title: Influence of a single meal on fractional disappearance and catabolic rates of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine and thyroxine over 24 hours.
abstract: The influence of a single meal on the rates of catabolism of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) was investigated in young pigs. Plasma hormone concentrations, fractional disappearance rates (K), distribution volumes and catabolic rates were estimated during three periods after a meal. For T3, plasma concentration and K were greatest immediately after the meal and decreased progressively. Catabolic rate decreased from 0.45 nmol.hr-1.kg-1 immediately after the meal to 0.28 nmol.hr-1.kg-1 after 24 hr. In a separate investigation, a meal was found to cause an increase in plasma [125I] T4, indicating a shift in the distribution of the hormone pool. Catabolic rate of T4 appeared to be greatest in the period immediately after the meal and decreased to 0.43 nmol.hr-1.kg-1 nearly 24 hr later.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dauncey
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ingram
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013552:Swine; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine