cyclase inhibiting action of iodide.

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Protection by iodide of lens from selenite-induced cataract.

BACKGROUND: Iodide has been used empirically against different age-related eye diseases, including cataract. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of iodide on selenite-induced cataract in rat lens. METHODS: Young white rats received subcutaneously sodium selenite (20 and 30 nmol/g b.w.) on day 13 post partum (p.p.). Cataract development was measured by expert estimation and image data analysis. Potassium iodide (1.5 nmol/g b.w.) was given (1-5 times) i.p. at different times with respect to the selenite administration. Lens opacification was analyzed in selenite, selenite-iodide, iodide and control groups on day 7 after selenite administration. RESULTS: Iodide showed a significant protective effect against selenite cataract when injected 2 days (2 times) before selenite injection, i.e., on days 11 and 12 p.p. No significant effects on lens opacity were found: (1) after only one iodide injection (on day 12 p.p.), (2) after an initial iodide administration 1 h before selenite and (3) after injections of iodide once a day for 5 consecutive days. The protective effect of iodide was the same (about 50%) for both selenite doses used. CONCLUSIONS: There is a time-dependent protective influence of iodide against selenite cataract development. It is supposed that the anticataract effect of iodide could be based on direct or indirect antioxidant mechanisms.

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Inhibition of iodide transport in rat thyroid cells using N-substituted anthranilic acid derivatives.

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of chloride channel blockers on iodide uptake in thyroid cells, in the hope of eventually using these blockers to identify and isolate a putative iodide transporter. The chloride channel blockers used in this report are derivatives of N-substituted anthranilic acid and were synthesized using published procedures. For these studies FRTL-5 cells, a line of continuous-growing rat thyroid cells, were used as a model system to study effects on iodide transport. In these cells, there are at least two ways for transmembrane iodide movements, a sodium-dependent influx step and a proposed channel that normally mediates iodide efflux. Two derivatives studied decreased iodide accumulation in FRTL-5 cells, but were found also to lower intracellular pH and ATP levels. To simplify interpretation of the effect of the drugs on iodide transport, we extended the studies using plasma membrane vesicles made from pig thyroid. Iodide entry in these vesicles depended on a sodium gradient and was independent of ATP levels. Iodide transport in plasma membrane vesicles and FRTL-5 cells was measured at 30 sec when the uptake was nearly linear and therefore likely to reflect iodide entry. The uptake was measured using three concentrations of iodide and three of drug. Kinetic analysis of the data described a competitive inhibition by the drugs with a Ki of approximately 250 microM. In summary, N-substituted anthranilic acid derivatives reversibly inhibit iodide entry in FRTL-5 cells and pig plasma membrane vesicles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Effects of low dose oral iodide supplementation on thyroid function in normal men.

Previous studies have demonstrated that short-term oral iodide administration, in doses ranging from 1500 micrograms to 250 mg/day, has an inhibitory effect on thyroid hormone secretion in normal men. As iodide intake in the USA may be as high as 800 micrograms/d, we investigated the effects of very low dose iodide supplementation on thyroid function. Thirty normal men aged 22-40 years were randomly assigned to receive 500, 1500, and 4500 micrograms iodide/day for 2 weeks. Blood was obtained on days 1 and 15 for measurement of serum T4, T3, T3-charcoal uptake, TSH, protein-bound iodide (PBI) and total iodide, and 24 h urine samples were collected on these days for measurement of urinary iodide excretion. TRH tests were performed before and at the end of the period of iodide administration. Serum inorganic iodide was calculated by subtracting the PBI from the serum total iodide. We found significant dose-related increases in serum total and inorganic iodide concentrations, as well as urinary iodide excretion. The mean serum T4 concentration and free T4 index values decreased significantly at the 1500 micrograms/day and 4500 micrograms/day doses. No changes in T3-charcoal uptake or serum T3 concentration occurred at any dose. Administration of 500 micrograms iodide/day resulted in a significant increase (P less than 0.005) in the serum TSH response to TRH, and the two larger iodide doses resulted in increases in both basal and TRH-stimulated serum TSH concentrations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Effect of iodide on glucose oxidation and 32P incorporation into phospholipids stimulated by different agents in dog thyroid slices.

Since iodide (I-) inhibits TSH stimulation of cAMP formation, which mediates most of the effects of the hormone, it has been assumed that this accounts for the inhibitory action of iodide on the thyroid. However, TSH stimulation of 32P incorporation into phospholipids and stimulation of thyroid metabolism by other agonists, such as carbachol, phorbol esters, and ionophore A23187, is not cAMP mediated. The present studies examined the effect of iodide on stimulation of glucose oxidation and 32P incorporation into phospholipids by TSH and other agonists to determine if the inhibition of cAMP formation was responsible for the action of iodide. Preincubation of dog thyroid slices for 1 h with iodide (10(-4) M) inhibited TSH-, (Bu)2cAMP-, carbachol-, methylene blue-, 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate-, ionophore A23187-, prostaglandin E1-, and cholera toxin-stimulated glucose oxidation. I- also inhibited the stimulation by TSH, 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate, carbachol, and ionophore A23187 of 32P incorporation into phospholipids. The inhibition was similar whether iodide was added 2 h before or simultaneously with the agonist. I- itself sometimes stimulated basal glucose oxidation, but had no effect on basal 32P incorporation into phospholipids. The effects of iodide on basal and agonist-stimulated thyroid metabolism were blocked by methimazole (10(-3) M). When dog thyroid slices were preloaded with 32PO4 or [1-14C]glucose, the iodide inhibition of agonist stimulation disappeared, suggesting that the effect of iodide involves the transport process. In conclusion, I- inhibited stimulation of glucose oxidation and 32P incorporation into phospholipids by all agonists, indicating that the effect is independent of the cAMP system and that iodide autoregulation does not only involve this system. Oxidation and organification of iodide are necessary for the inhibition. The ability of iodide to decrease glucose and 32PO4 transport may play an important role in thyroid autoregulation.

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In vivo evaluation in intrathyroidal iodide metabolism.

A new coincidence counting method is used to measure absolute thyroid 125I activity with accurate correction of extrathyroidal neck activity. Data collected are analyzed according to a three-compartment model, giving parameters both dependent and independent of plasma iodide concentration. Iodide is postulated to form a complex with the iodide trap before it is transported and organified. The initial carrier-iodide complex, the intrathyroidal free iodide, and the thyroidal organic iodide pool can be determined as percentages of the injected activity. The trapping rate, the leakage rate, and the organification rate for iodide are determined as fractional turnover rates of the compartments independent of the plasma iodide concentration. The analysis is applied to the study of intrathyroidal iodide metabolism in a group of goitrous patients and a group of treated hyperthyroid patients. In the euthyroid goitrous patients, the trapping rate is slow, ranging from 0.051-0.085 min-1, and the intrathyroidal iodide pool is characteristically small, being 0.017-0.118%. The organification rate is 0.628-1.19 min-1. The leakage of iodide is virtually zero. In the treated hyperthyroid group, organification is not detectable, due to suppressive treatment by thionamides. The trapping rate is elevated (0.199-0.592 min-1), and the leakage rate is estimated to be in the range of 0.057-0.157 min-1. Because of the organification block, the intrathyroidal iodide pool is larger than that of our euthyroid group, being 1.50-7.59%. The compartment sizes and fractional turnover rates are in good agreement with previously reported values.

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