PMID: 1212987Oct 1, 1975Paper

Delayed equilibrium of pituitary triiodothyronine (T3) following an acute T3 administration

Endocrinologia Japonica
M TakaishiY Shishiba

Abstract

To reconcile the knowledge on tissue T3 concentration with cellular metabolism regulatory mechanism of thyroid hormone secretion, the pattern of the change of tissue T3 concentration following an acute administration of T3 was studied in mice. Basal T3 concentration in serum, liver, brain and pituitary was 61, 173, 198 and 1630ng/100g, respectively. After 0.5 mug T3 dose, T3 concentration in serum and liver reached the maximum level 1 to 3 hrs following the administration and decreased exponetially thereafter, thus, maintaining almost constant tissue/plasma T3 ratio. In contrast, T3 increase in brain or pituitary was far delayed, not until 7 to 12 hrs following T3 injection, and then decreased parallel to that in serum. Furthermore, the magnitude of increase in pituitary T3 was limited when compared to that in liver. Thus, tissue/plasma T3 ratio in pituitary decreased markedly after the dose of T3. This finding suggests the possibility that there is blood-brain barrier or blood-tissue barrier for the transport of T3 in pituitary or brain, resulting in delayed equilibrium with that in serum. These results may also explain the delay of inhibition of TRH-induced TSH release after single dose of T3 as recently reported by Azizi et ...Continue Reading

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