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ENDOCRINE REVIEWS
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 38-89Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/er.23.1.38
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-07529, DK-44128, DK-58538, DK-36256] Funding Source: Medline
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The goal of this review is to place the exciting advances that have occurred in our understanding of the molecular biology of the types 1, 2, and 3 (D1, D2, and D3, respectively) iodothyronine deiodinases into a biochemical and physiological context. We review new data regarding the mechanism of selenoprotein synthesis, the molecular and cellular biological properties of the individual deiodinases, including gene structure, mRNA and protein characteristics, tissue distribution, subcellular localization and topology, enzymatic properties, structure-activity relationships, and regulation of synthesis, inactivation, and degradation. These provide the background for a discussion of their role in thyroid physiology in humans and other vertebrates, including evidence that D2 plays a significant role in human plasma T-3 production. We discuss the pathological role of D3 overexpression causing consumptive hypothyroidism as well as our current understanding of the pathophysiology of iodothyronine deiodination during illness and amiodarone therapy. Finally, we review the new insights from analysis of mice with targeted disruption of the Dio2 gene and overexpression of D2 in the myocardium.
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