PMID: 9417491Jan 7, 1998Paper

Selenoproteins in bone, gastrointestinal tract and thyroid gland of the human

Medizinische Klinik
F JakobJ Köhrle

Abstract

Selenium is an essential trace element, which is incorporated as selenocysteine (secys) into specific proteins in a regulated fashion. In the presence of a hairpin loop structure within the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA the opal stop codon UGA is coding for selenocysteine. Selenoprotein functions are dependent on secys incorporation. Members of the family of deiodinases as well as the family of glutathione peroxidases, selenoprotein P and thioredoxin reductase are selenoproteins. Bone, the intestine and the thyroid rely on antioxidant systems against potential cell and DNA damage through endogenous and environmental peroxides and reactive oxygen species (ROS) potentially promoting inflammation and tumorigenesis. Optimized cell defense through antioxidant selenoproteins requires optimal selenium supplementation of the organism. We have analyzed the expression of selenoproteins in these tissues, thus providing molecular tools to further elucidate optimal selenium supply on a cellular level. Clinical intervention studies that focus on the development of disease must confirm the relevance of optimized selenium supply for the pathogenesis, prevention and therapy of metabolic bone disease as well as chronic (autoimmune) inflamma...Continue Reading

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