title: Dependence of the mitochondrial uptake of triiodothyronine (T3) in rat kidney on cytosolic T3-binding protein.
abstract: The effect of cytosolic T3-binding protein (CTBP) on mitochondrial T3 uptake was investigated by using rat kidney tissue in vitro. [125I]T3 uptake into mitochondria was time dependent in the absence of CTBP. Addition of CTBP to the incubation medium significantly increased mitochondrial [125I]T3 uptake. When mitochondria were incubated with a [125I]T3-CTBP complex, [125I]T3 uptake into mitochondria continued to be time dependent, but the amount of [125I]T3 incorporated was greater than in mitochondria incubated with free [125I]T3. Although [125I]T3 uptake was not significantly inhibited by an excess of unlabeled T3, it was markedly inhibited by an excess of unlabeled T3-CTBP complex. The degree of inhibition was related to the concentration of T3-CTBP complex. However, [125I]T3 uptake produced by incubation of mitochondria with [125I]T3-CTBP complex was not inhibited by unsaturated CTBP. [125I]T3 binding to outer mitochondrial membranes was observed when the membranes were incubated with free [125I]T3 or [125I]T3-CTBP complex; the amount of [125I]T3 bound was greater in the membranes incubated with [125I]T3-CTBP complex. [125I]T3 binding to the membranes incubated with [125I]T3-CTBP complex was displaced by the addition of unlabeled T3-CTBP complex. These results suggest that mitochondrial T3 uptake is mediated by previous binding of T3 to CTBP, and that the uptake is possibly regulated by T3-CTBP complex binding to its receptor in the outer mitochondrial membrane.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014284:Triiodothyronine