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Effect of thimerosal on thyroid hormones metabolism in rats.

ABSTRACT: Mercury seems to exert an inhibitory effect on deiodinases, but there are few studies using Thimerosal (TM) as the mercury source. We aimed to elucidate the effect of TM on thyroid hormones peripheral metabolism. Adult Wistar female rats received 0.25?µg or 250?µg TM/100?g BW, IM, twice a week, for a month. We evaluated serum total T3 and T4, D1 activity using 125I-rT3 as tracer, and D2 activity using 125I-T4 NADPH oxidase activity was measured by Amplex-red/HRP method and mRNA levels by real time PCR. Serum T4 was increased and T3 decreased by the greatest dose of TM. Even though D1 activity in pituitary and kidney was reduced by the highest dose of TM, hepatic D1 activity and D1 mRNA levels remained unchanged. D2 activity was also significantly decreased by the highest dose of TM in all CNS samples tested, except cerebellum, but D2 mRNA was unaltered. mRNA levels of the tested NADPH oxidases were not affected by TM and NADPH oxidase activity was either unaltered or decreased. Our results indicate that TM might directly interact with deiodinases, inhibiting their activity probably by binding to their selenium catalytic site, without changes in enzyme expression.

SUBMITTER: Pantaleao TU

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5670274 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of thimerosal on thyroid hormones metabolism in rats.

Pantaleão Thiago U TU Ferreira Andrea C F ACF Santos Maria C S MCS Figueiredo Álvaro S P ÁSP Louzada Ruy A N RAN Rosenthal Doris D Carvalho Denise P DP Corrêa da Costa Vânia M VM

Endocrine connections 20171101 8

Mercury seems to exert an inhibitory effect on deiodinases, but there are few studies using Thimerosal (TM) as the mercury source. We aimed to elucidate the effect of TM on thyroid hormones peripheral metabolism. Adult Wistar female rats received 0.25 µg or 250 µg TM/100 g BW, IM, twice a week, for a month. We evaluated serum total T3 and T4, D1 activity using 125I-rT3 as tracer, and D2 activity using 125I-T4 NADPH oxidase activit ...[more]

PMID: 29101249

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Effect of thimerosal on thyroid hormones metabolism in rats.

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Effect of thimerosal on thyroid hormones metabolism in rats.

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