@article{
author = "Rosić, Mirko A. and Pantović, Suzana B. and Lučić, Aleksandra P. and Ribarac-Stepić, Nevena B. and Anđelković, Ivan Z.",
year = "2001",
abstract = "The dynamics and kinetics of thyroid hormone transport in the isolated rat heart were examined using the modified unidirectional paired tracer dilution method. The uptake of I-125-thyroxine (I-115-T-4) and I-125-triiodothyronine (I-125-T-3) from the extracellular space into heart cells was measured relative to the extracellular space marker H-3-mannitol. The thyroid hormone maximal uptake was 54.4 % for I-125-T-4 and 52.15 % for I-125-T-3. The thyroid hormone net uptake was 25.69 % for I-125-T-4 and 25.49 % for I-125-T-3. Backflux from the intracellular space was 53.17 % for I-125-T-4 and 61.59 % for I-125-T-3. In the presence of unlabelled thyroid hormones, I-125-T-4 and I-125-T-3 maximal uptakes were reduced from 10.1 to 59.74 % and from 34.6 to 65.3 %, respectively, depending on the concentration of the unlabelled hormone, suggesting a saturable mechanism of the thyroid hormone uptake by the heart cells, with K-m(T4) = 105.46 muM and the maximal rate of I-125-thyroid hormone flax from the extracellular space to heart cells (V-max(T4))= 177.84 nM min(-1) for I-125-T-4 uptake, and K-m(T3) = 80.0 muM and V-max(T3) = 118.5 nM min(-1) for I-125-T-3 uptake.",
journal = "Experimental Physiology",
title = "Kinetics of thyroxine (T-4) and triiodothyronine (T-3) transport in the isolated rat heart",
volume = "86",
number = "1",
pages = "13-18",
doi = "10.1113/eph8601835"
}