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Effects of selenium deficiency on tissue selenium content, deiodinase activity, and thyroid hormone economy in the rat during development.

Abstract：

:The iodothyronine deiodinases, D1, D2, and D3, all contain selenium (Se) in the form of selenocysteine at their active sites, and they play crucial roles in determining the circulating and intracellular levels of the active thyroid hormone (TH), T3. However, not only are serum T3 levels normal in Se-deficient rats but phenotypic and reproductive abnormalities are minimal, and it has been suggested that regulatory mechanisms exist to conserve Se in critical tissues. The present study was designed to determine, in rats: 1) whether the effects of Se-deficiency are greater in the fetus and neonate than in the adult; 2) whether there are tissues other than brain and thyroid in which deiodinase activities are maintained; 3) whether the maintenance of deiodinase activity in a specific tissue is associated with a concomitant preservation of Se level in that tissue; and 4) whether TH economy and general health is maintained over several generations. The tissues studied included liver, cerebrum, thyroid, pituitary, skin, brown adipose tissue, uterus, ovary, testis, placenta, and the implantation site (uterus plus contents) at E9. The results have revealed that, with the exception of liver, skin, and nonpregnant uterus, all of the tissues studied maintained substantial deiodinase activity (>50%) during prolonged Se-deficiency. Second, although the ability of a tissue to maintain deiodinase activity in the face of dietary Se deprivation was associated in some tissues with a concomitant local preservation of Se concentration, this was not the case for all tissues. Only when Se levels were decreased by more than 80% was deiodinase activity markedly decreased. Third, the effects of Se-deficiency were no greater in the fetus than in the adult; and fourth, at the level of Se-deficiency employed in this study, TH economy and general health were successfully maintained over six generations of Se-deficient rats. How Se levels are maintained in specific tissues, whether Se is sequestered in specific cells of a tissue or organ during dietary Se deprivation, and the precise mechanisms by which plasma T3 levels are maintained in Se-deficient animals remain unanswered. Further insights may be gained by using diets that are even lower in Se than those that were used herein and/or by conducting studies using radioactive forms of Se and thyroid hormones.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Bates JM,Spate VL,Morris JS,St Germain DL,Galton VA

doi

10.1210/endo.141.7.7571

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-07-01 00:00:00

pages

2490-500

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

141

pub_type

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Effects of selenium deficiency on tissue selenium content, deiodinase activity, and thyroid hormone economy in the rat during development.