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. 1980 Jan 15;186(1):127–133. doi: 10.1042/bj1860127

Differential effect of L-thyroxine on phospholipid biosynthesis in mitochondria and microsomal fraction.

J M Pasquini, I Faryna de Raveglia, N Capitman, E F Soto
PMCID: PMC1161511  PMID: 7370002

Abstract

1. The action of L-thyroxine on the incorporation of radioactive choline or CDP-choline into phosphatidylcholine in vitro was explored in liver and brain microsomal fraction and mitochondria obtained from young adult rats. 2. In liver mitochondria isolated from animals treated with L-thyroxine (40 mg/kg body wt. during 6 days), the incorporation of both radioactive precursors into phosphatidylcholine was significantly decreased compared with normal controls, whereas in the total homogenate and in the microsomal fraction the incorporation was similar in the experimental and control groups. In subcellular fractions isolated from brain, the incorporation of precursors was similar in L-thyroxine-treated and normal animals. 3. Liver mitochondria isolated from normal animals incubated in vitro with CDP-choline, in the presence of different concentrations of L-thyroxine, showed also a marked decrease in the incorporation of label into phosphatidylcholine, whereas no significant changes were found in the total homogenate and in the microsomal fraction compared with control experiments. 4. The differential effect of L-thyroxine on the incorporation of radioactive precursors into phosphatidylcholine of isolated liver subcellular fractions gives further support to the hypothesis that liver mitochondria can independently synthesize part of their own phospholipids. 5. Possible mechanisms of the action of the hormone at the mitochondrial level are discussed.

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