Thyroid hormone action: the mitochondrial pathway.

The subcellular compartments have been investigated to compare proteins capable of binding triiodothyronine and thyroxine; specific binders have been found in cytosol, nuclei, and mitochondria from rat liver and kidney. The binding protein from the inner mitochondrial membrane had the highest association constant (greater than 10(11) liters per mole), suggesting possible direct hormone action on the mitochondria. Binding of hormone analogs was found to be related to known physiological potency, and stereospecific discrimination between L- and D-thyroxine was observed. The saturable receptor was found in the mitochondrial membranes of rat liver, kidney, myocardium, and skeletal muscle but not in mitochondria from the unresponsive tissues: brain, spleen, and testis. Oxidative phosphorylation by mitochondrial vesicles from hypothyroid rats increased after the addition of physiological concentrations of triiodothyronine, which corroborated direct hormone action on mitochondria.

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