nitrophenols and Hypothyroidism

Female C57Bl/6J mice were given drinking water containing 0.05% propylthiouracil to induce a hypothyroid condition. Mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, used as an index of hypothyroidism, was 57.1 +/- 4.5 and 29.4 +/- 3.8 nmol/min per mg of protein for control and propylthiouracil-treated animals respectively. Administration of tri-iodothyronine resulted in an approx. 4.5-fold increase in dehydrogenase activity in propylthiouracil-treated animals. A dose-dependent increase in hepatic GSH S-transferase activity in propylthiouracil-treated animals was observed at tri-iodothyronine concentrations ranging from 2 to 200 micrograms/100 g body wt. This increase in transferase activity was seen only when 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane was used as substrate for the transferase. Transferase activity with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene and 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene as substrate was decreased by tri-iodothyronine. Administration of actinomycin D (75 micrograms/100 g body wt.) inhibited the tri-iodothyronine induction of transferase activity. Results of these studies strongly suggest that tri-iodothyronine administration markedly affected the activities of GSH S-transferase by inducing a specific isoenzyme of GSH S-transferase and suppressing other isoenzymic activities.

Topics: Animals; Dactinomycin; Enzyme Induction; Epoxy Compounds; Female; Glutathione Transferase; Hypothyroidism; Liver; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Nitrophenols; Propylthiouracil; Triiodothyronine

Topics: Age Factors; Aminopyrine; Aniline Compounds; Animals; Benzoates; Benzopyrenes; Biotransformation; Cytochromes; Deficiency Diseases; Hexobarbital; Hypothyroidism; Iodides; Iron; Mice; Microsomes, Liver; Nitrophenols; Propylthiouracil; Riboflavin; Riboflavin Deficiency; Sleep; Time Factors