title: Study of chemical species of iodine in human liver.
abstract: The distribution and chemical species of iodine in various subcellular fractions of human liver were studied by using epithermal neutron activation analysis combined with chemical and biochemical separation techniques, such as gradient centrifugation and gel chromatography. It was found that the total iodine content orders in various subcellular fractions is as follows: nuclei > cytosol > mitochondria > lysosome > microsome. In the lysosomal fraction, iodine is mainly bound to macromolecules, whereas in the nuclei and mitochondrial fractions, mainly with lower-molecular-weight organic compounds. In the cytosol fraction, iodine is combined with three proteins, in which iodine is chiefly bound with mid- and high-molecular-weight proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of High Energy Physics and Nuclear Analysis Techniques Laboratory, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine