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Monoiodotyrosine: effects on tissue amines and cold survival.

The effects of monoiodotyrosine (MIT) on cold survival and levels of tissue amines in rats were studied. MIT was found to impair cold suvival and to lower levels of norepinephrine (NE). These experiments confirm previous pharmacologic evidence that MIT has an anti-adrenergic effect. Cold stress lowered brain NE levels but failed to lower brain dopamine levels, a finding consistent with current views of the role of brain mechanisms in temperature regulation.

Animals

Preparation of monoiodotyrosine-13-glucagon.

Glucagon was iodinated with the lactoperoxidase method at pH 10.0 in the presence of propylene glycol using a substitution of 0.3 g-atom I/mol glucagon. Under these conditions the reactivity of the iodine to tyrosine at position 13 is found to be 4-fold that of the tyrosine at position 10. The amount of diiodotyrosine was less than one-twentieth that of the monoiodotyrosine at either tyrosine residue. Relatively pure monoiodo[125I]tyrosine-13-glucagon can be separated from other iodoglucagons by means of DEAE-chromatography. Such a homogeneous preparation with a known position of the iodine makes it possible to study a specific interaction between the monoiodoglucagon and the glucagon antisera or the glucagon receptor.

Amino Acids

Rapid analysis for iodotyrosines and iodothyronines in thyroglobulin by reversed-phase liquid chromatography.

We describe a 10-min reversed-phase "high-pressure' liquid-chromatographic procedure for measuring tyrosine, monoiodotyrosine, diiodotyrosine, 3,5-diiodothyronine, 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine, 3,3',5'-triiodothyronine, and thyroxine. Resolution and quantitation of a mixture of these amino acids were excellent on LiChrosorb (Altex) RP-8 with isocratic elution (1.5 mL/min) with acetonitrile/water/glacial acetic acid (50/49/1 by vol). As little as 100 ng of each iodoamino acid could be detected and quantitated with a conventional 1-cm, flow-through spectrophotometric (254-nm) detector coupled to a 10-mV strip-chart recorder. Analyses for monoiodotyrosine, diiodotyrosine, 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine, and thyroxine in hog and beef thyroglobulin hydrolysates (sequential digestion with pronase and aminopeptidase) agreed well with results by anion-exchange chromatography and by competitive radioassays. To prevent interference by tryptophan in the analysis for diiodotyrosine, we batch-separated the iodoamino acids by anion-exchange chromatography before the procedure. The procedure we describe seems generally useful for detection and quantitation of thyroid hormones, thyroid hormone metabolites, and iodotyrosines.

Animals

Gas-liquid chromatographic determination of mono- and diiodotyrosines in serum.

A sensitivie, reliable gas-chromatographic assay for monoiodotyrosine and diiodotyrosine in human serum is reported. The oxazolidinone-heptafluorobutyric anhydride derivatives allow the quantitation of both compounds in the linear range of 0.2 to 7.6 mg/L of serum. Analytical recovery averaged 88%, and mean accuracy and within-run precision were 98 and 2%, respectively. Concentrations of monoiodotyrosine in serum as low as 20 microgram/L and of diiodotyrosine as low as 100 microgram/L can be detected. Normal serum contains no detectable concentration of either compound, but the method is applicable as a diagnostic tool in the early prediction of thyroid disease. Both compounds were detected in the serum of a hypothyroid subject whose normal thyroid hormone concentrations were being maintained by therapy with desiccated thyroid extract.

Butyrates

Acetylcholine receptor turnover in membranes of developing muscle fibers.

[125I mono-iodo-alpha-bungarotoxin is used as a specific marker in a description of acetylcholine receptor metabolism. It is concluded that acetylcholine receptors in the surface membranes of chick and rat myotubes developing in cell cultures have a half-life of 22-24 h. Alpha-bungarotoxin (bound to a receptor which is removed from the membrane) is degraded to monoiodotyrosine which appears in the medium. Several observations are consistent with a model in which receptors or alpha-bungarotoxin-receptor complexes are internalized and then degraded: (a) the rate of appearance of iodotyrosine does not reach its maximal rate until 90 min after alpha-bungarotoxin is bound to the surface receptors; (b) 2,4-dinitrophenol, reduced temperature, and cell disruption all inhibit the degradation process. The degradation of surface receptors is not coupled to the process by which receptors are incorporated into the membrane. Evidence suggest that receptors are incorporated into the surface membrane from a presynthesized set of receptors containing about 10% as many alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites as does the surface. Additionally, a third set of acetylcholine receptors is described containing about 30% as amny binding sites as does the surface. These "hidden" recptors are not precursors yet are not readily accessible for binding of extracellular alpha-bungarotoxin. These findings are discussed in relation to both plasma membrane biosynthesis and control of chemosensitivity in developing and denervated skeletal muscle.

Animals

Effect of experimental chronic renal failure upon the synthesis of thyroid hormones in rats.

The authors utilized two groups of adult male rats to study the effect of chronic-uremic toxemia on the synthesis of thyroid hormones. The control group was sham operated, while the other group had about 70--80% of the left kidney tissue surgically excised and a total right nephrectomy performed 10 days later. At the 90th day after the second operation, 8 muCi of 131I were injected intraperitoneally and 24 h later the thyroid was excised and hydrolyzed enzymatically for a period of 14 h at 37 degrees C. The percentages of iodinated components were then calculated after radiochromatographic separation on paper. The group of experimental rats by this time showed significant increases of plasma urea and creatinine, and an absence of acidosis. The results suggest that monoidotyrosine concentration is increased and diiodothyronine decreased in the experimental group of rats with renal failure. This might indicate a toxic metabolic blockage in the transformation of monoiodotyrosine to diiodothyronine.

Amino Acids

Isolation of gamma-amino butyric acid from pig hypothalami and demonstration of its prolactin release-inhibiting (PIF) activity in vivo and in vitro.

A non-retarded fraction with prolactin-release inhibiting factor (PIF) activity obtained by chromatography of a concentrate of porcine hypothalami on carboxymethyl-cellulose was chromatographically distinct from catecholamines. This fraction was purified further by six steps involving chromatography on Sephadex G-25, countercurrent distribution, free-flow electrophoresis, and chromatography on triethylaminoethyl cellulose. The PIF-active substance was isolated and identified as gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) by: 1) amino acid analyses using sodium as well as lithium-based buffers for resolution of biological fluids, 2) thin-layer chromatography of underivatized material as well as phenylthiocarbamyl derivatives, and 3) mass spectroscopy. Natural and synthetic GABA inhibited prolactin, but not LH release in vitro from isolated rat pituitary halves at doses as low as 0.1 microgram/ml. The inhibition was proportional to the dose; natural and synthetic GABA possessed identical PIF activity. Synthetic GABA also decreased prolactin release in monolayer cultures of rat pituitary cells and inhibited TRH-stimulated prolactin release. The inhibition of prolactin release in vitro by GABA could not be blocked by perphenazine, which inhibits PIF activity of catecholamines. GABA also suppressed prolactin release in vivo, although large doses were needed. Either rapid iv injection or infusion of GABA in doses of 1 to 100 mg in rats significantly decreased serum prolactin levels, which were previously elevated by pretreatment with monoiodotyrosine perphenazine, chlorpromazine, haloperidol, or sulpiride. beta-hydroxy GABA significantly depressed prolactin release, but beta-(p-chlorophenyl)-GABA (Lioresal, CIBA) and 4 other analogs of GABA were not effective in vivo and/or in vitro. The results indicate that GABA can inhibit prolactin release by a direct action on the pituitary gland, but whether this effect is physiologically meaningful still remains to be determined.

Animals

Receptors mediating epinephrine effect on thyroid 131-i uptake and thyroxine synthesis in the rat.

The adrenergic receptors mediating the inhibitory effect of epinephrine on the rat thyroid in vivo have been studied by the use of more specific alpha- and beta-adrenergic stimulators, and blocking agents. The effect of methoxamine was similar to that of epinephrine, while isoproterenol stimulated 131-I uptake slightly, and did not alter the ratio of monoiodotyrosine (MIT) to diiodotyrosine (DIT). However, like methoxamine, isoproterenol resulted in a decrease in thyroxine (T4) formation. Phentolamine could partially prevent epinephrine-induced decrease in 131-I uptake and T4 synthesis. The changes in the MIT/DIT ratio could be completely prevented by high doses of phentolamine. Propranolol enhanced the effects of epinephrine. It is concluded that the effect of epinephrine on the rat thyroid in vivo is predominantly alpha-adrenergic, but T4 synthesis may be decreased by stimulation of either receptor.

Animals

Iodoamino acid synthesis in thyroid lobes in vitro with excellent yield of iodothyronines.

Thyroid lobes of male Sprague-Dawley rats on an iodine-sufficient diet were incubated in our improved in vitro system with 0.01 microM 127I and 5mU/ml of bovine TSH. Thyroidal 131I-uptake and the relative incorporation of iodine into iodothyronines increased with time. The average yield of each iodoamino acid after 8 h of incubation was: monoiodotyrosine 28.0%, diiodotyrosine 46.5%, triiodothyronine 1.9% and thyroxine 13.9%, which showed a striking resemblance to the values obtained in vivo. The yields of iodotyrosines and iodothyronines, the latter in particular, were strikingly high, and this system is considered to be useful in the study of thyroidal iodine metabolism. Effects of TSH, temperature and pH of the medium were examined and a unique effect of pH was observed on the iodoamino acid synthesis. As the pH was elevated from 6.8 to 7.9, 131I-uptake, MIT/DIT ratio, T4/DIT ratio and T3/T4 ratio increased. The effect of slightly alkaline pH was considered to be similar to that observed in iodine-deficiency. It was found that the rubber stoppers which are commonly used in short-term incubation contain a kind of potent inhibitor of thyroid hormone synthesis. The pattern of inhibition was similar to that of thionamide compounds.

Animals

Proteins of the hepatoma tissue culture cell plasma membrane.

The specificity of lactoperoxidase-catalyzed iodination for the proteins of the hepatoma tissue culture cell plasma membrane was examined by histochemical, biochemical, and cell fractionation techniques. Light microscope autoradiography of sectioned cells shows the incorporated label to be localized primarily at the periphery of the cell. Most of this label can be released from the cell by trypsin but not by collagenase or hyaluronidase. The label is recovered from the cells as either monoiodotyrosine or diiodotyrosine after hydrolysis of cell extracts with a mixture of proteolytic enzymes. The label co-purifies during cell fractionation with an authentic liver cell plasma membrane marker enzyme, 5'-nucleotidase. Thus, the incorporated iodide is itself a valid marker for those membrane polypeptides having tyrosine residues accessible to the lactoperoxidase. The polypeptide complexity of the purified plasma membrane was examined by high resolution dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. At least 50 polypeptides in the membrane are accessible to iodination. These polypeptides probably represent the bulk of the protein mass of the membrane and iodinating them does not affect cell viability, growth rate, or cell function. Labeling experiments with fucose and glucosamine show that at least nine of the iodinated peptides may be glycoproteins.

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Human thyroid cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. Its characterization and the effect of several hormones on the activity.

Cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase activities (3',5'-cyclic AMP 5'-nucleotidohydrolase, EC 3.1.4.17) were investigated in the human thyroid gland from patients with hyperthyroidism. Low substrate concentration (0.4 muM) was used. About 60% of the cyclic-AMP and 80% of the cyclic-GMP hydrolytic activities in the homogenate were obtained in the soluble fraction (105 000 X g supernatant). The thyroid gland contains two forms of cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase, one with a Km of 1.3-10(-5) M and the second with a Km of 2-10(-6) M. Cyclic-AMP and cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase were purified by gel filtration on a Sepharose-6B column. Cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase activities were found in a broad area corresponding to molecular weights ranging from approx. 200 000 to 250 000 and cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase activity was found in a single area corresponding to a molecular weight of 260 000. Cyclis-AMP phosphodiesterase activities were stimulated by the protein activator which was found in human thyroid and this stimulation was dependent on Ca2+. Stimulation of cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase by the activator was not significant even in the presence of enough Ca2+. The effect of D,L-triiodothyronine, D,L-thyroxine, L-diiodotyrosine, L-monoiodotyrosine, L-thyronine, L-diiodothyronine, thyrotropin, hydrocortisone, adrenocorticotropin, cyclic-AMP and cyclic-GMP on the phosphodiesterase activities was studied. Cyclic-AMP, cyclic-GMP, D,L-triiosothyronine, D,L-thyroxine, adrenocorticotropin and hydrocortisone where found to inhibit the phophodiesterase. Triiodothyronine and thyroxine inhibited cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase more effectively than cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase. Thyroxine was a more potent inhibitor than triiodothyronine. The concentration of cyclic AMP producing a 50% inhibition of cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase activity was 5-10(-5) M, while the concentration of cyclic GMP producing a 50% inhibition of cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase was 3-10(-3) M. Both cyclic-AMP and cyclic-GMP phosphodiesterase activities in the homogenate of hyperthyroidism, thyroid carcinoma and adenoma were higher than in normal thyroid tissue, when assayed with a low concentration of the substrate (0.4 muM). When a higher concentration (1 mM) of cyclic nucleotides was used as the substrate, cyclic-AMP hydrolytic activity in adenoma tissue was similar to that of normal tissue, while the other activities were higher than normal.

3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases

The tyrosyl residues in creatine kinase. Modification by iodine.

The effect of the iodination of tyrosyl residues in creatine kinase from rabbit muscle has been investigated at alkaline pH after reversible masking of the reactive thiol groups. The conversion of 4-5 tyrosyl residues to monoiodotyrosines as measured by spectrotitration and by radioactive iodine labelling resulted in almost total loss of enzymic activity. The modified enzyme was unable to bind its nucleotide substrates but no significant conformational change was revealed by optical rotatory dispersion or Stokes radius measurements. However, change in the reactivity of some non-essential thiol groups, presumably those located near the active thiol groups, was observed.

Amino Acids

Sites of direct and indirect halogenation of albumin.

The sites of radiohalogenation in proteins vary with the labeling method and the pH of the labeling reaciton. We have directly halogenated albumin with carrier-free radioiodide by three methods (pH range 2.2--9.3), and with carrier-free radiobromide by the chloroperoxidase method (pH range 2.2--4.6). Albumin was also indirectly halogenated by attaching a radioiodinated acylating agent, N-succinimidyl-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate (SHPP). The labeled proteins were proteolyzed enzymatically at neutral pH and the labeled amino acids produced were analyzed by liquid chromatography. Iodination at pH 7 yielded predominantly monoiodotyrosine, but at lower pH, fewer tyrosyl residues are labeled and a greater number of unstable sulfur-iodine bonds are formed at cysteinyl residues. Bromination with chloroperoxidase resulted in a high degree of labeling of cysteinyl residues at pH 2.8, the condition for optimum activity of this halogenating enzyme. Indirect halogenation with SHPP resulted in labeling of mid-chain lysyl, histidyl and tyrosyl residues.

Bromine

Clearance of circulating desialylated thyroglobulins in the rat.

Canine and rat thyroglobulins were labeled with 125I either in vitro or in vivo, and were utilized for plasma clearance studies performed with rat. The half-life of physiologically radioiodinated asialothyroglobulins was about 6 min, while that of chemically radioiodinated asialothyroglobulin was about 12 min. No marked species difference was observed in this clearance. The label which had disappeared from the blood was recovered mainly in the liver, and this uptake was blocked by the simultaneous injection of desialylated orosomucoid but not by native orosomucoid. Radiolabeled monoiodotyrosine, diiodotyrosine, triiodothyronine and thyroxine were detected in the liver 17 min after intravenous injection of asialothyroglobulin labeled with 125I in vivo, suggesting the possible production of thyroid hormones in extrathyroidal tissues.

Animals

Physicochemical and kinetic properties of iodinated yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase.

The present studies have established that there is a critical tyrosyl residue in yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase. The iodination of this enzyme results in an inactivation following first-order kinetics. The extent of the modification is limited to only one tyrosyl residue. The monoiodotyrosine formation which leads to inactivation of the enzyme does not induce any significant conformational change as evidenced by hydrogen exchange and optical rotatory dispersion. The role of this tyrosine in the action of the yeast 3-phosphoglycerate kinase is studied. An effective protection against inactivation is observed with 3-phosphoglycerate, and the characteristic spectral effect of 3-phosphoglycerate binding cannot be detected in the modified enzyme. It is concluded that the essential tyrosyl residue may play a role in substrate binding.

Amino Acids

Externally disposed plasma membrane proteins. I. Enzymatic iodination of mouse L cells.

The enzymatic iodination technique has been utilized in a study of the externally disposed membrane proteins of the mouse L cell. Iodination of cells in suspension results in lactoperoxidase-specific iodide incorporation with no loss of cell viability under the conditions employed, less than 3% lipid labeling, and more than 90% of the labeled species identifiable as monoiodotyrosine. 90% of the incorporated label is localized to the cell surface by electron microscope autoradiography, with 5-10% in the centrosphere region and postulated to represent pinocytic vesicles. Sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gels of solubilized L-cell proteins reveals five to six labeled peaks ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 daltons. Increased resolution by use of gradient slab gels reveals 15-20 radioactive bands. Over 60% of the label resides in approximately nine polypeptides of 80,000 to 150,000 daltons. Various controls indicate that the labeling pattern reflects endogenous membrane proteins, not serum components. The incorporated 125-I, cholesterol, and one plasma membrane enzyme marker, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, are purified in parallel when plasma membranes are isolated from intact, iodinated L cells. The labeled components present in a plasma membrane-rich fraction from iodinated cells are identical to those of the total cell, with a 10- to 20-fold enrichment in specific activity of each radioactive peak in the membrane.

Animals

Externally disposed plasma membrane proteins. II. Metabolic fate of iodinated polypeptides of mouse L cells.

The fate of the L-cell plasma membrane proteins labeled by enzymatic iodination was studied. The disappearance of label from growing cells exhibits a biphasic behavior, with 5-20% lost rapidly (t1/2 similar to 2 h) and 80-90% lost relatively slowly (t1/2 similar to 25-33 h). The loss is temperature dependent and serum independent, and is accompanied by the appearance of 51% (125-I)monoiodotyrosine (MIT) in the medium by 47 h. A variable amount (1-14%) of acid-insoluble label can be recovered in the medium over 47 h. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel labeling patterns from cells cultured up to 48 h after iodination reveal no change in the relative distribution of radioactivity, indicating similar rates of degradation for most of the labeled membrane proteins. The fate of the labeled membrane proteins was studied at various times after phagocytosis of nondigestible polystyrene particles. Iodinated L cells phagocytose sufficient 1.1 mum latex beads in 60 min to interiorize 15-30% of the total cell surface area. Electron microscope autoradiography confirmed that labeled membrane is internalized during phagocytosis. The latex-containing phagocytic vacuoles are isolated by flotation in a discontinuous sucrose gradient. 15-30% of the total incorporated label and a comparable percentage of alkaline phosphodiesterase I activity (PDase, a plasma membrane enzyme marker) are recovered in the phagocytic vacuole fraction. Lysosomal enzyme activities are found in the latex vacuole fraction, indicating formation of phagolysosomes. SDS gel analyses reveal that all of the radioactive proteins initially present on the intact cell's surface are interiorized to the same relative extent. Incorporated label and PDase activity disappear much more rapidly from the phagolysosomes than from the whole cell. In the phagolysosomal compartment, greater than 70% of the TCA-precipitable labeled proteins and all of the PDase activity are lost rapidly (t1/2 equals 1-2 h) but similar 30% of the labeled proteins in this compartment are degraded with a 17-20 h half-life. The slowly degraded label is due to specific long-lived polypeptides, of 85,000 and 8,000-15,000 daltons, which remain in the phagolysosomal membrane up to 40 h after phagocytosis.

Animals

125I-labeled human epidermal growth factor. Binding, internalization, and degradation in human fibroblasts.

125I-labeled human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) binds in a specific and saturable manner to human fibroblasts. At 37 degrees C, the cell-bound 125I-hEGF initially may be recovered in a native form by acid extraction; upon subsequent incubation, the cell-bound 125I-hEGF is degraded very rapidly, with the appearance in the medium of 125I-monoiodotyrosine. At 0 degrees C, cell-bound 125I-hEGF is not degraded but slowly dissociates from the cell. The data are consistent with a mechanism in which 125I-hEGF initially is bound to the cell surface and subsequently is internlized before degradation. The degradation is blocked by inhibitors of metabolic energy production (azide, cyanide, dinitrophenol), some protease inhibitors (Tos-Lys-CH2Cl, benzyl guanidobenzoate), a lysosomotropic agent (chloroquine) various local anesthetics (cocaine, lidocaine, procaine), and ammonium chloride. After the binding and degradation of 125I-hEGF the fibroblasts are no longer able to rebind fresh hormone. The binding capacity of these cells is restored by incubation in a serum-containing medium; this restoration is inhibited by cycloheximide or actinomycin D.

Ammonium Chloride