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JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 170, Issue 1, Pages 197-206Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1700197
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It was reported that thyroid hormones decreased Cu2+ induced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in vitro. Here, we investigated free radical scavenging capacities of thyroid hormones (3,5,3'-tri-iodo-L-thyronine (T,), thryoxine (T-4) and 3,3',5'-tri-iodo-L-thyronine (rT(3))) and structural analogues (L-thryonine (To), 3,5,3'-tri-iodothyroacetic acid (TA,) and 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyroacetic acid (TA,)), using three different models of free radical generation. To, T, and TA, slowed down production of conjugated diene and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances during LDL oxidation by 2,2'-azobis[2-amidinopropane] (water-soluble), whereas rT(3), T4 and TA, had practically no effect. In this system, To was the more active compound. Using a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (lipid-soluble) test, all compounds also revealed free radical scavenging capacities, but rT(3), T-4 and TA(4) were more active than T-0, T-3 and TA(3). T-3 was able to scavenge superoxide anion and hydroxyl radicals generated in an aqueous phase by a xanthine-xanthine oxidase system, as measured by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. It may be concluded that: (1) thyroid hormones and analogues with a 4'-hydroxy diphenylether structure have free radical scavenging capacities, (2) this property is influenced by the number of iodines on the phenolic ring, and (3) thyroid hormone scavenging capacity should not be the only mechanism explaining their protective effect on Cu2+-induced LDL oxidation. The: physiological significance of the findings is discussed.
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