Oppenheimer J H, Schwartz H L, Surks M I
J Clin Invest. 1972 Sep;51(9):2493-7. doi: 10.1172/JCI107063.
6-n-propylthiouracil (PTU) administered to male Sprague-Dawley rats maintained on 2 and 5 mug L-thyroxine (T(4))/100 g body weight resulted in a marked reduction in the rate of conversion of L-thyroxine to L-triiodothyronine (T(3)). These effects could not be ascribed to induced hypothyroidism since the group maintained on 5 mug T(4)/day had normal levels of liver mitochondrial alpha glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. In confirmation of previous studies, PTU also reduced the fractional rate of deiodination of T(3). These observations provide a possible explanation of the many published observations indicating that PTU antagonizes the tissue effects of T(4) but not of T(3). The data suggest that monodeiodination of T(4) but not of T(3) is essential before hormonal effects can be manifested at the cellular level.
给体重100克、每日维持摄入2微克和5微克L-甲状腺素(T4)的雄性斯普拉格-道利大鼠施用6-正丙基硫氧嘧啶(PTU),会导致L-甲状腺素向L-三碘甲状腺原氨酸(T3)的转化率显著降低。这些作用不能归因于诱发的甲状腺功能减退,因为每日维持摄入5微克T4的组肝脏线粒体α甘油磷酸脱氢酶水平正常。正如之前研究所证实的,PTU也降低了T3的脱碘分数率。这些观察结果为许多已发表的观察结果提供了一种可能的解释,这些观察结果表明PTU拮抗T4而非T3的组织效应。数据表明,在细胞水平上表现出激素效应之前,T4而非T3的单脱碘是必不可少的。